I have made about 400 live performances over the past 33 plus years. Performance for me is not a theatrical experience. It is akin instead to a shamanic process of image making except one uses the body as a tool instead of a brush or camera. Performances tend to be durational and evolve throughout time incorporating painting, writing, slow motion movements, balance motions, music, spoken word or sound making, etc… I have given performances throughout the World and the list of venues and countries is too numerous and diverse to form any tangible reflection of my activities. Finally, the images are all that remain in photographic documentation and these serve as triggers for an unreliable memory to ponder.
18 minute performance at the International Multimedial Art Festival (IMAF) 2012, MAS Gallery, Odžaci, Serbia, 2nd September 2012. Photographs copyright 2012 Robert S. Pugh.
Performance at V22 on Friday 29th June 2012. A collaboration between sound artists Brownsierra (Paddy Collins and Pia Gambardella) and ritual performance artist Shaun Caton.
UPDATED on 10th June 2017: Here’s a video of the Totem Prog performance by studioFILMLOVE. See more videos of Shaun’s performances. studioFILMLOVE: Shaun Caton – Totem Prog.