Marley Starskey Butler – Body in Play | Live Performance at Eastside Projects April 2026

Body-in-Play was a practice-based performance that sought to nurture the “self in context.” Informed by Taoist philosophy, it explored the dynamic body–landscape in resonance with Marley Starskey Butler’s exhibition Compensare: For the Swallows We Weigh at Eastside Projects.

Through relational play and embodied response, movement artists Kim Bormann, Seraina Dejaco, Sarah Butler, and Dawn Reeves, alongside artist Marley Starskey Butler, who generated live sonic material in dialogue with the moving bodies, reflected on, responded to, and remixed the exhibition’s sonic and visual textures, interacting playfully through the conversational body.

Conceived within 24 hours of its presentation, it unfolded as a shared moment in time. The work developed through both private and public collaboration. Development, testing, and rehearsals were open to the public from 12–5pm, followed by a performance at 7pm as part of Digbeth First Friday on 3 April 2026.

This performance commission was a collaboration between Eastside Projects and Fabric