Forsyth & Pollard’s film of Performer. Audience. Fuck Off. documents a live performance work they presented at Site Gallery, Sheffield. The performance was commissioned by Rules & Regs and curated by Carol Maund. The artists elected to reinterpret a performance originally presented in 1975 by American artist Dan Graham called Performer/Audience/Mirror.

Forsyth & Pollard’s performance took on the basic structure of Graham’s, but reworked through the trappings of stand-up comedy. The resulting film captures the highly charged tension in the room and the often hilarious but occasionally uncomfortable impact the comedian has on the audience.