Sober & Lonely

After two years of long-distance, telepathic performance—with one artist (Robyn Cook) in Africa and the other (Lauren von Gogh) in Europe—this Watermill residency will be the first time that the two performers will share a physical space to continue their work. They will inhabit New York City together without any verbal or gestural communication, experiencing the city, its surroundings, and each other in complete silence for three weeks. Cook and von Gogh will attempt to test whether their telepathic connection has synchronized their thoughts. They will document their experience via a range of media including sound, text, and photography that will ultimately form a second Sober & Lonely book. 

Robyn Cook and Lauren von Gogh have been collaborating as Sober & Lonely since 2005. They carry out their transnational, multi-disciplinary, experimental performances in the form of a blog, www.soberandlonely.com.