Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries. From the first humans on Earth who tried to explain natural phenomena through the concept of Gods, to the current resurfacing of the belief of a Flat Earth. It almost feels like humanity is, in a way, going backwards. People nowadays need to see it with their own eyes to believe it. So, until proven otherwise, the Earth is indeed flat.
With the conceptual piece 'Flat Earthlings' I would like to start up this conversation in different parts of the United Kingdom. How differently would Irish, Scottish, English and Welsh people react?
I propose a durational performance piece, in which a person stands still for the duration of at least 12 hours, with their arms propped up, balancing the Flat Earth on their shoulders. By standing for so long, we would be able to see the effect of the sun's positioning on the replica of the planet and how it would look if it were indeed flat.
As the piece is happening, there would be a person, in the role of a journalist, with a cameraman, interviewing spectators. All the interview will later be combined into a documentary film and the direction it would go into would fully depend on the response of the spectators.
