SAMANTHA JOHNS

Performance Art Research Ljubljana (PARL)
August 21–31, 2026
parl.si

In August 2026, I traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, with Molly Thomas, Brittany Williams, and Ross Jakubsen, under the direction of George McConnell, to develop Can You Feel The Pull? as part of Performance Art Research Ljubljana (PARL). Over ten days, we spent five hours each day in the studio creating, experimenting, and presenting new work to an international group of respondents. The residency became an intensive exercise in collaboration, improvisation, and navigating the possibilities and contradictions of outside feedback. Together, we developed eight distinct performance iterations, each offering a different way into the material.