Western Society is a portrait of civilization in the 21st century, like a frame through which we can peep into the living room of an unknown family, and recognize ourselves. In a far corner of the internet, Gob Squad have found a fairly unspectacular home video, of a family gathering somewhere at the edge of the western world, a waste product of our civilization. There's a party going on. A room full of people. Family, friends and strangers are gathered around a karaoke machine, alone together and together alone.

Lullaby for Scavengers.

A lullaby is a soothing song.

Scavengers eat dead animals.

Western Society is a portrait of civilization in the 21st century, like a frame through which we can peep into the living room of an unknown family, and recognize ourselves. In a far corner of the internet, Gob Squad have found a fairly unspectacular home video, of a family gathering somewhere at the edge of the western world, a waste product of our civilization. There's a party going on. A room full of people. Family, friends and strangers are gathered around a karaoke machine, alone together and together alone.

This lecture performance by multi-disciplinary artist Claire Cunningham explores her artistic practice - specifically the use / misuse, study and distortion of crutches as artistic practice and how they shape her work. In the widest sense her work has shifted from her explorations about the connection between the crutches and the body – what is possible in the combination of the crutches with her and other bodies – to how the crutches connect her to the world.