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    The shape of water

    Feb 09, 2020 5 minutes
    by SHARON STEPHENSON
    photographs by HAGEN HOPKINS

    When people talk about performance art, they often speak in can’ts, won’ts and don’ts.

    You can’t, for example, project a 10m-high image on to a water fountain. You won’t be able to float a mysterious container in the middle of Wellington Harbour. And don’t even think about getting strangers to strip to their underwear to share a public bath.

    Sam Trubridge has heard all the naysayers, but he’s made a career out of ignoring them.

    The 42-year-old is the founder and artistic director of the Performance Arcade, a free festival of art, live music, dance and theatre that every summer operates out of a series of artfully arranged shipping containers on Wellington’s waterfront (this year from February 26-March 1).

    Trubridge, who dreamt up the event in 2011 and has curated it ever

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