Caroline Amoros - Public performance art pioneer.
- Isobel Arden
- Apr 8
- 4 min read
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Meet Caroline Amoros, a trailblazer in public art and transdisciplinary performance.
Caroline Amoros is a groundbreaking artist known for her transformative use of public spaces to create cross-cultural connections through performance.
In our interview above, I created Caroline's fantasy cultural year.
Her transdisciplinary work blends stagecraft, visual art, and poetic inquiry, moving fluidly between theatres, art centres, festivals, and natural settings. Caroline Amoros brings a unique sensitivity to each project, responding to the social and cultural character of the places she inhabits.
Her work is collaborative and site-responsive, often created in partnership with local communities and institutions. Influenced by philosopher Anne Dufourmantelle’s concept of gentleness, her art carries a strong poetic and reflective quality.
With a background in mime, dance, and avant-garde theatre, Caroline Amoros trained with Morton Potash and Ingeborg Liptay, and contributed to the La Beweging festival in Antwerp. She studied in London and Winnipeg and holds degrees in Linguistics and Elizabethan Theatre. Her creative process mixes performance, research, and fiction, often in collaboration with artists like choreographer Maria de Corte and writer Rémi Cecchetto.
Her long-time partnership with photojournalist Raphaël Helle has led to pioneering character-based performances, such as Miss Yellow — a fictional persona inserted into real events like the Women’s World March in 2000 — and Kristin, who infiltrated Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, gaining significant media attention.
Caroline Amoros and Helle also launched Miss O’Range, a climate-focused project presented in places ranging from Morocco and Iceland to Stockholm and Australia. The project continues to evolve, addressing environmental issues through poetic performance.
Her piece Kiki Helsingor, created for Helsingor’s Theatre, explores identity across France, Sweden, and Denmark. With a deep awareness of current events and a constant blending of fiction and reality, Caroline Amoros redefines what performance can be in the public sphere.
Caroline Amoros' Fantasy Cultural Year
In the interview above Mark created Caroline's Fantasy Cultural Year from the answers to a few simple questions. There are no wrong answers ;-)
Their conversation was filled with humour, anecdotes, and playful exchanges. Here is a summary:
In a delightful and imaginative interview, artist Caroline Amoros joined Mark Walmsley of the Arts and Culture Network to embark on a fantasy cultural journey — a creative exploration shaped by her passions, inspirations, and vision for the world.
The journey began in Reykjavik, Iceland, a place Caroline holds dear for its pristine water, powerful landscapes, and progressive values, particularly around women’s rights.
Sitting outside a café with a glass of glacial water and Ashley Dawson’s Extreme Cities by her side, she reflected on water as both a vital element and a symbol of the future.
A fictitious wealthy Icelandic foundation then invited Caroline on a year-long, first-class global adventure to explore performance art around the world. Her first destination? Karachi, Pakistan — a place she's connected to through ongoing artistic exchanges.
There, she imagined discovering emerging performers and attending a contemporary dance performance, perhaps featuring the spirit of French experimental legend Sylvie Guillem, or a multidisciplinary company like Ballet Rambert.
Her evenings would be rich with experiences: enjoying local Pakistani cuisine, diving into wild swimming as her sport of choice, and visiting a digitally immersive art gallery to step inside the work of an unknown emerging artist from Karachi. She would listen exclusively to traditional world music for the year — a rich and varied soundtrack to her travels.
The fantasy week included stops at a Bjork concert, a contemporary dance performance in New York, and even Hamilton on Broadway.
While she doesn’t enjoy opera in the classical sense, she deeply values street-level performances where artists are close and connected to the audience. The cinema of choice? An Iranian film festival, highlighting women’s stories — a powerful reflection of her interest in overlooked narratives.
A perfect cultural journey deserves a perfect closing, and for Caroline, that came with a long, elegant lunch at a French-Pakistani fusion restaurant in Karachi. Her guests of honour: Ted Kilmer, a cherished figure from her artistic past and former programmer at the World Trade Center, and Jeremy Shine, another respected cultural visionary. If Ted could choose a third guest, Caroline believed he’d invite her — a touching full-circle moment.
Caroline’s fantasy year concluded with her documenting her discoveries through a book, TED Talk, TV series, and a global university tour. And yes — she made sure to include time for her own performances too.
As the conversation wrapped up, she revealed her daughter Eleanor would be there at her TED Talk, proud and beaming. It was a beautiful, personal ending to a rich journey of imagination and artistry.
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