We discussed today the introduction to site specific performance written by Mike Pearson.
This article spoke of how site specific style performance can also be presented as an Art form. (Which got me thinking again about my painting and creating idea.)
This article also included Nick Kaye’s “Place of Documetation”
Kaye’s article mentions MICHEAL FRIED.
Michael Fried – 1968 Article – Art and Object Hood – Art critic/ Minimalistic Structure – How cities and buildings marry themselves to other places and buildings – ‘Following the book.
Miwon Kwon – South Korean born – trained in architecture – MA in Photography – collections of work in the American Art Museum since 1990’s – Wrote articles on practitioners who work within her preferred styles of art, such as Richard Serra – Identity – Visual performance rather than body movement.
Specifies in specific styles of art: Contemporary. Agricultural. Public Art. Urban Studies.
Discussions on the differences between Live Art and Traditional Theatre
LIVE THEATRE – More use of Audience Participation – No Boundaries/ Removal of the 4th wall – Audience have more control over their individual experience, when they stop watching, how long they watch for, etc.
TRADITIONAL THEATRE – Audience members have already consented to entering the theatre – Tacitly agreed to the expectation of the theatre and the stage – If it’s not enjoyable the audience member isn’t as free to walk out, at least until the interval – Not wanting to come across as being rude and becoming disrespectful of the social expectations as well as the theatres.
EXPECTATIONS – Margret Thatcher’s Funeral – Expected behaviour/ respectful – Due to her previous contributes to the British populations, creating the divide of classes cause different distinctive emotions about Thatcher – Resulting in the expectation of emotion was divided by respectful and disrespectful.
AUDIENCE TYPES – 1. REAL PEOPLE – People who were at the site of performance by chance – 2. INVITED AUDIENCE – People who have been invited to the site and performance – 3. TECHNOLOGICAL AUDIENCE – Audience members who have viewed the recorded evidence or live streams via technology: Blogs/ Vlogs etc.
PLACES AND NON-PLACES – As a group we discussed what makes a place a place and vice versa and the boundaries that we thought were applied by MARK AUGE – We specifically discussed the high street due to that being our specific site – We came to conclusion that the view as a group that any non-place can be or become a place depending on each individual and their experiences. . EXAMPLE. – The Bollard – Who made that bollard, who designed the bollard, who put the bollard there?
THERE IS A STORY FOR EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING HAS A PERPOSE
DANIEL OLIVERS – performance based on audience participation using audience participation – WAVING STICKS – Where do the audience put themselves removing them completely from their comfort zones and allowing them to use their free imagination.
ERVING GOFFMAN – Teams – Following a script for everyday life – not to upset any of the balances set in place – example of his theories – IF SOMEONE FALLS DON’T LAUGH JUST CONTINUNE WALKING. – Follows the convections of theatre, to follow the book.
JOHN SMITH – 1976 – THE GIRL CHEWING GUM – People going about their everyday life whilst he voiced over them as if he was directing them – Stage directions – Following the script again – Making a performance from nothing.
DEODRY HEDDON – Autobiographical – Based on personal or strangers anecdotes or experiences.
MARCIA FARQUAR – Live Art Tour – 2012 – LONDON – MEMORIES – LAYERING – LEMONADE – INTENTIONAL AND NON-INTENTIONAL – DIFFERENT YEARS – Art Movement 1960’s – DOES NOT STICK TO A SCRIPT – Every performance in unique from the last despite the identical route.
PRACTIONERS DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION
JEN HARVEY / DEODRY HEDDON / GAY MCAULEY / MISHA MYERS / HEIKE ROMS / CATHY TURNER / FIONA WILKIE / MIWON KWON / DANIEL OLIVER / ERVING GOFFMAN / JOHN SMITH.
KEY WORDS FROM THIS SESSION
SCIPTO THERAPY – Word association and anecdotes used to heal in a positive way.
COLABERATIONS – An ensemble of people who create a piece of action.
PARTICIPATION – Person who responds to a situation (Audience)
SIMULATED – An action created using alternate material.
SPECIFICITIE – Word used when speaking of a subject that relates to site specific.
CRINGE – An emotion felt by someone when a situation becomes uncomfortable.
CONTEXT – Allowing an audience or a person to broaden their minds on a specific topic.
MY IDEAS AFTER THIS SESSION
We were all divided off into groups based on how similar our individual ideas were.
My final idea that I decided to stick by was the visual creation of something solid for performance.
The group I am working with all enjoyed the idea of creating something physical as a result of our performance.
With this in mind we were allowed to leave the classroom and brain storm our ideas and see what we could mesh together.
As a group we mentioned also using word play within our work.
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