This blog has been created as a diary for me to record each stage of the process i am going through for my negotiated project, on my illustration course at university. I will be doing a performance piece called 'the fourth wall'. I will be paying homage to the well-known performance artist, Marina Abramovic. I am investigating the boundaries between the artist and the audience. The not knowing what direction the ordeal might take, is what the performance is about.
Sunday, 13 March 2011
The day after the live performance
The live performance went very well, had some great reactions from the public!. I could'nt of done it without the help from Jules Clune, a third year photography student based at Thomas Parker House. Dave Overton, a photography tutor at Thomas Parker, had asked Jules if he was interested in documenting my performance, and fortunate for me, he was. We made contact through facebook and arranged to meet up on Friday 11th March, to discuss what i wanted him to capture in the photographs. This went well, we talked about the different kind of shots he could get etc and said he would video the performance for me too. He stayed through the whole of the performance, taking photographs and video recording from different angles in the space. In the end, we had 2 hours of video footage and around 125 photographs. There were some excellent participants in the performance, who gave their contact details and positive feedback in the comments book. I have already emailed them asking for their feedback. On Monday, i will be going to Thomas Parker to print a contact sheet of all the photographs taken, pick a handful of the best ones and get these printed out about A5 size. These will go in an A4 sketchbook, where i will write an evaluation on how i feel the performance went, and what i would have changed or done again. I also have a disposabe camera which i placed on the table for the public to use, they could take a photography on anything they wanted to, it was their interpretation. I am excited to get this film developed, i may use these photographs as my final pieces for the degree show. They represent the participants interperation of the performance, thats what its all about. Jules' photographs are also important, but their more a documentary of the performance.
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