To hear, is to see. The basis of our experiment is to find out if you can still have a performance when sight, life’s main sense, is taken away. For some they do not have the option to see, whether they were born blind or it has been a gradual process, they learn to use […]
Rehearsal Techniques..
During our experimentation and rehearsal process leading up to our performance, we have undergone many techniques and rehearsing styles to discover more about the genre of Performance Art. What happens if we just sit here? (Marina Abromovic) We tested this question by re-creating one of Marina Abromovic’s many experimental performances The Artist is Present, see blog post […]
The Senses
All the five senses, Sight, Smell, Taste, Hear and Touch are all connected to each other. Without realising it we always experience two or more senses at once. This diagram shows the networks within our bodies, showing how the sense are linked with each other. Sight and smell have a strong relationship, before smelling things […]
Odyssey, The Paper Cinema
The Paper Cinema Theatre Company bought an extremely innovating, experimental and ground-breaking performance to LPAC in October 2012; giving us valuable insight into how a professional contemporary performance art theatre group puts on a polished performance. Based on Homer’s Odyssey, The Paper Cinema combines ancient Greek literature and the use of live recordings, a camera […]
What Happens When We Just Sit Here?
In preparation for the experiment ‘What Happens When We Just Sit There?’, we were given an extract to read on the performance artist Marina Abramovic. In the extract she describes one of her collaborative performances Nightsea Crossing. For twelve years she worked alongside Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen) and created many performances together. Throughout their collaborative years the […]