Monday, 7 February 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
cart//horse//cart//horse//cart//horse....
I'm contemplating the difference between what I was doing at the start of the course and now... making work for the sake of documentation/documentting work and show documentation... I'm not sure that's clear.
When it became obvious that I should be making live work instead of trying to make films I immediatley abandoned the idea of showing documentation as work... the work was live. I feel that this has clarified alot of my thinking, However, now I'm finding myself in a postion where the work happens infront of small groups or individuals and is quick/fleeting and if I want to present this to a wider group of people I either have to stage performances or present documentation... While this isn't a one or the other type situation I'm finding myself tending toward the latter at the minute as the restaged performance seem a little less... good.
If I attempt to stage work in order to document it i am rarely happy with the results, compared with documentation of work as it happens...
Does this make sense? Can anybody help me articulate this? It feels like I should be able to say this very simply... It seems like a simple problem of priorities.
Maybe that's what I'm at school to do, get my priorities in order...
When it became obvious that I should be making live work instead of trying to make films I immediatley abandoned the idea of showing documentation as work... the work was live. I feel that this has clarified alot of my thinking, However, now I'm finding myself in a postion where the work happens infront of small groups or individuals and is quick/fleeting and if I want to present this to a wider group of people I either have to stage performances or present documentation... While this isn't a one or the other type situation I'm finding myself tending toward the latter at the minute as the restaged performance seem a little less... good.
If I attempt to stage work in order to document it i am rarely happy with the results, compared with documentation of work as it happens...
Does this make sense? Can anybody help me articulate this? It feels like I should be able to say this very simply... It seems like a simple problem of priorities.
Maybe that's what I'm at school to do, get my priorities in order...
Saturday, 5 February 2011
More wooden blocks...
I think I'm quite pleased with how these work... There are more images of people in the sculpture court but they feel a little too contrived, I like the studio shots.
Thank you to the people who are so willing to participate in the work, I like this too...
There are video clips that will follow... filmed on an iPhone... I haven't played with one before but I think I'd gladly do all of my documentation on one... I like flips too... why did I buy a camcorder??
One thing that is puzzling me is how this translates from doing something in the studio to doing something in front of an audience... the problem with the sculpture court images is that they were done in a space just to be documented, the studio ones were more organic... less forced. I'm not sure how to maintain that... trial and error I suppose.
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Stilts?...
I spent 2 hours walking around with blocks of wood taped to my shoes today. It didn't really work for me...
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