Monthly Archives: October 2012

Olivier De Sagazan: Identity and Transfiguration.

Exploring different performances, I came across one that stood out to me more than anyone I’d seen so far. Olivier De Sagazan is a performance artist who provokes a very different way of experimental performance, through the use of make-up … Continue reading

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‘Why is this Art?’

When I first knew I was doing this module, I was quite unsure what to expect. The words contemporary experimental performance came to me as something that grasped on key words such as development, no boundaries, originality  concepts  messages, presentation, style and … Continue reading

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Exploring Ideas

Personal responses to the beginning of the rehearsal process: Demi Morrison’s Response: We have decided as a group to experiment with a few different ideas in rehearsal as we have had a few problems trying to agree on something to … Continue reading

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One to One Performance

In a previous post, I had asked the question; Can you create a meaningful encounter with a complete stranger? To me it seemed that this question could best be explored in only one context and that was the context surrounding … Continue reading

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The Artist is Present

When first told about Marina Abramović’s performance The Artist is Present, to be honest I really didn’t think much of it. So she sits in front of someone for a while, is being present really that hard? It wasn’t till … Continue reading

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