Monthly Archives: November 2012

Janet Cardiff

Janet Cardiff is an installation artist, best known for her audio works. We admired how her work took the listeners on a journey of a particular site, getting them to explore and investigate. Her Long Black Hair took listeners around … Continue reading

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Restored Behaviour

“Theatre is something which engages both the eye and the ear. The two public senses are seeing and hearing…the reason I want to make my definition of theatre that simple is so once could view everyday life itself as theatre.” (Sandford, … Continue reading

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The Details in the Performance

As discussed in a previous, post our performance was beginning to touch upon some very complex ideas, and therefore for these to effectively be realised, the details in how we presented our performance were very important. An important decision we … Continue reading

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The Importance of Touch

Through doing research in Emmanuel Lévinas, how we viewed our performance began to change. Lévinas speaks of the face and what happens when we see this face, however it could be argued that our piece extends this idea, as we … Continue reading

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The Importance of the Face; in terms of Emmanuel Lévinas

There is a large amount of literature based around the face and the reactions it creates for other people. Emmanuel Lévinas is one of the main writers on the topic of the face and this relates directly to our performance … Continue reading

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