Author Archives: Demi Morrison

Our Performance in context with other Performance Artists

Performance is an ‘umbrella’ term that houses many different types of performance and it is important to look into this in respect to our final performance and where we coincide with any of them. Artists that our similar to us … Continue reading

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Skin

Skin can be a vital part of performance. For ours, skin was used to help create a sense of intimacy however performer Stelarc, uses skin in a completely different way. Jordan’s encounter did not necessarily involve skin, unless he accidentally … Continue reading

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Path of Intimacy

The hands, the fingers, the skin, the face and the lips. All these aspects of the human body can lead you to question your existence, your emotions and the way you react to an ‘other’. If you remove the masks, … 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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The Script

Developing the Script – Demi Morrison Leanne and I worked on the script for the piece together during a meeting. We wanted to words to be very succinct as we did not want anything to draw away from the intimacy … Continue reading

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