Author Archives: Jessica Smith

The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey

The Paper Cinema is a theatre company who have created performances using 2D pictures. They have created a show called Odyssey, which they are touring around the UK throughout 2012. This is based on Homer’s Odyssey, the story of a … Continue reading

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Developing the performance

During our last rehearsal Wes attended, and we discovered that we needed to develop our performance slightly. After Wes had explored each of our sections of the path we had a discussion about them. For Jordan’s section, of just sitting … Continue reading

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Annie Sprinkle

One of the most intimate acts that two people can share is the art of ‘love making’, or in other words sex. This act connects people and incorporates skin on skin contact which creates chemical reactions within the body. Annie … Continue reading

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Trial and Error – Further Experiments

Already we have had a few different ideas of what our performance could contain. However, we have also found reasons why these will not work. One idea that we have had came from the fact that Leanne wanted to do … Continue reading

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The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk

Marin Abramović is a very dedicated performance artist whose work consists of The Artist is present and Nightsea Crossing. However, it was her performance of The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk, which caught my attention the most. She collaborated on … Continue reading

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