Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Experiment – did we answer our question?

With the performance over, it felt appropriate to look back at our questions; What is intimacy and how do we create it? Can you create a meaningful encounter with a stranger? As discussed in a previous post, each of us … Continue reading

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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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The Performance – Reflections

The performance day had finally come, there was a good turnout and it appeared that the performance went well. Due to the content of our performance, we each had a very different experience, below are each of our responses; Jordan … 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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