April 2015 – Page 2 – SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

Transmedia

Michael Tarrant Kirby / April 22, 2015 / Main Page

To create art is to creatively interpret and respond to a stimulus. Transmedial response is one way of transferring an idea between media forms. This is a good way to help develop an idea because it allows you to translate it into different forms that allow you to see find different understandings from different points of view.

I created a transmedia interpretation of a drawing of the iron girders. I decided to interpret this into a sound collage.

This sound collage represents the industrial history of the building. This is interesting because although the Library has changed a lot since is was used for industrial purposes, the structural skeleton of the building has remained the same. When redesigning the library the architects left these ‘raw’ parts of the building to add character and to insure that the buildings history is not lost.

Influence

This exercise helped in the development of my groups site specific performance. We decided to interpret and present our interpretation of the site through different forms instead of sticking to the generic conventions of a performance. We have focused our ideas more on the performativity of the body and the architecture, represented mainly through anatomical sculptures.

Video of 101 Things to do with a Trolley.

Samantha Foster / April 20, 2015April 22, 2015 / 101 Things to Do with a Trolley, Tasks

Here is a short video of us trying out some of the evens that are going to take place. This is what it is like going to be on the day just random little events that people get to see with the trolley being used in different ways then what they should be used for.

Here is the link to The trail of 101 uses of a Trolley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YplA5JkFHuk

Piece Progression

Rebecca Elizabeth Bierton / April 14, 2015April 29, 2015 / Main Page

My piece now focuses on the idea of the railway and the warehouse’s uses. I have a literal railway that runs around the back wall of the library and will carry a small amount of grain. This will be a play on my idea of a trail, as you can follow the railway from board to board. My idea of a board has developed to being the different stations that the railway used to stop at.
Starting with Lincoln, through to Midville. these ‘station’ points will each have a different visiual art piece to focus on. For example, at ‘Lincoln Station’, there will be a window framed with book spines to make you focus on the Lincoln Cathedral.
Each station gives focus to a different aspect connecting the library and the warehouse. This idea has developed from my proposal meeting with Conan and Dan and their suggestions on how to make my work bigger and more ambitious. By having my boards develop into visial art pieces, this has made me focus more on the materials I could use and also work on a bigger scale.
The pieces will be at eye level and so will capture the attention of library users and bring their attention to the back wall of the library, which is my overall aim.

Idea 2.0

Rebecca Elizabeth Bierton / April 14, 2015April 29, 2015 / Main Page

I have just had my meeting with Dan about my ideas and the progression of my piece. I am now using the third floor as my location, particularly the back wall of the third floor. This is because the third floor is an interesting space in general, as there is an unspoken understanding that you do not speak up there. I can play on this idea of silence and have nothing spoken and no sound made within my piece. This means the audience will be purely focusing on the work I am creating. The back wall is the original brickwork from when the library was a warehouse, and as my piece is about drawing attention to the unnoticed areas of the library, this will be ideal. The third floor also has the original wooden beams, which will be fun to play with and explore. Most students do not notice these beams as they are above eye level, but they are an original architextual feature of the warehouse that has remained intact since the reconstruction.
I want to build on my idea of an illustrated trail, but make it specific to the third floor. I want the brickwork of the back wall to be a feature, but also to incorporate the beams using ideas from the past. One way to do this is to look at the railway, and use a literal railway as the basis of the trail. Maybe have it circulate around the wall of the third floor, leading you to different ‘boards’ and ideas presenting information about the warehouse and it’s uses. I could use solid materials, like grain, IT equipment, books, brick, and pages to help create these boards and make them a sculptural piece rather than a informational piece. These ‘boards’ could be styled like a railway station to fit in with a railway theme.
I am wanting the bring the past into the present in a literal visiual sense and look closely at the idea of the railway running alongside the library.

The Perfomance Process – Part 2

Andrew Brooks / April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 / Main Page

As the rehearsals have gone on in lesson times, we met up with Darren and discussed the technology that we would be using: the mixing desk, microphones, and headphones. We will also be using either a projector or a TV screen to show the visual aspects of sound (see image below).

The programme that will be used so that the audience will be able to see the sound is Audacity. There will be a direct link from a laptop to the screen/projector and this will be in the middle of the room. It’s good to use this as it can help to immerse the audience in the performance as they will be able to hear and see what Billy, Chris and Klaudia are doing, but will also be able to see how loud they’re truly being by the visual element of having a programme that shows them this.

Ultimately, the audience experience of our performance should be about the sound and getting them to listen to the sounds of what is happening in our little workshop.

Andrew Brooks