Lesson with Ana Laura

I felt Ana Laura's lesson's were more formal than Marks, in the way that we learnt more about the different context's behind performance art.  We looked how the way performance has changed through different periods noticed particularly by the varying terms used to describe it ---

LIVE ART 

interaction, participation, particularly connects with minorites
NON ART 

 70's/60's term (quite dated) - everyday art, a younger generation
TIME BASED ART 

a fourth dimension - film - a flexible medium
RELATIONALISED PRACTICE 

 conversation -audience participation - audience make the work
SOCIAL ENGAGED PRACTICE 

 work process

We again looked at what performance art is and then concentrated on our own ways of working by all making a mind map then going around the room observing everyone elses.

My way of working consists of research, talking ideas through, experimenting, more research, critiques and mainly just trial and error.  However, I find performance art more spontaneous than this... I think just doing, creating an audience from the odd glance from a passer by cannot be planned. Besides what plan ever goes exactly the way you though it would anyway.

We did some funny excercises too, like standing in a circle and imitating each others movements.  Strange. I felt uncomfortable but maybe this was the point.Who knows.... I joined this elective to push myself, do things I wouldn't normally do. I find it increasingly hard though to bring myself to do anything! (in the public eye anyway)....