Today we were able to show what we have decided to do for our performance.
It was a helpful session as we were able to get feedback from the rest of the group and insight in to what worked about our piece and what did not.
Good:
– It engaged the audience and made them think about their own meanings of the piece
– The simplicity is effective, less is more
^^this was something we were happy to hear as we had taken this from Site-Specific Art by Nick Kaye:
‘minimalism in site-specificity can be said to begin in sculpture, yet reveal itself in performance, a move which calls into question its formal as well as spatial location.’
– The words read over the performance add intrigue to the action
Concerns:
– The use of the pens on cardboard distracted from the words read due to noise
– the words written on the boxes were overly obvious ‘baby #2’ and ‘why is this happening?’
– The link between the film installation and out performance – was it too much?
We are going to look in to these feedback comments and work on our performance further.