Research 2

D U R A T I O N A L




Rachel Gomme's durational piece is auditory by nature. This piece started on May 27th 2007 and has no specific end date. The audio piece is composed of 100 ten minute interviews in which the interviewer and and the interviewee are both silent. She states that "My aim is to create a presence in sound that gradually gives the sense of an invisible gathering of people in the space, a presence both eerie and intimate."

The quality of silence in Rachel's piece can be referrenced from Joh Cage's 4'33. It is both solemn and poetic because silence in analogy to visuality is empty and transparent. In comparison 4'33 has a transient element to it. Its duration is signified by its title, meaning that sound is very much welcome after the piece has played itseld. Rachel's piece states a quality of permanence. An underlying statement that it cannot be reproduced simply because its duration is not bound by time.

Gome,Rachel. http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk/modules/project/viewpro.php?proid=199 Feb.9,2009




R E L A T I O N A L




Marc Mouci's "In Bed With Me" used the Internet as a means for pictorial documentation. This piece lasted for five months and about 20 persons participated with this piece. The invitation was dealt on the internet and progressed as the guest came in his bedroom and spent the night. He has made it clear that the piece was not a sexual invitation but rather a performance that studied human approachment and intimacy.

Prof. Dr. Georg Christoph Tholen. Approaches to Interactivity. Berlin:Birkhauser. p52




C O M M U N I T Y B A S E D






According to Lorna Brown and Barbara Cole, both public art curators, this community based piece entitled "Carrall" was the most controversial public art piece in Vancouver. Althea Thauberger the artist was once my teacher in a foundation class. It happened on October 2nd, 2008. The block of Carrall and Cordova was lit up in a movie -like setting. There were hired performers and those who resided in that area self willingly performed as well. It was thought to be problematic because it was showcasing the poor that lived in that area. I argue that eventhough it was showcasing the poorest neighborhood in Canada, it was not at all expoitative. I came and felt lost, tried to distinguish who was the performer and who was not.