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.

SHADOW PLAY

Group 3 's used memorable section of the piece when an uncertain figure transformed into a pig. The music that accompanied the performance was composed of a drum beat and one note chanting.












Group 2 used the body as signifiers as important elements of the story. One memorable scene was when a big foot kicked the guy's face. Its use of scale worked well in terms of the context of the requirements of the assignment.







Group 1 used color, the face, bubbles to produce a cohesive narrative. The use of bubbles created this illusion of being underwater. An animal made out of steel came out the person's mouth and journeyed to colorful landscapes then retreated to where it originally came from.

WAITING

Genevieve invited me and my brother to perform a piece for the show "My Mother worked in the factory". I felt that the intimate nature of the performance worked accordingly in relation to the size of the gallery.

As much as i would have wanted its perception to be didactic, i realized that even with the title of the group show as a context, it still left its meaning nebulous.

On a Sunday night while we were brain storming; desperation, comfort, vulnerability and assurance were the fundamental elements that arose from our conversation.