For your final project, create a five-minute (or less) piece that explores performance. We are defining performance as "the execution of an action" so your project has a wide range of options and influences: Rebecca Horn (prosthetics), Marina Abramović (direct use of the body), Adrian Piper (confrontation/politics), Robert Whitman (interaction with projections/media), John Cage (sound), etc. This can be a recorded performance or a live performance.
The key to many successful time-based artworks is documentation. Think about how you are going to stage it, and what exactly you want the audience to see for your final critique: Is it a live performance? Are you showing only evidence from a past performance? Are we watching a video of the performance? Is there an installation component?
The project is due on 12.08.11 and you have a maximum of five minutes to perform/present your piece. You have a choice of several rooms in addition to our regular classroom for the final performance and critique:
2 W. 13th St. L704 is available every Thurs. 9am-2:40pm
2 W. 13th St. L711 is available Thurs. Dec 1 and Dec 8 from 9am-11:40am
Please check out these rooms to see which space will work best for your project.
Please plan in advance. Check out the available rooms, and consider how, when, where and what equipment (camera, TV, DVD player, LCD projector) you will need. Your performance must be thoughtfully documented. Arrange for one of your classmates to video/photo it, including reserving the video camera and tripod. The documentation will then be assembled into a mastered DVD due 12.19.11.
*Reena will be organizing the crit schedule and equipment, so you need to let her know ASAP what your needs are.
CLASS SCHEDULE
11/10 Week 10 PERFORMANCE
Introduction: Performance History (50’s-70’s)
Movement exercises
Review preliminary sketches
HW: Go to at least one Performa event, rough sketch of performance (drawings + movements), reading
11/17 Week 11 PERFORMANCE
Introduction: Performance Now (80’s-Present)
Review performance sketches
HW: Go to at least one Performa event, significant progress on performance
11/22 **(TUESDAY) MAKEUP CLASS
Week 12 PERFORMANCE
Class critique of works in progress
HW: Significant progress on performance
11/24 Thanksgiving Holiday NO CLASS
12/1 Week 13 PERFORMANCE
Demo: Mastering to DVD
In-class work time
HW: Significant progress on performance
12/8 Week 14 PERFORMANCE CRITIQUE ** LAST CLASS
12/15 Week 15 FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT FINAL REVIEWS
12/19 Intro to 4D DVDs DUE BY 10AM IN MY MAILBOX, FINE ARTS OFFICE 25 East 13th Street 5th FLOOR
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