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30 – John Cage 4 33

Typically when viewing this work you are presented with the image of a still silent performer at the piano and that is the image that stays in mind. I think the image of the score, is important, and that is what I will be taking from this influence. The score recalls for me, discomfort, self-consciousness, […]

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conductor

click through link ^ I would like the conductor to have more space, this film I believe would benefit from distance. I really enjoy Rachel’s precision of movement, currently I do not think that it sits in cohesion with the other digital performances, as with grand movement rather than shifts in posture being the focus, […]

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‘Fulfilment’ and ‘Future-Orientation’

I don’t expect, nor need, the audience to understand this from viewing, but as a central concept, I would like to make space to unpack my use of these terms as they are fundamental to my conceptual practice. ‘Fulfilment’ ‘Fulfilment’ is at the centre of my enquiry, it is a concern present in my past […]

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Instrumental – zoom composition, costuming, recording – alone

thinking of either neutral pyjama type clothing, or formal concert wear, has the indoor/personal nature but alludes to performance, and considering composition. initially I thought full length would be best as it is less ‘zoom-like’, only time I see full length in zoom is for dance classes, but I think I might get a smarter […]

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my work is not really short form enough to consider this as a final format, but I think it might be useful when creating an online presence for my performances. if I were to use it more formally i would remove the watermark Feb 11, 2021

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green screen – site specificity

I am considering how I can get more aesthetic control when working with people remotely, I think I could curate zoom backgrounds. here I have used two sentimental performance venues to me, but I think it may work in a more ‘realistic’ / cohesive way to use curtains. I plan to try first with the […]

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24 – conveyor belts of people

I am considering using historical imagery to support my visualisation of sites of social reproduction and how this creates a tension between sameness, collectivity, identity and social identity. I think etiquette, particularly queuing due to its reminiscence of a human conveyor belt, is a good demonstrator of social choreography, action that is predetermined and predetermining.  […]