This week’s task was to create a performance text inspired by work with The Usher Gallery and Collection. These performance texts were varied with some being based on a certain piece of art and some allowing the audience to choose what art to interact with. The difference in ideas were interesting to see and sparked ideas on how to develop our own final performance. There were two performance texts based on a sculpture of Paul Robson by Jacob Epstein that really caught my attention. One followed the history of Paul Robson and the other voiced an interview of Robson and Epstein regarding the sculpture. I thought the research behind both of these performance texts gained my interest and when considering people who go to galleries and museums I believe they would engage with history being told though performance. I therefore enjoy the idea of bringing a piece of art, or an artefact to life and tell its story, whether this is through projection and audio or re-enactment.

All the performance texts that were presented raised questions on how to think and plan our final performance. We must consider:

• The space where we want to perform.
• How to prepare and use the space.
• Might we need to limit the audience numbers?
• If we want to use technology, will it be possible to?
• If we want to audience to be part of the performance, will they interact how we want them too? Maybe prepare for non-participating audience members.

We should not let these questions limit our ideas and performance but it is very important to consider how to work with the space your will be performing in.

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