performing the gallery

  The first idea we played around with was to stare at our reflection for a certain length of time, this was to represent women focusing on their femininity. Through this task we want to show how “a woman is… Continue Reading →

Image from: http://www.seeyourinterest.com/2013/05/what-to-do-before-applying-makeup/ Our performance idea is to continue with the feminist theme and show how we, as women, are still influenced by the female nudes today. We would represent this by applying make-up at the start of our performance reciting… Continue Reading →

  Images from: http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/how-to-shop Bobby Baker is a site-specific feminist practitioner, her “work as a performance artist has raised issues about femininity, families and food in sufficiently complex and interesting ways” (Barrett and Baker, 2007, 3). It’s interesting to understand… Continue Reading →

  Image from: http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Venus-of-Urbino.html I wanted to explore the ancient taboos of women as artists, what types of paintings were created by men depicting women in negative lights to help my understanding of the female nudes. As well as women… Continue Reading →

Image from: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/21/lost-art-handwriting My group’s first performance pitch was both over-complicated and not yet fully developed. Our initial idea was to work with technology, reflecting on the history of Lincoln whilst using audience interaction to educate them. Our theme was to show… Continue Reading →