performing the gallery

Image from: http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue76/8243 This week’s reading was chapter 3 of Site-Specific Performance by Mike Pearson. Site: Places gave context about what to expect from a site-specific performance. It “draws attention to the details of location, valorising them, pulling them out… Continue Reading →

Image from: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/mar/11/should-eu-ban-pornography-in-old-masters [Accessed 22 February 2015] This week’s reading was Theatre / Archaeology by Mike Pearson. The reading identified how forensic science is performative. This is shown through the need to document every detail, representing how they are trying… Continue Reading →

Image from: http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/ With my initial understanding of site-specific I know that, as Pearson states, “the material traces evoke worlds that are intangible and unlocatable: worlds of memory, pleasure, sensation, imagination, affect and insight” (Pearson, 2010, 10). Site-specific is about… Continue Reading →