performing the gallery

“We become the spectacle of our identities using our highly decorated bodies. In this sense we are always, physically, culturally and technologically hybrid beings.” (The Pocha Nostra Manifesto, 2012) This week we were introduced to La Pocha Nostra and they… Continue Reading →

Our intial idea, heavily influenced by Marina Abramovic and ideas of the human body as shown in galleries, was a relatively simple one. Bodies on show, in various manifestations, eg. clothed, unclothed etc.They outfits would change as we changed shifts…. Continue Reading →

A Marina Abramovich game has been created in which you walk to the MoMA, and proceed to wait and wait and wait to see Marina. In fact, when I played the game, the museum wasnt even open yet, so I… Continue Reading →

Kryzystof Wodiczko is a projection artist who works mostly in public space. He believes that architecture and monuments need to have meaning brought back to them in order to remind the public that they were built to represent something. Historic… Continue Reading →

This week’s workshop involved everyone in the class performing a one minute piece inspired by a stimulus in the galleries. This work was extremely varied, ranging from interactive pieces which involved the audience having to explore aspects of their surroundings… Continue Reading →