Author Chloe Jade Nugent

Laura Mulvey’s description of the woman’s role within society became a stimulus for our performance idea being based around challenging the male gaze. “In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for… Continue Reading →

When analysing Marina Abromovic’s – The Artist is Present I began to notice aspects that could be criticised, for instance, her intentions for the work itself. It could be said that her the purposes for her performance were to idealise… Continue Reading →

This week’s task was to devise a performance text based on and/or around an art work which inspired us from the Usher Gallery or Collection museum. My performance text was based around the Victorian mourning jewellery and the Grandfather clocks… Continue Reading →

Last Wednesday I attended my first Site Specific Performance session at The Collection Museum and Usher Gallery. We explored the facilities and individually conducted small tasks which pushed us to think about the area as a performance space, as well… Continue Reading →