Bodybuilding Pose

The more professional pose by my male model and the exaggerated take on this pose by myself.

VIVA Presentation Performance and Feedback

I had a lot of technical difficulties after exporting from Keynote (Mac) to Powerpoint (Windows). I had to set import all the audio and video files, one of which would not work in Powerpoint so I had to have my volunteer exit the presentation to play the video. Overall I think this presentation performance went well and I will definitely be taking into considering the use of information on top of what I present, as suggested up John Russell.

VIVA Presentation

Script of Audio for VIVA

VIVA Presentation

Kruger Inspired Portraits

VIVA Rehearsal Presentation

VIVA Draft 4

• No audio with quotations
• Explain what part of performative gender I am focusing on
• Time it just to be sure
• Technical issues
• Tracy and the Plastics
• Play with levels: perform when not so much is going on
• Audience focus where/ when
• Break down language but don’t dumb down

Discussion with John Russell on my VIVA/ Practice

• Narcissistic and object
• Serious, angry
• Oiled up, highlighted skin, lighting
• Michelle Griffiths – The Distance Between You and Me
• Laura Mulvey – Looking at, being looked at, the psychology of looking
• Barbara Kruger – Your Gaze
• Don’t need to be in control, but 100% focused
• Gestures need to be strong
• Hannah Wilkes – Body I am
• Sarah Lucas – Got A Salmon On

Discussion With Olivia Stagg On My VIVA

• Performative gender
• Found footage
• Performance – satirical – Speak to John Russell
• Bodybuilders/ beauty pageants/ drag
• Catwalk for performance
• Use of voices to contrast
• Scratch video of found footage, performance of footage as character
• Singular body projected onto black background, replace head
• One male and one female parallel performing the same movements
• Beauty Pageant speeches

Film Inspiration from Angus

After seeing and discuss my latest work with me Angus suggested I look into the following films.

Scratch Video Test 1: Female Bodybuilders

– Needs to be a longer length of time

– Background needs to be changed to black so focus is entirely on the bodies

Artist Talk: George Barber

• Scratch video movement 1980s
• St Martins: Less is more.
• Pop Culture progressed, not art industry
• Reductive philosophy.

• Branson
  • Repetition.
  • Glitchy.
  • Facial expressions.
  • Awkward seconds when people are unsure.

• Absence of Satan
  • Action film-esque
  • Audio alone is extremely effective
  • Creepy little girl.
  • Nationalism?

• Take in conceptual way and make it so that original couldn’t be  further away
• American film and turning them into a British Art School festival
• All samples from VHS.
• Metronomic feelings.
• Falling into the image

• Tilt
  • Geometric
  • Movement of colours
  • Reminds my of John Stezaker
  • “Crap television”
  • Metronomic editing

• Internet: upset by the amount of things that people put up on it
• Stuck with things, working with found elements

 

• Life Feel to Earth
  • Blair witch-esque
  • Real stories?
  • Layering of audio and text
  • Circle of life
  • Most engaging piece
  • Highly intimate
  • Strong emotional connection