Intro to 4D

Friday, November 30, 2012

More Performace Art References

Cheryl Donegan
http://www.ubu.com/film/donegan.html

Marina Abramovic's Balkan Baroque
http://vimeo.com/38023444

Thu Tran's Food Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfTaH9Tg3E

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Homework due 12.06.12

1. Finish your performance piece. The guidelines are posted here: http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/11/project-3-performance-due-120612.html. *It must be 5 minutes or less.*

2. Arrange documentation of your performance piece (if you are performing it live).

3. Make sure you have signed up for a space/time via Isaac's google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ZrBwJEM32jj8Jjfw1u8PNxUyEZIb6KMFtqfT8dLdec/edit.

Reminder: New classroom and meeting time

We are going to start class at 9am tomorrow in our performance space in 2 W. 13th St. room 811. There's a lot to cover so please be on time. Looking forward to hearing your performance ideas!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Homework due 11.29.12

1. Think/Draw: Develop ideas for performance project (drawings & notes in sketchbook).

2. Look: Go see one of these performances: http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/11/performance-do-over.html.

3. Read: The next installment of Roselee Goldberg's Live Art http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/readings/TheLiveArt-1970-80.pdf.

4. Watch: There is a super concise history of performance art posted to the blog. Choose one piece to discuss with the class next week.

Performance Art: 1950's-1970's
http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/11/performance-art-1950s-1970s.html

Performance Art: 1980's-Present
http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/11/performance-art-1980s-present.html

Performance Art: 1980's-Present

1980’s

Tehching Hsieh
1980-81 One Year Performance” April 11, 1980 - April 11, 1981
http://vimeo.com/16280427
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcqweHEWec
Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh
1983-84 “Art/Life: One Year Performance (a.k.a. Rope Piece)” 4 July 1983 – 3 July 1984 http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/montano_tehching_ropepiece_1984.jpg

Laurie Anderson
1981 “O Superman (For Massenet)” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VIqA3i2zQw
1986 “Home of the Brave” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osHBA6YAHAo

Paul McCarthy
*1995 "Painter" http://www.ubu.com/film/mccarthy_painter.html
documentary “Destruction of the Body” (2001) VCA14303 http://www.ubu.com/film/mccarthy.html

1990’s

Andrea Fraser

1989 "Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk"

http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/fraser_museumhighlights1989.jpg

2003 “Untitled” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/fraser_untitled2003_01.jpg http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/fraser_untitled2003_02.jpg

Coco Fusco & Guillermo Gomez-Peña
1992 “Undiscovered Amerindians” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLX2Lk2tdcw
“The couple in the cage [videorecording] : a Guatinaui odyssey“ VCA4352 http://vimeo.com/7319457
“Operation Atropos” DVD10349
Interview with Coco Fusco DVD10118
2009 “A Room Of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Voh4nLWIw

Janine Antoni
1992/93 “Loving Care” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/antoni_lovingcare_1993_01.jpg
1992 “Gnaw” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/antoni_gnaw_1992_01.jpg
http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/antoni_gnaw_1992_02.jpg
1993 “Lick & Lather” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/antoni_lickandlather_1993.jpg

Matthew Barney
1987-ongoing Drawing Restraint http://www.drawingrestraint.net/
Short interview about Drawing Restraint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83WTxmkye04
2005 Drawing Restraint 9 Trailer http://vimeo.com/23751206
1994-2002 Cremaster Cycle http://www.cremaster.net/
2002 Cremaster Cycle Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_aZQffIBw0
Cremaster 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9tM8dcyuk
Cremaster 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/LeRareMovies#p/u/27/v6rD4y7ZltY
Cremaster 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VpXpMJzPVc

Contemporary

Miranda July
2000 “Love Diamond” performed at The Kitchen (excerpt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU99STtP2s
2007 “Things We Don't Understand And Are Definitely Not Going To Talk About” performed at The Kitchen (excerpt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8OQassYB_4

Patty Chang
*2003 “In Love with Patty Chang” short documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LeEMWNqjJw

Sharon Hayes http://www.shaze.info/
2003 “Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Screeds #13, 16, 20 & 29“ http://www.shaze.info/projects/sla_video.html
2007 “Everything else has failed! Don’t your think it’s time for love?” http://www.shaze.info/projects/eehf_audio.html
2009 “In the Near Future” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/hayes_inthenearfuture_2009.gif

Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
2009 “Never Mind Pollock” http://vimeo.com/10953391
2011 “Afghan Hound” http://vimeo.com/31501248

Tino Sehgal
2007 “The Kiss” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/sehgal_thekiss_01_2007.jpg
http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/sehgal_thekiss_02_2007.jpg
2010 “This Progress” http://nobetty.net/4d/resources/images/sehgal_thisprogress_2010.jpg

Ernesto Pujol http://ernestopujol.org/
2010 “Awaiting” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-npj7cgGI

Nick Cave
2010 “Soundsuits” interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwupTQt9zxY
performance UCLA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksm7LkzyFrk

Performance Art: 1950's-1970's

Project 3: Performance (due 12.06.12)

Einhorn (Unicorn), Rebecca Horn, 1970

For your final project, create a five-minute (or less) piece that explores performance. We are defining performance as "the execution of an action" so your project has a wide range of options and influences: Rebecca Horn (prosthetics), Marina Abramović (direct use of the body), Adrian Piper (confrontation/politics), Robert Whitman (interaction with projections/media), John Cage (sound), etc. This can be a recorded performance or a live performance.

The key to many successful time-based artworks is documentation. Think about how you are going to stage it, and what exactly you want the audience to see for your final critique: Is it a live performance? Are you showing only evidence from a past performance? Are we watching a video of the performance? Is there an installation component?

The project is due on 12.06.12 and you have a maximum of five minutes to perform/present your piece. You have a choice of two rooms:
55 W. 13th St. room 404
2 W. 13th St. room 811
*any other room/space must be ok'd by Norene & Isaac, due to time limitations

Please plan in advance. Check out the available rooms, and consider how, when, where and what equipment (camera, TV, DVD player, LCD projector) you will need. Your performance must be thoughtfully documented. Arrange for one of your classmates to video/photo it, including reserving the video camera and tripod. The documentation will then be edited and burned to a DVD due 12.18.12.

Isaac will be organizing the crit schedule and equipment, so you need to let him know ASAP what your room and equipment needs are.

CLASS SCHEDULE

11.15.12
Critique of finished stop motion projects
Introduction: Performance History (50’s-70’s)
HW: Develop ideas for performance project (drawings & notes in sketchbook). Go see one of these performances: http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/11/performance-do-over.html

11.22.12
Thanksgiving NO CLASS

11.29.12
Introduction: Performance Now (80’s-Present)
Movement exercises
Review preliminary sketches/concepts
Work time
HW: Finish performance project. Bring any necessary props. Sign out equipment and plan for documentation.

11.30-12.05.12
Norene & Isaac available by appointment for extra feedback

12.06.12
Critique of final performance projects
HW: After reviews, edit performance documentation and burn to DVD.

12.13.12
Fine Arts Department Final Reviews

12.18.12
Deliver a DVD with your project to Norene's locker in Fine Arts (instructions for accessing locker will be emailed to you)