Author Archives: Abbie Manning

Initial response to the performance -16/5/13

Response to our installation performance. 16/05/13 Experiential performance was a 4 hour long process with different sections for the participants to enjoy. Something we agreed on doing was making sure at least one of us was in the room at … Continue reading

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The Artist is Present

This video is Marina Abramovic’s ‘The Artist Present’ For our installation I thought this would be a good piece to take inspiration from. The idea would be to push me as a performer: having a chair sat next to me … Continue reading

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Performance Artists: Orlan and Marina Abramović

Practitioners: A practitioner which I have looked into and which I think is rather relevant is the French Artist ORLAN. She explores different techniques such as photography, video, sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, biotechnology, etc. ORLAN is also the first artist … Continue reading

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Cause and Effect on the Body

To get a better understanding of the idea of cause and effect we thought it an interesting idea to see the effects not eating would have on us. This would include photos to show any visual changes, a blog to … Continue reading

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Experiments – You Spin Me Right Round

Gaining more interest in the human body we looked at ways we could push our bodies. One way we did this was by spinning round as fast as we could and then performing a simple challenge. At first we just … Continue reading

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