WLAM Responses

The WLAM presentations, dialogue and discourse have been far more fruitful than anticipated. I think I especially felt this when basically the entire class voted for Mika Rottenberg and then during the group discussion completely ripped her apart about her consumption of labor with out a personal understanding of the value of her own labor. A sensitivity, awareness and accountability are all on the forefront of discussion these days which is refreshing because it means that ideas, morals, opinions, groups of marginalized people are not swept under the rug. I also enjoyed the conversation around Jacolby Satterwhite and the ways in which he is navigating the art world. We all were so critical of his art school write up of his own work but then noted (shed light on) his authorship and how its been erased from the beginning of time and by him putting his work into his own terms he was accessing his power and freedom and reclaiming it on his own time to give people only what he wants to give. He does not allow you to think about many other things because he is giving it to on a silver platter. Giuseppe Penone was interesting because of the Arte Povera movement that Penone was apart of, but i guess what blows me away about him is that his work now revolves around those trees which seems so far away from the ideology of Arte Povera but alas. All in all though the conversations have been far more richer then I anticipated. However, i do look forward to seeing what miranda and catherine bring in for all of us! 

Crit 2 Response

it has taken me a while to even want to write this response because the piece took so much out of me and is still so fresh and new in my eyes. there is so much room to continue to play with that/those pieces and fine tune each of them even further. i was so happy to finally bridge my video work with my body in real time. the cherry on top was my ability to bring objects into the world and not feel like they are a bastard. also, audio is really scary but also really exciting. i loved how i was able to give each object a sound which then controlled my movements and actions. I do agree that the timing of the piece was either too short or too long ( i think it was too short ) for me, when i am performing i want as much time as possible so i can really get into the mental space i go to when i perform. I want to dislocate my self, dissociate my self, distance my self from myself. it is not a character. it is me. it is me. it is always me. 
i want to keep re-performing this piece. I want to see and understand how it manifests in different times and spaces. in different head spaces and mental states. in front of different groups of people. the audio still needs work and for me needs to be more understood by myself. i think its an important material to the work but i need to more appropriately utilize its effects and pacing abilities. I think the sounds need more space and less clutter well maybe the clutter was working because then it forces this object, body, action relationship that interests me as a performer. Another thing about this piece that is important to me is that all of it was made by hand without the use of power tools (except the wood cube structure) but for the most part everything was made with small tools which is something that i have been trying to get into the habit of doing because i will not have all this machinery once i am out of school. this is not a necessity to the work but i am definitely thinking about it while i am making. 

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