So our piece had developed in a sense that we have started to think about how music makes us feel how when we listen to a song we create a narrative in our heads.  our main criticism has been involving our choice of music is it too modern or does it fit with our piece so on this note I think we need to explore Henri Lefebvre concept of Rhythmanalysis he believes that you need to “go deeper, dig below the surface, listen closely instead of looking, reflecting the effects of a mirror” and also that “every plant, every tree has its own rhythm which is made by several leaves or flowers but each has it’s own time”  (Lefebvre,1996 p.222)  which in relation to our project is the idea that we can stay away from conventional songs and modern styles of music and use sounds that are natural within the world.  For example Cathy Berberian’s Stripsody it is not your traditional concept of music but it is still sounds and you can still respond to them in a way that will give our performance a interesting dynamic if we was to explore with different styles of music and to not just revert back to songs that we are comfortable or familiar with.

Also on the idea that we are responding to music, it allows us to go with the idea that everything we do is a performance as we respond to different situations, different people and different spaces that we are in which in its own right is a type of performance.

In Erving Goffman’s Presentation of self in everyday life he states, ‘in Ichheiser’s terms, the individual will have to act so that he intentionally or unintentionally expresses himself and the others will in turn have to be impressed in some way by him’. He thinks that we perform everyday in our everyday lives and people put on a ‘performance’ particularly in different social situations. For example, you would ‘perform’ differently to a friend as you would to your boss at work. In site specific performance some performers find it strange as they are used to performing in a conventional performance space, usually a theatre. However if we think about performance being an everyday occurrence and something we do constantly it shouldn’t actually feel that strange performing in an unconventional space.

Everyone’s small performances in the past week have been impressive to watch. I like how the originality of each piece combines both abstract and science elements!

As as an audience member I was made aware that we obviously aren’t performing in the space we will be using in the future but that we can use the confined space we are given to give us a little insight as to how we can think of many different possibilities to how we can integrate the space into our performance.

I have always imagined that performance is a kind of science for actors they use experimental methods to create a piece of art much like scientists use experiments to understand how the world works or how to understand the impossible. The space we are given to perform in is part of our ‘experiment’ and we can use it to our advantage in many different ways.

These performances have inspired me to think more logically about how one determines the link between science and performance. Also I personally think that our imaginations are free to run wild in this subject, in terms of how and why we have to consciously adapt our performances into our space!

As our pieces are coming together and we implement our knowledge of site specific performance into our work, I feel we must be careful how far down the rabbit hole we venture. Site specific is a challenging variation of performance and if executed well can show an audience a subject they previously had no inclination of, or view the same subject in a different light. My concern however stems from my own interpretations of examples of performance we have witnessed in lectures; said pieces have made me uncomfortable and even question my own view of ethics and morals. Now obviously these can be powerful tools when devising a performance intended to inform an audience. Though as performers I believe we should tread cautiously as we attempt to come out of this module with an enlightened perspective, rather than an altered mindset for the worse.

Hello there everybody! My name is Pip and I am the worlds first apple themed clown! You want some jokes? Here you go then! How do you make an apple turnover? Push it down a hill. AHAHAHA