Monthly Archives: October 2011

For those who need to see it in colour. And for those who want to see it on film:

Spectacle. Is it possible to talk about Carolee Schneemann’s use of her erotic body – intellectual body in her performance lectures without the audience being attracted, distracted, repulsed by images of her spectacular(ized) events? It seems that even forty years … Continue reading →

Saw a NFB film on youtube called “Walking”. Beautifully hand painted and simple aesthetic. It was made in 1969 so the clothing is particular to that era. The movement interested me because it was so varied and low hung. it … Continue reading →

A fish flop was the name for a dance move I used to do, which I see in choreography all the time now. From a neutral standing position you dive onto your hands and roll through your front body onto … Continue reading →

Went to see White Spider at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre last night and tried to be open about it. Dancers in mountain climbing gear, sail cloth back drop, body etch-a-sketch, rotating tilted platform and no connection. I remember my … Continue reading →

I have work to do: Practice: find used pointe shoes. go on pointe. find 4 other people to go on pointe, mixed ability/age/gender. find time to go on pointe. find green paint or ink. find a way to create a … Continue reading →

It was great to be off campus talking about ideas and states of being, invisible and visible relationships, indigenous practices, circular narratives and belonging. I was productively challenged by MVS’s comment about the self-negating statements. Also thinking about the difference … Continue reading →

I did not look it up. To me circular narrative means a return of some sort.  It could be a return to an idea, conversation, place, way of thinking. Whatever it is, it comes back. I know I have been … Continue reading →

Chewing on the words from Lori’s reading…The whole debate of occularity (?) is so interesting to me because it seems that while we try to frame our experience in art as being visual (positively, or negatively), apprehending the world through … Continue reading →