There was a lot of info last class and that is at least 50% why I’m so behind on notes. 25% is that I had a hell of a time with formatting on this batch, from Open Office to WordPress. Ugh. Anyway, the class on the 30th was crit and performance, which I took notes at, but they’re not really useful beyond remembering people’s work. I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class, links that are…
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C.O.P.S. class notes: Hello/Goodbye 07/17/11
I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class and related links. This is a video based class so the majority of the links are videos. Class notes/discussion topics: Initial aspects of endurance: impressing others, consistently topping oneself or others. Endurance as viewer: How long will you watch? Once you’ve seen/watched it, you “get” it. Question of the necessity of watching a long form piece in entirety. [see Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”, from the YouTube comments: “imagine this…
C.O.P.S. Class notes: Audience as wind-up monkey 07/09/11
I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class, links that are related and the best parts of the readings: Class notes (some reference chunks of reading, numbered in following section): Passageway 1961, Robert Morris. [Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties, page 50] Actively engaging in civics, spectator v. participant Mostlandia (compare to Borges [1, 2] and Varo [1], creation of “imaginary spaces”) Involvement increases value Vito Acconci Audience & viewer find obligations in a space…
Focus Month: the craft room
Eek! Kind of far into the month do declare July’s focus, but it’s a (kind of) light one and something that needs to happen. So here goes. One of the beautiful parts of our apartment is the finished attic space that we’re using as studio area. Problem is, my half has been getting things dumped in it (by me) and has become kind of a super mess. So July is all about increasing the usability of that space. I’d like to do a sewing focus month soon, but I can’t…