Why we’re doing this:
– To explore how your ideas about performance and your work as a performer can be made manifest and available for discussion
– To explore how you use can use repetition and duration to make an action your “own”
– To explore the effect of time on both the performer and the audience
– To explore how we judge what constitutes a successful, competent, and/or engaging performance

STEPS (see schedule for exact dates):
1) a 10 second performance
2) a 10 minute performance
3) a 1-hour performance
4) reflection

PROCESS:
Part 1: This performance is only 10 seconds long.  When creating your performance, think about things that last 10 seconds, and things that cannot last 10 seconds. Think about risk.  Think about things you wouldn’t want to watch/hear/taste/feel/smell (experience) for 10 seconds, and things you wouldn’t want to stop after only 10 seconds. What would engage you for 10 seconds?

Part 2: This performance is 10 minutes long. Consider the same questions you did for the 10 second performance. How have your answers to those questions changed/shifted?

Part 3: This performance is 1 hour long.  Consider the questions you did for the previous performances and how your answers have shifted.  What opportunities are available to you in 1 hour that are not available in the 10-second or 10-minute performances? Be prepared for the physical challenge this performance may present. Consider the experimental/scientific approach described in “Art in the Age of Technoscience” (p118-121).

Part 4:
Now you will reflect on your performance.
1) What is this work about? (This is the idea, theme, message, or concept for your piece. Think of this as the thesis statement for your work.)
2) Why do you want to do this work? (This is your explanation of the importance of the work and what it means to you)
3) How will you do this work? What is it made of or out of? (This is how you envision the performance happening—medium/a, actions, texts, audience/performer relationship, etc.)
4) What do you want this work to do or accomplish? (This is the outcome or experience you anticipate for the work)
5) How did this work utilize the elements and principles of 4D design?

GRADING CRITERIA:
– sketchbook planning
– completion of the performances
– reflection on the piece you performed