Daily Broadcast
I broadcasted live on Saturday putting on my make-up by using the cam as my mirror and practicing my Penny Arcade script. Putting my make-up on to my usual standard was hard to achieve compared to using a hand held mirror as the image on screen was pixilated and blocked out the finer detail on my face. I have always liked watching people apply their make-up. I struggled applying my eyeliner as the cam captures in reverse. I managed to do my right eye and found it almost impossible to apply the liner to my left eye. I kept marking my skin and missing the under lid of my eye. For the past few weeks I have been getting notifications to watch ‘the birdie’ a channel I follow of bird on a perch. On this channel they video the footage, which creates an online archive. Creating online cam videos helps to build an audience. Using the live stream relies on people being able to view in the moment and if they don’t the work is gone. I broadcasted at around 10am and got 27 viewers.
I rehearsed my script during a live broadcast although this was an experiment that didn’t really work. However, the simple act of putting my make-up on feels right for a durational piece to live stream. Penny Arcade is a performance to camera, video piece for a gallery context and who knows were my make up will take me next. I need to send info out to my contacts how to subscribe to my channel. I love the unique and ephemeral live act/live feed but I can also appreciate how video creates a legacy. Later in the evening on Saturday I thought why not also stream taking my make-up off. Before I did this I put a message out on twitter that I was going to take my make-up off in 5 minutes to give people a chance to tune in. Although I forgot to put out the message on facebook which I think directs more viewing traffic to ustream. For this reason I only got 7 viewers it may also be because I broadcasted at 7pm. For now keeping the work live feels right and I will continue in this way for now. If you would like to watch this work then follow me on twitter or on facebook and then click on the link when I appears. This will happen at different times of the day.
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