Beginnings
For me beginnings in the sense of art is a form of production, Lefebvre (1974) talks about how production cannot happen without first answering five questions “Who produces?, What?, How?, Why and for Whom?” stating that “Outside the context of these questions and their answers, the concept of production is purely abstract.” Visual research can be seen as a form of production, through visual research I ask myself questions; what can I do with this? How would I work this?
Conceptually how does this influence the world around me? Where is its place in the world? This production process is a beginning and influences the work I produce through the method of portfolio building.
Abstract
Watching the film Frank (2014) I took a quote “what goes on inside that head inside that head” It really described the introspective of the human mind, the human persona. It had always seemed absurd to me that people only see from one point of view really, this cannot really be changed. Bollnow (1963) stated that “perspective is on the one hand the expression of the ‘subjectivity’ of his space, meaning that man in his space is bound to a particular point of view, that he can only ever see it ‘from inside’”. The themes of the introspective and the absurdity of this seen in A Clock Work Orange (1964) “Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep forever, and ever and ever”. Burgess here; through the eyes of Alex, describes the absurdity of suicide, this is perhaps the most introspective moment a human can go through. Camus (1955) describes thought processes like Alex’s. “It is confessing that life is too much for you or that you do not understand it.” The word you or I, It is about the introspective, the mind inside the “head inside that head”, never the extrospection.
Proposal
I propose a performance lecture based on the absurdity of the introspective of the human, looking over the themes discussed philosophy, relating back to my visual research taken from film and reading. I would like to take into account the writings of John R. Searle, Timothy Bewes, Albert Camus, Otto Friedrich Bollnow, Henri Lefebvre and Ray Brassier, I would also like to look at real life scenarios and literacy to further my research basis.
Concept design for mask taken through Camus’ texts passage bellow.
Though whitebread individuals are usually white, the term is not necessarily racial in meaning – the implication lies more with the blandness, predictability, and banality of plain white bread. Accordingly, “wonderbread” is often used as a synonym.
Brown Bread – Meaning – dead. Originating from london, England
Monday I had a crit, I tried out a performance that I am creating for a ‘Performance lecture’ for my visual research module at university.
The above images are images of the props I used. Bellow are images from the performance.
Bellow is the notes from the crit.
‘The absurd holy communion’
- Nobody feast on my death except me
- You aint allowed my bread it could kill you.
Materials I need
- Bread
- Wine
- ????3rd object????
The materials I have used do not quite work I need to do some further thinking and reading, practising.
