Creative Vs Techy
My brain feels split between the techy, computer elements of what I need to do and getting on with the creative stuff. Every other day I am learning my script and getting a little bit quicker, in time with Penny Arcade’s speech. After the speech there is another, final section to the performance that will involve dancing and standing back putting my full figure within the screen. I have a video cam in my computer so I can practice and see how my performance is progressing. I was able to have both the Ustream screen on and my computer cam on at the same time, which allowed me to compare the quality. This really showed up how the stream is choppy and loosing frames in contrast to my computer cam, which is much smoother. The performance on my computer cam is so much stronger which is making me re-think about broadcasting through a live stream. Can this performance simply be captured through my computer and then played back giving the appearance of a live streamed performance? I remember an artist talk were Tim Etchells had pre-recorded his speech and then it was simply played on a DVD displayed as a large-scale projection. However the frame was close up to his face and it really felt like he was talking directly to me even though he wasn’t there.
Alongside thinking about the techy and creative stuff I have to consider were I will show this work? When I show this piece I do not want to be in the same room, which rules out showing it at my artist talk at the University of Salford in April. I feel this video would work well as a large projection, programmed alongside other performances. Last week I went to Gallery Girls at the LDP (http://lioneldobieproject.com/) were they are screening a scripted/reality, American, TV show. Funnily enough a female visitor to one of the galleries in the show was an ex-resident from the Warhol Factory, like Penny Arcade. My short video could be curated pre or post preview. At Paper we met with the Sluice Art Fair team who visited us at the gallery. Sluice will have a performance programme at the event were this piece could also be screened. I feel the content of the piece is really flexible and could be seen as making a comment on reality, persona, performance, aesthetics, commerce, connectivity, and the gaze. For now I have to keep plugging away at the script, figure out how to video the performance at the highest quality whilst maintaining a DIY aesthetic.
