How did I chose make this performance?
The idea for this performance came when I was writing my essay on the artists Hélio Oiticica and Yoko Ono.
How did I develop this performance?
This performance had two phases. The first phase was inspired and contextualized on Ono’s “Cut Piece performance. I found it very interesting her performance, because through the theme Ono brought many reflections and also sought the participation of the audience who was instrumental in the execution of the act to cut their pieces of clothing and having she defined the time to finish without losing the own authorship of the work. So I took some references this performance to create my own performance.
How did I prepare and performed at the white room?
For this performance, I brought my own pieces of clothing from home and placed next to where I was standing with open arms and silent. At the time of presentation, I invited my colleagues and teachers of the course as audience and explained how the act should take place. I invited them to participate actively in the act, where one by one, should wear my clothes.
It was interesting because my first goal was to they dress me, but at the time of the act, who participated decided to just superimpose the clothes on my body, leaving me feel the weight of the clothes on my body. However, I decided the time that would end the performance by the number of available clothing pieces for the act.
After that, I invited everyone to walk with me through the halls to the university library. There were a few laughs, and I could not also contain, however I should have shown more sense on the performance, because my proposal was to question the responsibilities assumed by women in their daily lives, when they assume the role of mother, housewife, wife and work outside the home to help provide household expenses. Simple as that, I felt like I was being invaded on my privacy when people put clothes on me. I also brought the message about the invasion of privacy of other people in our lives but as it is experimentation, I shall do it again to document this moment.
Feedback from teachers was that I should act more seriously and sense of suffering in the performance because there was some laughter. The performance could be better performed if I had before, through someone or a note explaining the public participation process.
