NMC [Workshops]
Contemporary Performance Art—
Exploring Technology as a Liminal Space
with Collette Copeland
A three week workshop examining how technology creates a speculative and transformative space for performers. We will explore key questions, such as how the camera mediates the relationship between performer and audience, and how technology influences and reshapes performative actions. Through concept ideation, creative mapping, hands-on exercises and discussions, participants will experiment with strategies including video projection, performing for and against the camera, and integrating technology into their practice. The workshop culminates in a series of short performances, showcasing each participant's exploration of technology as a liminal space in performance art.
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Intro Introducing artists working with performance and technology in their work. Performance exercises: performing a repetitive action responding to a video projection. Written reflection.
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Delve into mind mapping through exercise and for concept ideation for final performance. Collaborative in-class exercise inspired by Erwin Wurm: perform exercise over a 5 minute period. Written reflection
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Final performances. Written reflection.
Pricing
$300
Admission includes entrance for (1) to attend a 3 part workshop divided into weekly sessions. Each session will be 2 hours long from 10am to 12pm.
About Collette Copeland
Inspired by Dada, and Fluxus, Colette Copeland is a interdisciplinary visual artist whose work examines issues surrounding gender, death and contemporary culture. Sourcing personal narratives and history, she utilizes video, photography, sound, performance and sculptural installation to question societal roles and the pervasive influence of media, and technology on our communal enculturation. Her performance videos employ experimental narrative techniques to explore the landscape of human relationships and most recently interspecies communication. Over the past 33 years, Copeland’s work has been exhibited in 39 solo exhibitions and 168 group exhibitions/festivals spanning 35 countries. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York and her MFA from Syracuse University. She teaches contemporary art practices and performance art at University of Texas. Copeland just completed her research as a Fulbright Scholar in India, writing about under-represented female contemporary artists and created an experimental sound archive entitled Let Your Voice Be Heard amplifying female, non-binary and queer voices of India. Learn more at www.colettecopeland.com.