Think About
What role does repetition play in your practice? How is repetition used to construct and/or deconstruct within your practice and/or your own identity? Does repetition play out in your process or outcome?
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Prompt One
Stand up or sit on the edge of a chair comfortably.
"Invent" a simple dance movement. Perhaps the kick of a foot or the flick of a wrist. Simple. Repeat this movement five times at a self-determined speed.
Now add to it another simple gesture. Repeat your sequence of two moves five times.
Continue adding gestures to your sequence until it is 5-moves long.
Now do it five times to a piece of music.
Document.
Prompt Two
Think of a five to seven word statement about yourself. It can be true or false.
Hand write the statement 100 times or for at 60 mins. whichever comes first.
Play with scale and material here.
Document.
Prompt Three
From the Fluxus Handbook
Dig Deeper
Ellen Gallagher in "Play", Art 21
Working with vintage magazines, Ellen Gallagher explores both the representation of ethnicity and the essential nature of identity. In a series of large paintings, she mounts page after page in a grid so that the viewer relates to the magazines in a spatial rather than a sequential way.
A Year in the Life of Tehching Hsieh: The Taiwanese artist captures the day-to-day on film, NOWNESS
New York-based Tehching Hsieh has undertaken 18 years of continuous performance. Known for dedicating long and precise periods of time to fully immersive projects, the Taiwanese-born performance artist's lengthy works span everything from spending a year locked in a small wooden cage to thirteen years making art not meant for public display.
Not What It Seems: The Politics of Re-Performing Vito Acconci's Seedbed (1972), Teresa Smalec, New York University
For seven days last November, Marina Abramovic engaged in a seemingly simple art experiment. The Solomon R. Guggenheim's program straightforwardly outlines her weeklong endeavor: "In Seven Easy Pieces, Abramovic reenacts seminal performance works by her peers dating from the 1960s and 70s, interpreting them as one would a musical score and documenting their realization".