Your homework, women of the AoC, should you choose to accept it, is to consider an artistic conversational-based response to the following provocations.
This means mulling over the following and then when we next meet up we'll discuss in groups what we think and how to respond performatively. Makes sense?
For example, Kaz talks in an earlier blog about wanting to become one of those living statues you see in tourist-y areas. So, one performative response might be to transcribe and then record a discussion between 2 people on one of the topics, then, come performance time, have two people dress up and perform as living statues with a recording of the conversation being played out of speakers behind the performers.
You can also have a think of your own provocations, and don't forget to keep eavesdropping on the bus!
Title: “The Dirtiest F Word”
Abstract: Young women today don't recognise themselves as feminists. Those we have spoken to recently have suggested a new word would be more appropriate as their views of feminism centre around ideas of the eighties radical feminist and the idea that men are obsolete. If young girls disagree and distance themselves from feminism, are we fighting a losing battle? How do we make feminism relevant to younger women? Should we be doing more to rehabilitate the term "feminism"?
Title: “Harmless Banter - Richard Keys ‘smashes’ it"
Abstract: With regard to the ‘off air’ tv clip where Keys is asking Jamie Redknapp if he 'smashed it' and is really trying hard to engage him in some sexist banter, what does ‘smash it’ even mean? Should we be concerned about the inane (and some might say insane) behaviour and language used by Keys and his colleague Andy Gray, or does the whole episode merely shine further light on how out of step football culture is from the rest of the us?
Title: "Loose Women - not any women I know"
Abstract: Award winning telly programme Loose Women consists of a panel of privileged, reactionary harridans, who say nothing to me about my life, and in fact, set the women's cause back 50 years. Discuss.
Title: "It's My Pejorative"
Abstract: A large number of insults seem to derive from words for female genitalia, including 'cunt'. Does this word (and others) still have the same power to disgust that it has held historically? Should we as women be looking to re-appropriate these words in the same way that "queer" has been re-appropriated? Are we overly sensitive to language and should we learn to let words bother us less?
Don't forget the conversation can always start before the next session, either on this blog or at twitter.
Amanda @ Pigeon Theatre
Ive often heard women refer to men (who probably deserved it) as a quat. I belive this is a term for a pregnant fish Also men refer to fellow men as ' a cunt' How much do we even know about the words we use and where they come from.
ReplyDeleteI recently heard a comment on facebook @ I have nver seen a cunt but i have met plenty@ by a female poet. As for the reference to a malke conquest as 'smashin it@ there are alot of thivk people in the entertaiment and media industry who are probably to coked up to know whats going out on air
Last thursday at The Green Room
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to stumble on the fundraising evening ehere people from vaudiville , castlefield gallery, film festivals and the zion centre gathered together to talk about the cuts from the arts council, followed by some entertaining performance with men in big heads and a hunchback obviously meant to be the yeah or ney person. shame there wasnt any of the artists writers performers and art enthisiasts from 'Art of Conversation' there
Inspired
ReplyDeleteMy memory takes me back to an exhibition in 2006 at The ICA in London (sort of more avant guarde cornerhouse) Surprise Surprise' was a group exhibtion by artist who showed work that was not that well know and not tippically signitured.
Carslen Holler - Artist. Showed 'Tokyo Twins@ dvd endless loop black and white. screened opposite each other at the entrance to the show the same performer repeats 'You are always saying the opposite of what i say' This piece stuck with me, and really irritated my friend who was more of a digitalarts girl than I. In conversation in society in roles we are often saying the ' same thing' divided by the need to argue and divide the you and me, energy is lost
Inspired again
ReplyDeleteI also remeber conversations from Artworks (who said there was no place for narrative in fine art'
A profile is drawn by an artist as a passer by speaks, who we never see, we here the conversation between him and the artist. Gradually we learn who he is where he is know what he is to do. The Artist draws a representative portrait respectfully keeping to the pace of the speaker, the passer by becomes alove bt tone line and image. A joint effort. EGO NOT NECCESSARY