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Body as interlocutor, a catalyst for event : from jewellery practice to participatory installation
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posted on 2017-02-16, 04:49 authored by Varendorff, AnnaThis research considers multiple platforms upon which participatory work takes shape,
and the proliferating events which it makes possible. It considers the selection, fabrication
and composition of materials which becomes the field of the works, the success or failure
of the various opportunities which invite audience interaction, the outcome of the constantly
renewing opportunity for event, and the resulting reconfiguring of the role of the audience
from observer to interlocutor.
This practice-led research charts the evolution of my work as a jeweller into the field
of installation and interactive art. The work can be identified as a participatory project
combining an orchestrated terrain, opportunity for audience interaction, and active
engagement of the interlocutor, resulting in endless renewal of the event.
The orchestrated terrain is the space I have composed. By determining selection and
composition of the terrain I am creating the opportunity for, and solicitation of, audience
interaction. Participation of the audience results in multiple and simultaneous shifts of
material and the field of the work is activated and enlivened, thus becoming the space of
event. The multiple sensory forces which are resultant in the event in the space of the work
then re-arrange to create invitation again for a new configuration and the renewal of the
opportunity for the moment of participation and consequent event. The contribution of the
audience participant and the reciprocated outcomes they experience from the work provoke
me to consider the audience not as a passive viewer but as an interlocutor with the work.
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Campus location
AustraliaPrincipal supervisor
Marian HoskingYear of Award
2014Department, School or Centre
Fine ArtCourse
Master of Fine ArtDegree Type
MASTERSFaculty
Faculty of Art, Design and ArchitectureUsage metrics
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