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Sloppy is a performance. In the performance I (Angharad), read from a piece of printed paper a sequence of statements. The statements are almost identical in form, they use a variety of adjectives to describe the effects of different substances, and the substances effects on the narrators behavior. The performer (Angharad) reads the text very quickly, drawing deep breaths between each statement. The performance is an ongoing piece of work and the performances length depends on the number of statements in the collection. Currently there are 36 statements. The project could be described as a writing machine. | Sloppy is a performance. In the performance I (Angharad), read from a piece of printed paper a sequence of statements. The statements are almost identical in form, they use a variety of adjectives to describe the effects of different substances, and the substances effects on the narrators behavior. The performer (Angharad) reads the text very quickly, drawing deep breaths between each statement. The performance is an ongoing piece of work and the performances length depends on the number of statements in the collection. Currently there are 36 statements. The project could be described as a writing machine. | ||
HOW | HOW | ||
Myself and a group of artists from the Piet (Katherine, Natalia and Madison) were put in a group for our seminar with Katarina (Performativity), with our main concerns being ‘Liveness’. As a group exercise we agreed we would present performances at a ‘Sloppy’ dinner of soups at Madison and Clara’s home. This is how the performance came about in a practical sense. How the work manifested, I cannot remember. I made a connection between the word ‘sloppy’ and being under the influence of specific substances and losing inhibitions so it made sense to develop from there. | Myself and a group of artists from the Piet (Katherine, Natalia and Madison) were put in a group for our seminar with Katarina (Performativity), with our main concerns being ‘Liveness’. As a group exercise we agreed we would present performances at a ‘Sloppy’ dinner of soups at Madison and Clara’s home. This is how the performance came about in a practical sense. How the work manifested, I cannot remember. I made a connection between the word ‘sloppy’ and being under the influence of specific substances and losing inhibitions so it made sense to develop from there. | ||
WHY | WHY | ||
Why? Well, I love writing, we had just recently in class discussed writing machines and it seemed an interesting new for me to write and explore the spoken word. It seemed logical and fun to read something aloud which was ambiguous in terms of its authorship. Also, I was / am interested in reading aloud, storytelling, with particular interest in reading to a multi-lingual audience at a quick speed, so what is remembered by the audience is more fragmentary and abstract. | Why? Well, I love writing, we had just recently in class discussed writing machines and it seemed an interesting new for me to write and explore the spoken word. It seemed logical and fun to read something aloud which was ambiguous in terms of its authorship. Also, I was / am interested in reading aloud, storytelling, with particular interest in reading to a multi-lingual audience at a quick speed, so what is remembered by the audience is more fragmentary and abstract. | ||
HOW COULD IT DEVELOP? | HOW COULD IT DEVELOP? | ||
Sloppy could develop in many ways. I could not be the performer, the text could be read by someone else. The text could not be read aloud. Based on a recent performance of Sloppy I have been invited to work with another artist (Dan Mitchell) on a new issue of his publication (Hard Mag) using the text from Sloppy. I very much see the project as ongoing, developing and sourcing new adjectives to describe “drunkeness” (ostensibly) and new slang for drugs and illegal substances. | Sloppy could develop in many ways. I could not be the performer, the text could be read by someone else. The text could not be read aloud. Based on a recent performance of Sloppy I have been invited to work with another artist (Dan Mitchell) on a new issue of his publication (Hard Mag) using the text from Sloppy. I very much see the project as ongoing, developing and sourcing new adjectives to describe “drunkeness” (ostensibly) and new slang for drugs and illegal substances. | ||
Revision as of 01:01, 18 March 2015
SLOPPY WHAT Sloppy is a performance. In the performance I (Angharad), read from a piece of printed paper a sequence of statements. The statements are almost identical in form, they use a variety of adjectives to describe the effects of different substances, and the substances effects on the narrators behavior. The performer (Angharad) reads the text very quickly, drawing deep breaths between each statement. The performance is an ongoing piece of work and the performances length depends on the number of statements in the collection. Currently there are 36 statements. The project could be described as a writing machine.
HOW
Myself and a group of artists from the Piet (Katherine, Natalia and Madison) were put in a group for our seminar with Katarina (Performativity), with our main concerns being ‘Liveness’. As a group exercise we agreed we would present performances at a ‘Sloppy’ dinner of soups at Madison and Clara’s home. This is how the performance came about in a practical sense. How the work manifested, I cannot remember. I made a connection between the word ‘sloppy’ and being under the influence of specific substances and losing inhibitions so it made sense to develop from there.
WHY
Why? Well, I love writing, we had just recently in class discussed writing machines and it seemed an interesting new for me to write and explore the spoken word. It seemed logical and fun to read something aloud which was ambiguous in terms of its authorship. Also, I was / am interested in reading aloud, storytelling, with particular interest in reading to a multi-lingual audience at a quick speed, so what is remembered by the audience is more fragmentary and abstract.
HOW COULD IT DEVELOP?
Sloppy could develop in many ways. I could not be the performer, the text could be read by someone else. The text could not be read aloud. Based on a recent performance of Sloppy I have been invited to work with another artist (Dan Mitchell) on a new issue of his publication (Hard Mag) using the text from Sloppy. I very much see the project as ongoing, developing and sourcing new adjectives to describe “drunkeness” (ostensibly) and new slang for drugs and illegal substances.