Goshka Macgua book signing Whitechapel Gallery 24.9.10

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On Friday 24th September, 2010, at 3pm, at the Whitechapel Gallery, the artist Goshka Macgua will sign the book, Nature of the Beast, based on the Bloomberg Commission artwork she created, with participants occupying a gallery space for various events, meetings and, in our case, performances.

We have a part to play in this book, whether in full vision or between the lines. Good connection and continuation to the work we produced in 2009.

Heidi



I now have a copy of the book - and we are indeed in it! 
Goshka Macuga The Nature of the Beast, Whitechapel Gallery (2010), page 42

Contribution to meetings archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery April 2010 - our emails, documents and films in the Bloomberg Commission public exhibition
including Umit's project poster (Images above and below)

The Guernica Lecture at the Whitechapel Gallery 30.4.09

Performance East started with a meeting on 30th April 2009 at the Whitechapel Gallery / Gallery 2 (Guernica Room).

Now a selection of this work is part of an archive of all Meetings that were held throughout the one year of

The Bloomberg Commission: Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast

There is an exhibition of this archive - selected documentation, images, emails, letters, films.

Whitechapel Gallery/Exhibitions

Link to webpage / meetings 

This project is now closed - please link to current projects and back issues via

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Thank you very much for your interest and support

h & lev 2

Archived and collated - update

Work from this project has been collated, archived and recordings edited into a series of DVD's:

The Guernica Lecture 30th April 2009 (2009)

Choreographies Part 1 (2009)

Choreographies Part 2 (2009)

Work in Progress (2009)

Interim Critique (2009)

Final Presentations (2009)

This project is participating in the work at Whitechapel Gallery by Goshka Magua /

Bloomberg Commission - The Nature of the Beast 2009-2010

final work archived

2nd June 2009, ISD studio, University of Hertfordshire

Well done 3rd year ISD students - best of luck for the future. Good to see last year's students too... Lana, Sithul, James..

Performance East projections

Today the third year Interior and Spatial Design students showed their degree work - private view. Level 2 exhibited a projection of random experimental video - from Performance East.

Ade 'til death do us part'

Some footage still awaits editing and organising and.... This is a process in itself......... I have realised the beauty and sheer value (and volume) of recording the process. This whole experience has given me a lot to test, think about and evaluate for the future...

Amanda never ending NARRATIVE

Kerry Poster Firedance

LA entry exit

Elena, spatial choreography inspired by Martha Graham's costumes

Elmira poster water

And then some memories from tutorials, inspiration sourcing, ideas forming............here with Yi .

May 2009

Reflecting on final critique

Sinead

Final presentations have now taken place. See Site-seeing 09...more details there.

A recording of the event took place, this is being used for monitoring process and used also for capturing still images of the footage.

Lee Anna

This is being edited, sorted and organsied into the correct format for this site. More in next few days..

Well done everyone, you ALL performed, took the project to its limits (in a very short time) and that's what matters. Great.

HS

Jenny

radha

Interim Critique Thursday 14th May 2009

This was an intensive session with a strong sense of direction. There were evidence of ideas developing towards new paths - all derived from the initial ideas on site at the end of April. Furthermore, the progress has become more vibrant, energetic and expressive - less careful than at first. Remember that your work need this fuel - it needs to go through a range of experiments before you can start final design visuals and 3D models.

Great to see so much video. This was sophisticated and well proportioned to the ideas presented. There were interesting topics coming through in discussion - human behaviour, perception and questioning of how we use space. There was also a good mix of serious and humorous issues. Very enjoyable session, well done everyone. Please let me know how you feel you have developed and what particular aspects of this slightly abstract project has been positive for you. Of course, also let me know what has been difficult etc.,

Next week you will present the work as a complete set of ideas, concepts, diagrams, CAD, sketches, photographs, still images, video footage, text, poetry, models - linking it to the site - make sure it reflects your idea and process throughout... (P R O C E S S = continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner (www.dictionary.com)). You know about process - but always good to have a reminder......

Nimisha, Domestic Mapping

Sinead, filmstrip

Amanda, sketchbooks

Think of a process timeline - it doesn't necessarily have to be in that order ("I like a film to have a beginning, middle and end - but not necessarily in that order.." Jean-Luc Godard) - you are in charge and will decide what goes where. Have a look at the way some of the artists we discussed (in relation to your projects) do their work - based in galleries or relative spaces (Sophie Calle (mimicking, following), Derek Jarman (film, colour, sea/Dungeness), Pipilotti Rist (performance, audio/visual, site specific), Damien Hirst (Spin Paintings) ..etc.,

Enjoy the process, take risks..

HS

Ahmed, video still - process

Elena/choreography inspired by Martha Graham's costumes

"I acknowledge -

I evoke the memories

I submit to the agony

I salute the power

Pride - that by which mankind lives - not arrogance

not personal pride - or social elevation

That ripeness of experience

when fruits become the seed"

'I salute my love' - from Martha Graham's notebooks

library dance