Dissemination of the RAW-(Material) project as pedagogical method to investigate the
Self as medium for art, then the Self in relationship to the raw materials of
nature and the environment as method for artistic creation.
Living Art Workshop
The Living Art workshop took place at the
Weaverville Yoga studio space on Sunday May 15 at 2 – 5pm. Its purpose was to
demonstrate the working method I have utilized throughout the Raw-(Material) project – beginning with
the pedagogical structure I have developed to investigate the Self as medium
for art, a set of explorations I call Body Tuning – then some of the
explorations I have developed for the investigation of Self in relationship
with Other, which I call Creative Response.
Within the context of the RAW-(Material) project, Other has been
the raw materials of nature and the environment.
The workshop was three hours long. So I
decided to use the first two hours in a brief introduction to almost all of my
Body Tuning explorations. Rather than going in-depth on just a few of them, I
wanted to introduce all the concepts to the workshop participants so that they
would have some working knowledge of the whole.
In the third hour we applied this knowledge
of the body to interaction and relationship with nature and the environment.
Ending with a movement and sound improvisation utilizing the discoveries that
resulted from the afternoon’s explorations.
Workshop Description
Living
Art workshop description
Workshop Images
Living
Art workshop – images
Workshop Video Documentation
Living
Art workshop - video
camera
– tripod set-up (CEB & Diana Brewster) plus clips from Kima Moore (3)
(introduction is missing from video 3 – where
I introduce the concept behind the Creative Response game “Creative
Synesthesia” – information about this exploration can be found in the text
files below)
Pedagogy Text Files
The text in these files describes the basic format
of all the exploration exercises I facilitated at the Weaverville Yoga studio
Living Art workshop. In the context of this workshop they were adapted to suit
the specific goals of the RAW-(Material)
project and the individuals participating.
Living
Art workshop – exploration descriptions
Body
Tuning
Vibration
Joint
Spirals
Breath
Transfer
of Weight
Quality
of Motion
Presence
Shape
Body
Soundz
Creative
Response
Creative
Synesthesia
Environmental
Response – Atmosphere
Closing
with guided improvisation.
