BLOG #4 (Final performance documentation)

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Personally I think group 2’s performance was way better compare to our group maybe because the flow between one to another is really smooth, and less videos but more live performances. I like how Francisco’s ripping the flower performance and saying something like “Obama, Osama” (she loves me, she loves me not?) also referenced the politic view between supporting Obama or Osama…. The way he talked and stutter created a personal wall that shut himself into this personal space where his mind is only focusing on himself and no others.

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Francis came before Francisco, where he dressed as a lion/monkey hybrid and jump around the ground throwing banana skins everywhere, I like how his eyes were engaging with the audiences as he is one sacred beast not just some animal. It’s kind of funny because his face reminds me of Dr. Seuss character… his movements reminded me too, sorry that’s just my own opinion…

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What is great about performance art, as I learned in this class that also help me a lot as a performer, is that YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN SPACE, when you are up stage, is all about you and nobody else! This is that one important thing that also slip off my mind when I’m performing on stage in the past, I didn’t take it far enough, wild enough, knowing this helped me in this two performances I had outside of school 3-4 weeks ago… The girl that asked us to help out with carrying the mirror and acting really annoying and Victor’s rage were two best examples. Especially Vic’s performance on the last day, he really surprised me, somehow I can’t link his usual quiet personally with the power performance/rage he brought up… just… wow! “IS THIS FUCKING HUMANITY????”

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Lastly, whether in the future I’ll be pursuing my dream as a hip-hop performer or making more visual/audio arts. One thing that hit me for sure is that: do it, just do it, like you are NOT SCARED of anything... There were two girls that stripped naked in front of the classroom for their final project, especially the other girl that “invited” us to strip, basically the whole class strip naked and form into a circle except all the Asian people in the class. They were not scared or not comfortable to take their clothes off, because they weren’t scared. I find that I create something better every time my initial approach is to joke around, usually is better than I actually WANT to make something better. Just like how Landon Mackenzie’s approach with drawing maps like abstract painting, and eventually turning it into something else.

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