Performance
I wear the pants #1
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Staged as a happening, guest were invited to one of the studio spaces at UBC Okanagan. Inside the studio "the artist" is standing behind a projector which is facing a cordoned off stage area. Once all the guest arrive an attractive young woman, "the model", who arrived as part of the group, leaves the group and walks toward the stage. Emerging naked she walks to the stage area to pose. Looking at the model, the artist begins drawing on a sheet of acetate on the projector. As he draws the lines are projected onto the body of the model, outlining and defining the the contours and planes of her body as the audience watches the drawing grow to eventually cover her body.
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I Wear the pants # 2
Performed in the FINA Gallery as well as at the opening reception for the Discus(t)? exhibition, Who wears the pants (performance #2) is a public performance is a research project to examining the relationship of power between artist, model and viewer.
Setting
As the audience enters the gallery space they are given a name tag to wear with the words “the viewer” stenciled in blue paint. The performance begins with the Artist sitting at an easel drawing a nude model. The artist wears a shirt with the words “The Artist” painted on the back and model has the words, “the nude” stencilled on her leg, both are stencils in blue paint. The dynamic between the participants (viewer, artist nude) is altered as the performance progresses by moving through various “stages”. Each stage lasts approximately two minutes.
Stages
1) Artist is drawing the nude model as she looks directly back at him.
2) The model changes her positioning the chair to look directly at a single member of the audience.
3) The model looks back to the Artist, pulls a sketch pad from beneath her chair and also begins to draw.
4) The model pulls another sketch pad and a pencil from beneath her chair, stands, then gives it to another viewer. She returns to drawing.
5) The Artist stops drawing. Remains looking directly at the model.
6) The Artist stands and undresses. He places his clothing on the back of the easel, sits down and returns to looking directly at the model.
7) The Artist changes his position to look directly at a single member of the audience.
8) The artist returns to facing the model. The model stands and dresses in the clothing that the Artist left on the easel. Both the model and the Artist return to drawing.
9) The artist stands and puts on the models robe. The Model also stands. The performance is over.
Setting
As the audience enters the gallery space they are given a name tag to wear with the words “the viewer” stenciled in blue paint. The performance begins with the Artist sitting at an easel drawing a nude model. The artist wears a shirt with the words “The Artist” painted on the back and model has the words, “the nude” stencilled on her leg, both are stencils in blue paint. The dynamic between the participants (viewer, artist nude) is altered as the performance progresses by moving through various “stages”. Each stage lasts approximately two minutes.
Stages
1) Artist is drawing the nude model as she looks directly back at him.
2) The model changes her positioning the chair to look directly at a single member of the audience.
3) The model looks back to the Artist, pulls a sketch pad from beneath her chair and also begins to draw.
4) The model pulls another sketch pad and a pencil from beneath her chair, stands, then gives it to another viewer. She returns to drawing.
5) The Artist stops drawing. Remains looking directly at the model.
6) The Artist stands and undresses. He places his clothing on the back of the easel, sits down and returns to looking directly at the model.
7) The Artist changes his position to look directly at a single member of the audience.
8) The artist returns to facing the model. The model stands and dresses in the clothing that the Artist left on the easel. Both the model and the Artist return to drawing.
9) The artist stands and puts on the models robe. The Model also stands. The performance is over.