performance
‘It is easy to’ act natural’, when no one watches, but actors must learn to act natural when the camera is turned on them. Thus Abstract Expressionists delight in disciplining themselves to accomplish what their own self-consciousness has rendered seemingly impossible.’ [Dunning]. ‘These artists knew how to utilize a good accident, and a master was expected to develop a process that consistently created good accidents’[Dunning]
The artist kneels on a rectangle of cream canvas. In front of her, the sketchbook is taped down and is surrounded with various implements and materials, including a small angle poise lamp which points at the open page. A camera in front of the audience picks up video footage of the book, while a second camera is suspended above and this projects an image of the book onto the wall behind. This permits the audience to have a dual view of the artist completing the forty-seven pages within the allocated time [one hour].
