So much for not having much to blog about...

That was a bit of an essay I just posted! Oh well!
Just remembered an interesting article I read the other day about performance art being sellable.
It talks about different ways in which performance art can be sold, the two main ones being, as a video or some other form of documentation, the second being the buyer actually purchasing the idea behind the piece and receiving instructions on how to re-create the performance themselves. 
I admit I did scim through the article a little bit, but it was the fact that people do actually sell performance art that interested me. 
I wonder how much my 'Nuce Brauman' script would go for on eBay?!


Read the full article here.

Long time no post..

Can't believe I've not updated this since August!

To be honest I don't really have much to blog about. I started working in a shop two months ago, so I've been working most days trying to save up for my Australia trip. The job is fine and the people I work with are nice, but I just feel like my brain is slowly dying as I'm not having to think about much while I'm there. I want to be doing something that's making me think and that is something I really love doing and am passionate about, but unfortunately I don't have any idea what that is!

With blogs, Twitter and Facebook all keeping me updated with exciting things other people are doing, lots related to art, I almost feel guilty in a way for not making more of an effort to keep my performance practice going. I don't know why but I just can't bring myself to start making new work. I don't know whether it's the fact that now I'm not in university I have to work a lot harder to get my work seen so have less motivation to do something, or that I'm actually not interested enough in making artwork to carry on with it. Who knows...

I wish I could just have a few weeks of not having to work, just to think about what I actually want to do with my life... Yes, I'm going to Australia next year, but what about when I come back? I don't want to slip back into my current daily routine which at the moment consists of going to work, then at least three of the following: obsessively researching Australia, seeing my boyfriend, watching rubbish TV, reading about what other people have been up to on social networking sites, eating and sleeping... 

I suppose I just have to take one step at a time and not worry so much about what everyone else is doing, or what other people think I should be doing. At the moment I need to work to get money, so I can go to Australia next year, the one thing I am certain I want to do. It's a means to an end, as my mum keeps telling me! Maybe my travels will give me time to reflect and help me decide what I want to do next and see what life brings...

Australia!

So, I've been doing a lot of thinking recently, and I still have no idea what I want to do, so I've decided to go to Australia for a year! I went last summer briefly and loved it there, so I'm going to get a working holiday visa and spend a year picking fruit, working in hostels and doing lots of other backpacker jobs inbetween traveling around and hopefully having lots of fun!

I'm hoping to get there by around March 2011, once I've saved up enough money. I've managed to get myself a job but a minimum wage job isn't going to earn me a lot... and now I'm a proper grown up I have to actually pay tax now! Pfft.

So yes, hopefully if all goes to plan I'll be heading to the land of Kangaroos, Vegemite and Neighbours next March!

Officially a graduate of Fine Art at NTU...

Well, it's all over... doesn't feel real somehow.

I had an absolutely amazing graduation day. Managed not to fall over walking across the stage and managed to see lots of people who I might never see again, or at least not for a while anyway.

It feels so strange that I'll never be going back to uni for a lecture or show & listen seminar, and I have absolutely no idea what the future holds - it's scary! 

But for now, here's a photo of me in my graduation gear! It's been a great 3 years :)

Athens!

This isn't really art related but seeing as it's my blog I have decided I don't have to talk about art related stuff all the time!

Just got back from a lovely holiday in Athens. Was a nice break from sorting out my room - which still isn't finished!!

The hotel we stayed in was amazing, it had an outdoor pool and lots of bars! We also got an upgrade so we got a buffet breakfast, canapes and soft drinks from 12-4pm, and canapes and an open bar (my favourite part hehe) from 6-9pm!

Athens itself is such an interesting city, although a lot of parts seem quite run down, the architecture is amazing.

So seeing as I'm not great at describing things, here is a small selection of photos!

Victor Borge

I've been going back and looking through some of my research, and found these videos of Victor Borge's, 'Inflationary Langauge' and 'Phonetic Punctuation'. I wish I'd come up with these ideas!

Might have to try them out with some of my own writing at some point, just to experiment :)

"Nerd Play" performance

Finally got round to uploading my final performance for my Fine Art degree. I've uploaded a short 2 minute clip of the good quality documentation on my website, but here is the full length performance in front of an audience on assessment day! Sorry about the awful quality.