Audience, Viewers, Spectators, Crowds. Theses are all different types of groups of people that observe or watch for instance television, a theatre show, football game. Strange how they all do the same thing, observe. Yet there are different meanings for all. In our last session we used members of the public’s reactions to spark our … Continue reading “Us as an Audience”
“I believe so much in the power of performance I don’t want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own” M.A.
Marina Abramovic, in one of her last installation pieces before turning to performance, created a site specific sound installation piece that created a reaction to the public. On a bridge she placed a three minute looped recording of a building collapsing provoking passers by causing disruption and distress among the public. It was then removed shortly after the … Continue reading “Risks to provoke the system”
Great Central Library Warehouse was once known as Great Central Goods & Grain Warehouse dated back to 1861, until the university gained its status in 1992. If you looks closely behind the letter L in the word Library, you will notice slightly the letter O, which once belonged to the buildings original name.
To accommodate for the University’s 12,800 students the Library offers around 230,000 books available, along 4.3 miles of shelving, to be used for subject research. Throughout the Library’s 3 floors there are, in total, 450 study spaces available. The 3rd floor, also known as the silent floor, still features the old pine beams which remain … Continue reading “Welcoming the Library to the 21st century.”