Assignment 3 part 2(2)

Assignment 3: Visual Art Blog

Written for Performing Arts sector of Arts hub

Next February Training to be a Circus woman

“When you think of a circus you think of people standing around juggling but it’s not like that — it’s really involved, it’s far-reaching and it actually does change people’s lives. Being a part of that is really exciting.” Women’s Circus general manager Dianne Toulson

Join Circus, it sound like a joke from childhood but circuses are still around and they're still as fun as ever. To join circus you don’t need to have an extraordinary talent, only you want to break out of your usual work routine, you can consider joining a circus. The New Women’s Program is designed especially for first-time participants in Women’s Circus. It is an introductory class that gives participants a basic introduction to as many aspects of circus as possible, and that pays special attention to building trust and establishing safe ways of working. We are currently accepting women for the 2010 waitlist. There are no prerequisites to take part in the program and for the last few years, all women on the “waiting list” have joined the training program.

That is a funny opportunity to join the program as we can know more the issue behind circus; the life experience is not something you can find learn in internet. After the program, you will understand yourself more, you may find that work in circus is not your cup of tea, or that is your dream work.

Outreach coordinator Annemarie Ferguson said, “People can get quite frightened by it because they don’t know what they’ve come into, but that’s more about the unknown. Once we get them in the space there’s a lot of laughter and people unwind and relax. “We had a 92-year-old woman swinging on the trapeze. She likened it to an orgasm she hadn’t had in a very long time.”

New Women’s classes are two hours long, you would taught Aerials, Acrobatics and Acrobalance, Juggling, Hula Hoops and Stilts and participants come to one class a week. In 2009, New Women’s classes run Wednesday to Friday nights and Saturday afternoons. Training takes place at Drill Hall, 395 Barkly St, West Footscray.

To do classes at Women’s Circus, you must also be a member, which covers you for insurance purposes and gives you voting rights at the AGM. The cost of a one-year membership when joining for the first time is $65 (full-time worker) or $55 (concession). Membership renewal for 2009 is $25 (full-time) and $20 (concession). Payment is due before or at your first class.

To register for the 2010 New Women’s Program, send your name, address and phone number to info@womenscircus.org.au and you will be emailed an invitation to join the program in late 2009.

Reference

Noonan, A. (2009, September 9). WOMEN RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from Southern Star: http://www.sstar.net.au/entertainment/2009/09/09/women-running-away-to-the-circus/4413

Assignment 3 part 2(1)

Assignment 3: Visual Art Blog

Written for Visual Arts sector of Arts hub

PETER GREENAWAY
LEONARDO'S LAST SUPPER

It is widely believed that if Da Vinci, bold, risk-taking investigator par excellence, were alive today, he would be abreast of the latest visual technologies and push their limits with great experimental vigor. Anticipating sound and movement in his painting, and certainly all the extreme potentials of lighting, an investigation into the continuity and correspondence between the language of painting and the language of cinema would have been obligatory for him. With due modesty, we have attempted some of the paths he might have taken to further arouse and stimulate awe, intellectual response, and spiritual experience with the profound moment of the Last Supper and all it prophesized and represented. “Peter Greenaway

It seem that you shouldn’t miss it, if you are in Melbourne. The large promotion attracted me to go, building wall cover and tram poster, so I went to the event last Friday.
Be true, I don’t like it, may be I came there with too much expectation.
I don’t know much about this painting. The first time I noticed this painting was at the time everyone talk about Da Vinci Code, the painting made by Da Vinci, that is! I am expecting cultural experience, the history background of Di Vinci and the painting, what kind of people can appreciate this painting at that time, what kind of cultural activity they hold in related to the panting….

I think they did fantastic projection of images and light bouncing on the very painted surface, accompanied by a soundscape of voices, music and noises. The performance did a good job on transformation the painting, but only the surface appearance of the painting.

The event was hold in Milan in 2008 April, Leonardo’s original artwork (below), which is painted on the wall of the refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church. The live performance involving light projection and sound is exactly same as in Melbourne Art House. In addition there is a same exact characteristics and surface texture of the original, which is on show in the Sala delle Cariatidi in Palazzo Reale.- Sala delle Cariatidi in Milan during the Peter Greenaway: Leonardo's Last Supper event


Installation in Milan.

The location/space brings the meaning to the artwork, so I think that it is not a wise decision to move the event to Melbourne. If they move the event in Melbourne, they should reference the work is original in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church and have support information.

After research I found that the show have quite many good commends and feedbacks in media.


Here Leonardo’s Last Supper, Andy Warhol’s 1987 interpretation of the masterpiece is presented. These piece is part of pop culture, you can be go to visit for “pop”.

Reference

Laera, F. (2008). Peter Greenaway: Leonardo's Last Supper. Milano: Charta Art Books.

Design 360
Leonardo’s Last Supper by Peter Greenaway
http://www.italiandesign360.com/ARTICLES_ARCHIVES/2008/March/Leonardos_Last_Supper_by_Peter_Greenaway_.aspx