9:00–19:30 Walking the Conference

Saturday 20th June 2009
PWB Foyer
[Event:] Performative Installation
[Description:] Interventions / Interceptions: During the course of the conference two visual
artists create with the delegates an original piece of interactive photography
that documents the energy, fulfillment, expectations and human engagement
of the conference.
We will take photos of walking, resting and waiting feet for our: “FEET"
memory board. Join Us. www.bluemacaskill.com
[Presenters:] Blue MacAskill and Alex Allpress (UK)
During the conference, we will intercept people involved in the day, and
passers by engaged with all aspects of the conference, and record their
walking, feet, shoes, socks, trousers, skirts, heel, foot, angle, view, during
the day. Especially walking to and from talks and waiting, (What are they
thinking?).
During the photography, we will invite them to view our growing page: a huge
board of walking all over the conference. A huge interactive growing
sculpture wall. This will be done via a little invitation with a map to our site,
where we might be based.
People will be invited to come and document their contribution, and how
they felt the day was going, as per their feet and lower legs felt!
The idea is to discover the day, by how you feel and think about your body
after it. How mentally secured are we to our feet and their memory of the day
physically.
The Conference "FEET" MEMORY BOARD, will be invocative of the day
and people's energy; as well as being a constant engagement with visitors
and the makers of the conference, and them walking the landscape.
Through my work, I really like to interact with others, viewers and audience
as much as possible, leave ideas to chance, I believe the motivation and
energy of the performance is more exciting. I also think any chance to
document art conferences in a form of their own performance enhances the
experience rather than conventional recording.
After the day, I would like to see if my findings and the official ones are the
same. I really hope their are performances and interventions about the
conference itself, because it will give an alternative insight into their
importance and assistance to the discourse. Also I am investigating via this
project the idea of documenting movement and how involved the final work
feels with the engagement with the viewer at the time of the photo.