DEPRIVATION AND OVERLOAD
Course size 15 participants
Venue: Tron Theatre, Changing House, Trongate, Glasgow and outdoor spaces
A unique course that aims to give/ share/experience ways of working / surviving / perceiving / thinking / organising / selling as a live artist in today's culture. Deprivation and Overload will be a six-day experience divided between sensory awareness, receptivity, location, information-sharing and mentoring. A secondary aim of the course is to build a strong group identity over the period, leading to the possibility of ongoing contact and support between participants into the future.
How do ideas develop? How to operate with or without a studio. Pushing yourself to the edge, putting yourself on the spot, getting the mind in gear, taking time, taking stock.
We will cover visual and sensory overload - travelling to locations and meetings across Glasgow, with occasional verbal deprivation (one day spent in silence). We will meet invited non-art guests (e.g. from industry, education, architecture), raising issues about the place of live art in their worlds. The final days will be information-pooling, pulling the strands together, and individual and group mentoring. Eligibility: Participants should feel their work is located within the areas of Live Art, visual art or performance and be prepared to spend a day in silence.