THINGS THIS WEEK

I have bought a cam-corder. I usually try to avoid technology, but i am going to make a new film to exhibit in "State of Readiness" in Felixstowe this summer. The film will focus on duration, exhaustion, training and systems. I feel clear with the concepts of the film but this is a new media for me, as with all my previous works, its look and feel will be pared down and utilitarian, but i need to do some tests in different environments before i commit to making the full piece.

COME TO MY STUDIO...

SAM EPPS:

FILMS

31.05.10

4 – 6PM

Please join me for the screening of a series of raw and unedited films that

document and detail increasingly important factors in my practice: pace,

duration, discomfort and determination.

These previously unseen films were created to record the making of sitespecific

“Line Drawings” in Norwich and Riihimaki, Finland:

The drawings are strenuous, noisy and grubby; they create dust and residue,

disrupt those around me and make my drawing arm and entire body tired.

With the pencil acting as a bridge between myself, and the work that I am

making, the drawn line becomes a mirror of my physical and mental self. It

leaves behind a trace of itself in space and records the time taken to make it.

Sam Epps

Contact:

Web: www.samanthaepps.com

Email: samantha.epps@hotmail.co.uk

Location:

Studio 4a

Muspole Workshops

25 – 27 Muspole Street

Norwich NR3 1DJ

STUDIO PRACTICE

First few weeks in the new studio:

THINKING ABOUT LIVE ART

Performance?

Happening?

Live Art?

Action?

When does it begin?

When does it end?

How do you know?

Who decides?

Lots of questions have been thrown up over the last few days as a result of me being a spectator, it feels like a positive thing.

SAMPLED (SUNDAY)

Sunday morning, on a whim i drove down to Cambridge to go to a Live Art Event at the Junction, "Junction Sampled: Live Art". The reason for doing so is that i still have not worked out my feelings towards Live Art, conceptually its immediacy and momentary nature makes perfect sense, but there are some aspects that really don't sit easy with me.

The event had been programmed very well, timings worked in such a way that no performances were missed - my body got ushered from one theatre to the next with helpful pauses in between for tea. I enjoyed being around a different group of people, usually at Art Events in Norwich i know a good number of people, i know who is going to be there - but this audience was new to me and very specific to Live Art, lots of people were performing throughout the event and they were very supportive of each other.

At first the event was just causing me more confusion, but as i began to see a range of performances, it became clearer why some aspects suit me and others don't.

Live Art that is not for me: the theatrical, rehearsed, things that involve a lot of tech support, lighting, music etc, over- elaborate, fussy, showy, spectacular.

Live Art that is for me: the momentary, durational, raw, unrehearsed, low tech, laborious, honest, action, immediate, basic.