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things I made at ITP and after: sketches, prototypes, and other documentation

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Performance Sightings

  • Subway performers
  • Performing a duty (discharging a duty) – the train conductor – “stand clear, and watch the closing doors”
  • Fashion as performance
  • Public Face
  • Performance as persuasion
  • Roles: police officer
  • As we discussed in class, there are expectations in a performance. Is there something of performance in our identity — and particularly the professional identity we present. Where do these expectations come from? We expect certain performances from certain roles.
  • Tradeshows
  • Could we consider a traffic light a performance? How does it measure up against the list we were working with in class?
  • As I rode the bus, a guy with headphones was rapping along with his music – a karaoke performance. What are the elements of this performance? Who is the audience?
posted by Michael at 9:20 pm  

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