5 minutes of support material

Just want to make sure we all understand that this time at Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC) will be focussed on creating five-minutes of 'support material'. Please feel free to feed in or feed back. I think you will all be able to post, but let me know if you have any difficulties.

Timeline for support material creation

• March 1 to 28 - Michelle in residence
• March 12 to 21 - with Adelina and Daniel (more about this configuration later)
• Unfortunately Heidrun is unable to make it this time as her sister is ill in Germany.

Main questions that will help us complete this task:

• What is (audiovisual) support material - what parameters do we have to work in?
• How can the value and processes of a work at research stage be communicated?
• How can we create examples that do not indicate a necessary aesthetic (which could warp expectations)?
• How can we frame it to look 'professional', rather than looking like a bunch of people messing around in a studio? This has been a concern of the STRUT committee. 

Documentation I have so far that may be useful:

A 'demonstration work' that Dan and I created out of a research process as part of the Butcher/Lane lab in Sydney, November 2009. This example would need to be contextualised through titling, voiceover etc.

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Not the Sound Bite! - an example of working with archival materials (audio element). This documentation would also need to be contextualised as last time I used it the feedback was that the panel didn't understand that there was archival material involved which indicates they may have been watching the dvd with the sound down!

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Remixing the Aftermath - an example of working in an installation environment with performance installation group Shagging Julie (2001-2004 - Michelle Outram, Teik Kim Pok, Gavin Sladen & Luke Waterlow). This was early 2003, so it's getting a bit old now. Useful for the feel though. These stills have been captured from video by Peter Oldham - I haven't had the chance yet to scan in Heidrun's beautiful photos!

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Better than a Blow-Up Doll - another example of an installation environment created by Shagging Julie (in a caravan for an audience of six at a time). I don't have good video of this one unfortunately. Also quite old (2004).

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Untitled - this example is from an untitled solo work from 2002. The video version (by Sam James) shows my interaction with the audience. While I entertain them by playing the recorder, they make a fruit salad literally on me. You can see that Harley Stumm has most kindly dumped a banana peel on my head. I think it was either him or Steve from Erth who poured the custard on my head. In any case it was the middle of July and COLD!

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Ideas for creating support material

I would be happy if we were able to capture four different examples of work or working. Each could be edited to around one minute. They could then be used as a collection or with other of the above examples depending on the context of the submission.

1. Example of process: It would be possible to document me explaining a 'score' to a performer or group. The exploration of this score could then be captured along with some of the review/feedback after the session.
2. Example of working with audience: Show short clips of the audience entering the environment; the audience and performers in 'conversation'; exploration of the environment; private conversation etc.
3. Example of a performer working with a projector/projection: Demonstrates a range of possibilities and gives a concrete example of something many people find difficult to imagine.
4. Example of group work - choreography: A description of and documentation from a complex iteration of a 'spiral' score. (Don't worry if you don't know what this means yet.)