Below are the performances we did within the first hour of our day trip in St Malo. I think this was the shoot where we collected the most images and had inspiration as we ended up with quite a few different finished products. I also took some stills from each of the videos which I found to be the most interesting.
#1
This performance was inspired by Tom Pope’s Weak Anarchy. As you can see this is very weak anarchy with the subject jumping over the off limits tape and sitting in the little crevice that they are keeping the public from running in. The subject then walks out of frame. It is simple but is a small way to go against the norm and to challenge the way people think by doing things that aren’t necessarily the right thing to do or what people are used to seeing.
#2
For this performance we also adopted the idea of weak anarchy and tried to see the reactions of the public. I came up with the idea to climb onto this window which has been barred over. I thought that the message of the window says that people aren’t allowed out but then I thought maybe it was there so people cant get in. This is why I decided to climb it and stand in various positions and in different ways to make for an interesting image. This barred window made me wonder what was inside it and why it had been barred up in that way. I thought it would be a fun experiment.
#3
Here I challenged myself to see if I could throw a small wheel, which Tania and I found, over the wall. On the other side of the wall was a small car park so we knew that no people would get hit by it. It did take me a few tries but finally I managed to throw the small wheel over the wall and triumphantly walked away.
#4
Pushing the limitations of the public. Here we decided to interact with the public and tried a few different things in order to get a reaction out of the public. Some worked better than others.
#5
Hiding in a bush. Here we took inspiration from Tom Pope, Weak Anarchy and basically did the same thing but instead of doing this to challenge the rules of private property, we decided to challenge the public and see what they thought of it. I simply walked into the bush, I got quite a few odd looks and some people took photos.
