PERFORMANCE-MAKING STRUCTURES

FUNCTION

Mart presents structures as tools for isolating one part of performance: gaze, distance, attention, time, decision, memory, manipulation, order, public context or audience reading. No single structure represents his whole practice.

PRACTICAL LOGIC

RULE

→ EMBODIED ATTEMPT

→ OBSERVATION

→ FAILURE OR CLARITY

→ DISCUSSION

→ REPETITION

→ POSSIBLE PERFORMANCE MATERIAL.

STRUCTURE / PERFORMANCE

A structure may be useful to do but uninteresting to watch; difficult to do but compelling to watch; training; compositional material; or a complete scene. Function depends on context.

OUTSIDE EYE

Structures are potentially observed by audience, teacher, camera, institution or accidental passer-by.

FREEDOM

A clear restriction can reduce paralysis and give the performer something concrete to manage.