Lizzee - Artist

Post Performance -

The experience I had was an interesting one. I did not receive a copy of the score beforehand, so I had no idea how I was going to perform it, nor what the score was. I actually thought the score would be a traditional musical score. Needless to say, I was surprised by what I saw. To me, it looked like a mixture of Kandinsky's paintings and Federico Garcia Lorca's drawings.

It was awkward to draw in front of a group of people in complete silence while being videotaped. In hindsight, I wish I had thought of something more original to do instead of drawing with pen on paper. I feel that creating two-dimensional art is a solitary activity in which artist and material and art are intimately related. When placed in the front of a strange classroom and exposed to a score I had never before seen, I panicked. I felt frustrated and dumb, for lack of better words.

However, I enjoyed watching other people's performances immensely. I felt uncomfortable during Soojin's performance, just because she was another artist, and the room was completely silent as she sat drawing. I also appreciated being able to discuss the performance afterward with the group. I felt that Kate and the performers were very understanding of the discomfort and confusion that I felt at the time. The discussion was also was a great way to organize everyone's thoughts
and to provoke new thoughts and considerations about experimental, cross-disciplinary collaborations. Overall, the BAR project was a unique and thought-provoking experience.