An Architecture of Interaction

We looked at a reading in class called An Archiecture of Interaction by Best. He describes the three main categories of audience that are generally involved in a performance. These are participants, onlookers and witnesses of trace. The participants in a performance are those who are not actors or practitioners but are directly involved with the performance. Onlookers are those who witness rehearsals as a performance, and witnesses of trace are those who see documentation such as photos or video as the final piece after the piece has been performed.

In my performance I will be having witnesses of trace who see the footage of the final piece and participants who will be involved in the performance.

Independent Study Tasks

After being asked to devise my own independent study task that would help towards my final project I decided to interview students asking them to rate the library on a scale of 1 to 10 on the following aspects and statements:

- Functionality (How well does the library function)

-Helpfulness of the Staff

-How easy is it to use in terms of finding books? Is everything clearly marked?

-Tidiness

-"I believe I could cope on my own without using the library" How strongly do you agree with this statement?

I interviewed 10 students on each of the above, here are my results

7 out of 10 students gave the library a score of 5/10 or higher for Functionality

9 out of 10 students gave the library a score of 5/10 or higher for how easy it is to find books

10 out of 10 students gave the library a score of 5/10 or higher for tidiness

3 out of 10 students gave a score of 5/10 or above of how easily they could cope without the use of the library

This task will help me towards my final project in that my idea involves seeing the library through both the students and the staff.

Week 4- Ethics

Today we looked at some performances in the public realm and considered some ethical issues that they might raise and how these could have been addressed. We looked at the three C's of ethics: Consent, Confidentiality and Conduct. For my final project and my proposal I will be thinking about these three aspects.

Firstly I will need to consider Consent. I learnt that before including anyone in my project I must fully explain the aims of the project and notify them of any risks such as the possibility of them being on film and having their names included. Consent can be verbal but I plan to get my participants to sign consent forms to that I have written confirmation of their willingness to participate.

In terms of Confidentiality I have learnt that an individual always has the right to keep their identity private and confidential. I will need to explain to all of my participants that in my project their name may be used and they may be filmed so they are fully aware and may choose not to participate or ask that their information is not included in the performance.

I will also need to consider Conduct. I need to behave in a disciplined and professional manner throughout the whole process of creating my performance and during it. I will always be on time to any interviews or meetings I may have scheduled and I understand that is unacceptable to be rude or disrespectful and that I will always need to be polite.

After discussing ethics I took part in a video editing workshop where I learnt the basics of video editing using the programme final cut pro. I also had a chance to use the video recording equipment and learnt how to upload footage to the editing programme.