fiona wright

amino essays:
20 short
performance papers

published 2004 by amino
format 64pp hardback book | 142mm x 124mm
isbn 0 9549073 0 2

twenty short performance papers is the first in a series of occasional critical essays commissioned by amino to accompany specific projects. Originally intended as a single essay, Fiona Wright developed this into a collection of twenty papers brought together in small book form and published as part of the Performance Lectures series, produced by amino and presented in association with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK in 2004/05.

Performance and writing are connected by the body and uncertainty. Speaking of looking is leading to speaking of theorising. And theory - the 'theoretical (that is, visual)' - must lead to speaking of looking. I say I am looking through my own performance practice and experience. To look through implies that something is in the way, interrupting a clear view. Something to view through or via will layer with opacity, some obscuring of the object under study, giving a less than clear, incomplete image. Looking through water instead of air changes everything.
from essay 7 looking at looking