I lurve Rebecca Horn, a German performance and installation artist. She is very involved with extending her body with prosthetics in her performance work.
Many of the references we have found for performance drawing so far seem very connected with choreography, where the act of drawing itself is a form of dance. A kinetic flow, a kind of conversation between the body and the mark, and sometimes the body's movement itself is the mark.
Rebecca Horn's prosthetics are altering and compromising the flow of the body's movement. I love the idea of the restrictions and alterations that this would impose on drawing. I would love to do something working with prosthetic body parts and drawing! It would be fun, honest! OK, maybe not the gimp mask for a family show!
Check out some of Rebecca's Horn fantabulous creations...
Tracey
Tracey these are interesting, if a little scary looking, but could definately work. Practical too you could reach parts others couldn't. I must say like the dancing aspect of the stuff we have been looking at but don't feel I have the confidence or grace to stop myslef from looking like an elephant on a highwire.
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