Photographer by Tim Freeman.
8 hours performance ART TRA at TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales on Saturday 3rd of May 2008 11am to 7pm
https://vimeo.com/59133193
https://vimeo.com/59132736
ART TRA .A Performance by John Court The performance takes place within the confines of a 240 cm x 500 cm raised platform. I spend the whole 8 hours performance writing on the platform on my knees. I write with my left hand - the opposite hand than I normally use to write. My every day writing hand is immobilized behind my back. I write from right to left, and then left to right, and therefore I am always writing as I am moving. When I finish one layer of writing, I do another layer. Over the time, I cover the platform with linear layers of writing, It all started when I made a statement about my art work, and then proceeded to dissect the statement so I had a number of individual words. The words are separated out and placed at random. I consider each word as an individual concept in art. I visualize the word then I write it down with my opposite writing hand. I do this because I feel we are so judged by what we say in art - and by dissecting my own art statement, and using the words at random, I am making my own philosophical statement about the validity and weight of those ideas.
8 hours performance ART TRA at TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales on Saturday 3rd of May 2008 11am to 7pm
https://vimeo.com/59133193
https://vimeo.com/59132736
ART TRA .A Performance by John Court The performance takes place within the confines of a 240 cm x 500 cm raised platform. I spend the whole 8 hours performance writing on the platform on my knees. I write with my left hand - the opposite hand than I normally use to write. My every day writing hand is immobilized behind my back. I write from right to left, and then left to right, and therefore I am always writing as I am moving. When I finish one layer of writing, I do another layer. Over the time, I cover the platform with linear layers of writing, It all started when I made a statement about my art work, and then proceeded to dissect the statement so I had a number of individual words. The words are separated out and placed at random. I consider each word as an individual concept in art. I visualize the word then I write it down with my opposite writing hand. I do this because I feel we are so judged by what we say in art - and by dissecting my own art statement, and using the words at random, I am making my own philosophical statement about the validity and weight of those ideas.