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Abstract of PhD Thesis Experiments with the Activated Presence                     Joanna Louise Mayes 2004

"This thesis considers how the making of artwork can enhance or develop an experience of being present. This is done through researching what it means to be present within the moment and how this can be shared with audience. An exploration and analysis of this way of working is provided, both in terms of the research process and artwork outcomes made as a consequence of it.  The entanglement of process with outcome is central, as is the interrelatedness between personal research and artworks presented to audience.

Activated presence refers to a way of researching, making and presenting performative artwork; artwork made from a place of attention to the moment. This is the expanded moment of Eastern philosophy, Christian mysticism and the new physics; what Varela describes as the ‘deep now’ (qtd. in Mulder 18). This notion of activated presence also refers to, and acknowledges, the collaboration between ideas, materials, artist and audience in the creation of artwork.

My initial approach is to make personal research explorations, utilising the terrain of Dartmoor[1] as a starting point, with walking and documenting as essential tools for this exploration of presence. Initial plans to create outcomes utilising digital technologies are dispensed with in favour of physical exploration of site, utilising audio-visual recording technologies as tools for the documentation of presence. These documentary outcomes form the basis for further investigations, whether through installation or video artwork. A more direct and inclusive relationship to audience is then considered; where the artwork outcomes investigate and acknowledge the notion of activated presence, through audience participation. This practice forms the heart of the thesis, through both critical and reflective writing, and associated audio-visual documentation. Also included are short edits of associated video artwork (DVD and DVD Rom).

Available through Dartington College of Arts, Plymouth University, 2004

[1] Dartmoor National Park; the high moorland area of central Devon, England and its immediate surroundings."

Creative Production * Participatory Artwork * Performance * Experimental Film *
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Our current programmes are supported by: National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Feast Cornwall and Cornwall Council.
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  • ABOUT
    • Privacy Policy
    • Who We Are
    • Our Partners
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  • PROJECTS
    • Mary Lockyer: Starlight >
      • Mary Lockyer Story
      • Star Stories - oral histories
      • Stithians Starry Campout
      • NLO Interview
    • Artist Opportunities >
      • Sonic Signatures Film Call
      • Workshops & Events >
        • Recent workshops
        • Station to Station & Star Train
        • Destination Dartmoor Okehampton Station Day 24th September
        • King Arthur's Hall Pinhole Camera Workshop
        • Watching The Sun: Residency
        • Seeing the Landscape: Creative Observations
        • Seventeen Suns
        • Measure To The Moon
    • Current Projects >
      • Destination Dartmoor
      • King Arthur's Hall
      • Dark Skies Wild Seas
      • Above and Below >
        • Above and Below Walks
      • Measuring The Universe
      • Watching The Sun
    • Projects Archive >
      • Starlight | Virtual Artist Residency 24th to 28th May 2021 >
        • Starlight: participants
        • Starlight: speakers and facilitators
        • Starlight: resources
      • Measure to the Moon
      • Dark Skies Bright Stars >
        • Stars & Stones: Sound & Film Jams
        • Deep Time: Filmmakers' opportunity
        • Immersive Film
        • Laila Diallo Choreography Day
        • Library events
        • Art Science Learning Events
        • DEEP SPACE: Performance
        • Full Circle: Immersion Weekend: Dance, voice, film
        • Full Circle: Film Workshops
        • Deep Time: Meteor Film Pod
        • 100ft of Deep Time Films
        • Sea Salts & Sail Festival
        • Call for Images
        • Call for Dance Performers
        • DSBS Bodmin Moor
        • 400 Light Years
      • Joanna Mayes - early projects >
        • Moon Journeys
        • The Grasses are Singing
        • The Public Record
        • The Star Project
    • WORKSHOP ARCHIVE >
      • Following The Light: Screening
      • Following The Light: Residency
      • Walking The Universe
      • Lizard Point Residency Exhibitions
      • Lizard Point Networking
      • St Ives Sept Festival
      • Poltesco: Drawing workshop/walk
      • Semaphore Stories
      • Lizard Wireless: Drawing workshops
      • Lizard Beacons events >
        • Lizard Point Artist Residency
        • Kids Invent Stuff
      • Lands End: May Film Weekend
      • Workplace Wonders: Spring Equinox Edition – Inspiration for the creatively curious >
        • Spring Equinox Short Course
      • Loop the Loop with Cornwall Libraries
      • Rays of Sunshine
      • Education >
        • Penzance Schools
        • Water From The Moor
      • Kelly Mine
      • Community >
        • Remapping St Ives Website
        • Remapping St Ives
      • Cafe Scientifique
      • Twinkle Twinkle, St Ives
      • A Festival of Wishes
  • Residencies
    • Dartmoor Residency March 25
    • Boscastle Residency Feb 25
    • Cot Valley Residency Jan 24
    • Cot Valley Residency Nov 23
    • Spring In The Woods: Immersive Analogue May 23
    • Dartmoor Residency Jan 23
    • Cot Valley Residency Nov 22
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