choreography module: first week

In our first choreography lesson, we got seperated in our household groups which is a group of 3 in my case. Each group was given a picture based on the arts as a political statement and as a group we had to write down our thoughts and feelings that came to mind while looking at each picture.

The first picture me and my group analysed was of the navity being somewhat protected and shielded by a wall. This wall was covered in graffiti with words such as 'love' with a peace symbol as the o and a skull which could perhaps represent death. However, central of the wall seems to be a bullet hole but as we discussed further with this, because this hole is above the nativity, we thought it could represent the north star. After discovering that this artwork was created by the artist 'Banksy', we linked it back to the subject of the lesson which was arts as a political statement so we associated it with perhaps religious hate crime.

The second picture is taken in an art gallery where there are multiple sculptures but in the centre of it all is a specific sculpture that does have a human form. The person seems to be covered in an oil like liquid but the coverage of it is streaky and doesn't cover the whole body. They are also facing away from all the visitors, laying in a fetus position which could visualise a sense of vulnerability. Elaborating on with the idea of the oil, it could represent our environmental damage and it has been caused by us meaning its our fault and they are putting it on display. 

The third picture was of a group of people being segregated by what looks like a wall straight down the middle. However, coming out of the wall are pink seasaws perhaps as there are people sitting on the opposite ends of them showing that they want to be together but they're unable to due to the wall. This links back to the main topic of art in a political statement as many could presume this is the wall that Donald Trump as it could demonstrate the political divide between America and Mexico where the rich are lifting the poor up, emotionally and physically.

The fourth picture consists of a group of women protesting against what could potentionally be a cry for help as they have their hands tied above their heads as if they were surrendering to something. Some of the women have blindfolds over their eyes and a green cloth wrapped around their wrists or necks which could resemble what they are protesting for whether it's a political matter or something else.

The final picture we analysed was a portrait of Breonna Taylor however, the portrait is half finished. There are areas of colour which could enhance the idea that the coloured areas are revealing more apart her where as the blank areas could show the feeling of hiding the identity. The expression on her face looks emotionless and empty which could represent that theres more life rather than exisiting.

After looking into all the pictures, our group decided on the third stimulis to focus on and chose 3 words to create a phrase.