Critical Endeavour -- published by kristien van den brande -- Sat 5 Dec 2009 - 17:24
updated by kristien van den brande -- Sat 23 Jan 2010 - 01:02

sound recordings Critical Endeavour workshop

WORKSHOP ANNA TILROE

10 commands on art criticism, by Anna Tilroe

Dos and don'ts for interviews, experiences by all participants

From interview to text, by Anna Tilroe

WORKSHOP PIETER T'JONCK

Making inventories, by Pieter T'Jonck

"Together we try to describe as accurately as possible what was literally to be seen in two performances, with as little interpretation as possible. Probably, every participant will discover that some things escaped him or her. We help each other to get as close as possible to a shared accurate description, which also means finding the right words for it. It might be necessary to reenact some moments, just to find out how exacting a movement really is. We might discover that an intrinsically simple movement is made to look difficult or extremely intense and vice versa. These questions can give us the means to recover the key moments, the pivotal points of the performance and give us a better understanding of the purely formal logic of it. Maybe we discover that some moments don’t seem to fit in this logic. How do we assess that? Did the artist lose his grip on the events, or is it a kind of counterpoint in the formal logic? How to decide upon that? In any case, we should try to understand how we, as a spectator, are addressed to. By this method, we might even find a way to catch up with the strategy by which the makers try to construct a significant meaning of the performance."

From 'what?' to 'why?', by Pieter T'Jonck

What's theatre?, by Pieter T'Jonck

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sound recordings Critical Endeavour workshop