Presentation Notes

What is Site Specific Performance?

Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called public art, land art or intervention art; however, the boundaries between these terms overlap.


Using the company you have been designated as an example, focus on the type of work best suited to site specific work?

Emergency Exit Arts (EEA) creates unforgettable events and participatory experiences using visual performance, processions, puppetry, music and pyrotechnics.

The have a big team of industry creatives giving us the ability to deliver on every aspect of a project; artistic direction, design, construction, performance, facilitation, community engagement, production and event management.

Founded in 1980, (EEA) is an influential arts organization that has founded many new and upcoming arts in the outdoor arts bringing culturally diverse, collaborative work to outdoor arts festivals.

 

What is unique about the company and their approach? (Scale, Location, Concepts, Political Content etc)

festivals. They are known for exploring and combining lots of different cultures, where exploring traditional British culture to exploring the other cultures in England, other than our own, like British Asian cultures and as well as Indian traditions

A lot of their performance and installations are breath taking due to their size and structures, as you can see in the picture, this was from one of their productions called ‘the hungry turkey’, where the big bird would patrol the streets, performing slapstick comedy with the audiences and members of the team.

As you can see from the other picture this was another piece that the company created, which raised awareness about your planet and recycling. This 4 meter tall structure was made completely out of old bins and recycled waste.

 Their art is always a focal point of each event that they take part in, whether it be due to the scale of the piece or the amount of audience interaction that they get.