Please rely on what you learned about performance art through your engagement with the course material (Diana Taylor’s book Performance + assigned readings and videos + class discussions) to write about the work of Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. Please observe, describe, analyze, and interpret her approach by asking questions such as:
What cultural sources, traditions, artistic disciplines or techniques does Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory draw from to create her work? Does she work indoors or outdoors? In what kind of space/landscape? How does she use her body? What kind of movement or actions does she perform? Are her performances fast, intense, high energy or are they slow, peaceful, meditative, or does she combine different rhythms and energies? Does she use specific objects, clothing, make-up, lighting/sound/music? Does she use technology? Does her work address social and/or political issues? Does her work have humorous and/or spiritual dimensions? What kind of relationship with the audience or impact on the viewer is her work meant to create? Who do you think is her intended audience? What was your experience of her work as a viewer? In conclusion, reflect on what you have learned from her work.Please be specific by providing relevant examples drawn from the videos and from the course material, including the book Performance by Diana Taylor. References to sources not included in the videos and the course material will not count.
Video # 1: Nunavut artist captures one of the biggest prizes in Canadian art (APTN video 2 min 22 sec)
https://www.aptnnews.ca/videos/nunavut-artist-captures-one-of-the-biggest-prizes-in-canadian-art/Links to an external site.
Video # 2: “Laakkuluk on Uaajeerneq” (4 min 09 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwS-QJORfYLinks to an external site.
Video # 3: Art Toronto VIP Event: Performance by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (watch only selected excerpt, starting at 12 min 30 sec and ending at 19 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqkQWy-66A&t=1142sLinks to an external site.
Video # 4: “This Iqaluit artist is using her body to pull stereotypes apart” (CBC video 4 min)
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/838580803929Links to an external site.
Video # 5: “Avatini Oqaatsit/Words at the limbs” by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory” (3 min 43 sec)
https://vimeo.com/315454977Links to an external site.
