Live Drawing
Live Drawing

Visual Performance Models in the Real and the Virtual Space

Summary/Abstract: The domain of performance studies, closely related to cultural studies and communication theory, brings important fuel whenever we analyse the world of spectacle around us. Having its roots in theatre, the term performance names today various actions that are taking place in the real space, but also in the virtual space or, as we call it in common language, of line and online. This paper aims at analysing three different, exclusively contemporary types of performances represented by live drawing by comparison with and in respect of the theories in the field of performance studies. The specific questions posed by this research are: which is the message of these particular drawing performances? How much reflective and how much reflexive are live drawing performances? Which is the relation with the audience during the various live drawing sessions and, furthermore, does the audience become a voice when the performance takes place online whereas undertaking the traditional role of the silent audience in the everyday? The intimacy of drawing with an audience watching, this stripping and revealing the act of creation seems to be characteristics of live drawing today, at least in some form of performances

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