Towards a Performance

Over the last two weeks Mark Harvey and Letting Space have held a couple of sessions with people interested in being involved in Productive Bodies May 12 to 16 (though people can just rock up to City Gallery any day of that week at 10am to observe opr join in). One of the most interesting elements of these have been how collaborative the process has been in gathering ideas from discussion and peoples experiences, working always towards group consensus on directions. Below are some of the ideas floated.  Come on along.

• People shuffling paper - the idea of quantitative productivity.
• Offering people things in the street and they have to do something in return.
• The idea of 'Actioning things' - new vocabulary. Doing 'Actionings'
• Having committee meetings in circles
• Wiping the floor ahead of people
• Rolling out the red carpet
• Stacking chairs - moving and restacking
• Moving chairs around in cafes that operate in commons areas -  the furniture thats in public spaces.
• Improving the space.
• Measuring spaces between tables - ensuring there's room for wheelchairs
• Measuring space with our feet
• Using a chair as a measurement
• Using the body as a measurement tool.
• Everyone carrying one person "would you like a lift?" as they come out of the lifts
• When you're not employed suddenly you don't have end of year parties - hold a a welcome party?
• The awkward farewell speeches when people are made redundant - honesty is exasperated by alcohol. What will they blurt out? Anyone who wants to do an awkward speech
• Standing in a circle talking can feel very genuine and can invite people in - circles in foyers. Talking and planning in a circle. Inviting people in.
• Issues of personal space - how much space around you is personal. Experimenting with this
  Moving horizontal bodies on the steps of parliament.
• Groups holding individuals. Moving them from prostrate position to seated positions.
• Teambuilding exercises
• What can we offer people?
• A team of people creating a personal space around them as they walk - like bodyguards.
• How to walk most efficiently as a group. Swarms. Arrowheads.
• Clothes swapping
• A line of people getting an honorary handshake. Experimenting with different types of handshakes.
  Letting people know the time and the weather outside. Giving them directions. Being of service.
• Acting as roving consultants.
• Shaking people's hands continuously.
• Walking around as a group with empty cardboard boxes.
•  Market research - how irrelevant and abstract it can become - ask people questions, research handshakes, with someone assessing the quality and working out averages and percentages. 

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