Ongoing. 'Five Assertions' for Art-o-Mat (2024), rubber stamp and mixed media on acid free paper substrate affixed to particle board block, 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 #art #contemporaryart #mark #markmaking #signature #gesture #gestural #DNA #proofoflife #evidence #documentation #conceptual #conceptualart

Chimpanzee #turntaking in #gestural and expressive 'conversations'

'Scientists who studied their chats in detail found that they took "fast-paced turns" when they exchanged information and also occasionally interrupted one another.

The revelation suggests "deep evolutionary similarities [with humans] in how face-to-face conversations are structured," said Prof Cat #Hobaiter

#primatecommunication #greatapes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25lw18zrjyo

Chimps share humans' 'snappy' conversational style

Wild chimpanzees, like humans, take fast-paced turns in conversation, and often interrupt each other.

BBC News
For a more extensive discussion on how #gestural #notation can be used as a tool for teaching gesture improvisation and improving singers' #acting #skills, see the four exercises outlined on pp. 281-304 of #Teaching #Acting to #Singers. Free download here: http://dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-or45d6qb2
Teaching acting to singers: harnessing historical techniques to empower modern performers - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive

This thesis examines how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century acting techniques could be used in conjunction with twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory and praxis to create modern acting tools for the dramatic training of classical singers. Classical singing curricula tend to focus

G'bye 2022 so glad to be free of you (from my ongoing toy-rabbits series)
#drawing #vispo #visualart #mixedmedia #gestural #art #toy #marionnette #rabbit #anxiety #relief #happynewyear #blessings