Seeing "Eyes of the Skin" is an experience I will never forget, and is the first performance piece I've seen that I've felt connected to. It began with the dancers dispersed throughout the halls and main gallery, which I found to be extremely powerful. The space which the dancers occupied was in the area where we were walking through and standing in moments earlier to view the pieces on the wall, which brought attention to the fact that everywhere could be used to display art - to me, this was something I hadn't paid much attention to, but for some reason I had never thought of the place where you stand in a gallery to be a part of the gallery, despite being in the same place. To me, art is surrounded my a metaphorical bubble, and within that bubble is art and a place for it to be displayed, but I'd never thought much of
could get up-close and personal with the dancers, there was a sense of intimacy felt between the viewer and the dancers. At the same time, I felt as though the dancera ruled the space. Their movements throughout the gallery were vey slow and controlled, and it made me feel as though we, as viewers, were not allowed to move faster than them. This made passing the a bit awkward, seeing as you felt you were interrupting because (back to the idea of there being a bubble around art) you felt unsure how far you should remain in order to not interupt.
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