Dance Piece: “The Orange Man”

This photographic still from Dance Piece is performed by the Salisbury Audio Visual Group and relies on the element of chance to shape the ultimate outcome of the piece. In Dance Piece the performer of “The Orange Man” would indiscriminately expel sounds according to his whims and had no qualms about standing still for any length of time. In "The Feathered Hat Interlude" the feather hatted man would sit benignly extolling the value of Dance Piece to small audiences across the south-west. In Dance Piece there is never any attempt to agree on aims or methods; individuals with a common aesthetic perform the work at any time and all times of the day. Anyone can perform Dance Piece. The value of this artwork is in it's collaborative element. No single moment is to be considered more important than another, each moment of Dance Piece should be performed with conviction. In this way Dance Piece becomes transformative, dynamic and democratises art. Dance Piece is self-referential Post-Minimalist Process Art.

The Feathered Hat interlude from Dance Piece