Gillian Wearing

In the past we had all done a live art piece based on Gillian Wearing, however the one we had done was restricted to certain questions. This time around it was open and the participants were free to write anything that they wanted whether from how they were feeling that day to what their reactions were to the live art piece; one man asked us was this really art.

At first I was a bit unsure if anyone would participate because I know how I am when I am approached by salesmen but all the questions that we were unsure of, wouldn’t be answered until we went out their and did it, and surprisingly enough people participated. Once in our first spot we scanned the people to see who we would think take part, already we a having expectations of whether a person is going to do it and what they may say. As a group we tried different approaches, somewhere straight to the point and others more detailed. One that often worked was firstly saying ‘Hi’ or ‘Hello sorry to disturb you, but…’ once we had their attention we then went on to ask if they would take part in out live art piece, it will only take a minute. In some cases we had to write for them as they were in a rush for the bus or to go on with their day bringing live art and it’s meaning together. The more people we asked the more easier it became, the sites were also important we had a lot by the bus stop and by Tesco Metro however I feel it would work a lot better in central London. Overall I really enjoyed the experience and I would look at different ways of approaching people to possibly gain more responses.