Drawing as Performance

Making connections between drama and drawing, Drawing as Performance introduces visual artists and designers to rehearsal techniques, theory and games as ways of developing image-making and visual communication skills.

Orly Orbach is an award-winning artist who creates open books, performance graphics, and visual narrative landscapes using diverse interactive and participatory methods. Her work with theatre companies, performers, and leading creative arts organisations includes artwork for Punchdrunk's The Fall of the House of Usher at Battersea Arts Centre, an artist residency commissioned by Punchdrunk at Fallow Cross, and artwork for the Barbican's Shakespearean Celebration 'Play On'. Orbach has devised original workshops, projects, and modules for BA and MA students in higher education institutes across the UK, including Falmouth, UCA, Plymouth, Hereford, Norwich, St. Martin's College of Art, Kingston, and Cass School of Arts.

Introduction Chapter 1 There's no such thing as a still life: Image making as a rehearsal process Chapter 2 Drawing from experience: The artist as Model Chapter 3 Drawing, Hunting, Praying: Capturing and responding to movement Chapter 4 Sound - Action - Image: Acting out typography Chapter 5 Image-making in public spaces: The streets as immersive theatre Chapter 6 Re-evalutating the 'Crit': The drama of giving and receiving feedback Chapter 7 Making the most of misunderstandings: Between intention and interpretation