Women's Writing for Performance

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Box Story

with Bobby Baker

This workshop took place on Friday 7 - Sunday 9 May 2004

at the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University

Please click here to see examples of participants' writing and film footage from the workshop

About Bobby Baker

Bobby Baker is a performance artist based in London. During the last three decades she has produced an extensive repertoire of work principally concerned with an exploration of aspects of daily life and human behaviour. She has worked in a variety of media including food, site-specific installation, radio, TV and drawing. Major works include: "An Edible Family in a Mobile Home" 1976, "Packed Lunch" 1979, "Drawing on a Mother's Experience" 1989, "The Daily Life Series" 1991-2001 - five shows including "Kitchen Show" 1991 and "Box Story"2001. Her work has been shown widely in the UK and abroad.

Bobby took the participants shopping for boxes. These boxes and the memories associated with them formed the basis of an exploration into making something significant and transformative out of the everyday. Participants were also asked to bring their favourite kitchen utensil.

Feedback from Participants

Image from workshop

from final performances

The workshop was fabulous! It was great to be a part of it.'

'...it was a wonderful experience, from which I gained an awful lot. The selection of people at the workshop was great, a really diverse and interesting group which seemed to function really well, we all got on very well, which made working with and amongst each other a very productive and enjoyable experience. I, as a young artist just starting out, feel I gained a lot from making contact with other people who are doing and have done the same thing as myself, and talk properly with people who have a serious and enthusiastic interest in similar work as myself. Bobby herself was just wonderful, so sincere and giving and down to earth,very inspiring! '

'Thanks for an inspiring and enjoyable weekend'

'For me it was a very exciting weekend where I had a chance to work at my skills work as a performer.I enjoyed the tasks that Bobby Baker gave us and I really liked the evaluating bit of eichothers pieces. '

'I had a great time and I learned a lot. I especially found it very useful to have to learn to evaluate your own pieces and that you had to discribe your thougth behind your piece.I met some very interesting talented people and I felt very blessed to be involved in this special workshop. '

'It was a brilliant weekend. I feel very lucky to have done the workshop. It was challenging and tiring (I realised how shattered I was after it finished). The group felt very supportive and encouraging and I felt myself opening up to lots of fresh ideas about performance. Watching other people's work was a real privilege - I'll remember some of the pieces for a very long time. I came out of the whole experience feeling super-alive and empowered. Bobby was a wonderful facilitator - very wise, calm and inspirational...'

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		EVENT ARCHIVES Box Story with Bobby Baker This workshop took place on Friday 7 - Sunday 9 May 2004 at the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University Please click here to see examples of participants' writing and film footage from the workshop
	About Bobby Baker	Bobby Baker is a performance artist based in London. During the last three decades she has produced an extensive repertoire of work principally concerned with an exploration of aspects of daily life and human behaviour. She has worked in a variety of media including food, site-specific installation, radio, TV and drawing. Major works include: "An Edible Family in a Mobile Home" 1976, "Packed Lunch" 1979, "Drawing on a Mother's Experience" 1989, "The Daily Life Series" 1991-2001 - five shows including "Kitchen Show" 1991 and "Box Story"2001. Her work has been shown widely in the UK and abroad. Bobby took the participants shopping for boxes. These boxes and the memories associated with them formed the basis of an exploration into making something significant and transformative out of the everyday. Participants were also asked to bring their favourite kitchen utensil.
	Feedback from Participants	The workshop was fabulous! It was great to be a part of it.' '...it was a wonderful experience, from which I gained an awful lot. The selection of people at the workshop was great, a really diverse and interesting group which seemed to function really well, we all got on very well, which made working with and amongst each other a very productive and enjoyable experience. I, as a young artist just starting out, feel I gained a lot from making contact with other people who are doing and have done the same thing as myself, and talk properly with people who have a serious and enthusiastic interest in similar work as myself. Bobby herself was just wonderful, so sincere and giving and down to earth,very inspiring! ' 'Thanks for an inspiring and enjoyable weekend' 'For me it was a very exciting weekend where I had a chance to work at my skills work as a performer.I enjoyed the tasks that Bobby Baker gave us and I really liked the evaluating bit of eichothers pieces. ' 'I had a great time and I learned a lot. I especially found it very useful to have to learn to evaluate your own pieces and that you had to discribe your thougth behind your piece.I met some very interesting talented people and I felt very blessed to be involved in this special workshop. ' 'It was a brilliant weekend. I feel very lucky to have done the workshop. It was challenging and tiring (I realised how shattered I was after it finished). The group felt very supportive and encouraging and I felt myself opening up to lots of fresh ideas about performance. Watching other people's work was a real privilege - I'll remember some of the pieces for a very long time. I came out of the whole experience feeling super-alive and empowered. Bobby was a wonderful facilitator - very wise, calm and inspirational...'

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