Authorship

I go once again back to Althea Thauberger's work which we view as a class last week. The kind of authorship that is portrayed in the works that she does is almost solely to the performer in the piece with a little bit going to Thauberger. The reason that I say this is because Thauberger gives the performers a direction to go it, but the performance is a sincere act on their part, no matter what the viewer thinks of it. The aren't trying to conform to that viewers expectations and in this way they aren't sacrificing any of their control over their work. Another thing that I noticed after realizing this fact, is that there was purpose behind why she wouldn't divulge many of her thoughts on her work. If she had, she would be losing some of that authorship in the opinions of what other people think about what she says. It is almost automatic to absorb peoples opinions at least on a sub-conscious level and this might distract her from doing the uncontrolled work that she has been doing. As I wrote in my last blog, I still don't particularly like the work done by Thauberger, but I understand even more how she chooses what to film. I suppose that is the most compelling part to watching her work; you have no say in what you are about to see.