TECHNIQUES

AND
PERFORMANCE
PRACTICES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. identify the different techniques and performance
practices applied to contemporary arts;
2. discuss the different techniques and performance
practices applied to contemporary arts; and
3. create artworks using the techniques and performance
applied in contemporary arts.
WHAT IS THE MEDIUM?
◦ defined as the material, or the
substance out of which a work is made.
◦Through these materials, the artists
express and communicate feelings and
ideas
 SCULPTURE
◦ uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass.
◦ It is the branch of the visual art that operates in three-
dimension because it occupies space and has a volume.
◦ One form of sculpture is pottery and the notable examples
are Guillermo Tolentino’s Oblation, Bulul woodcarvings
from the Cordilleras and carvings of saints in Christian
churches by Santos.
 PAINTINGS
◦ uses pigments like watercolor, oil,
tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink on a
usually flat ground such as wood, canvas,
paper and stonewall used in cave
paintings.
 ARCHITECTURE
◦ uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone,
concrete, and various building materials.
◦ It is the art or practice of designing and
constructing buildings
 PRINTMAKING
◦ uses ink normally on paper but can also be used on
woods, metal plates, or silkscreens. Prints is classified as
two-dimensional because they include the surface or
ground on which coloring substances are applied.
 MUSIC
◦ uses sounds and instruments (including
the human voice), while the dancer uses
the body.
 DANCE
◦ uses the body and its movements.
◦ Dance is often accompanied by music, but
there are dances that do not rely on musical
accompaniment to be realized. Dance can tell
stories, but at other times, they convey abstract
ideas that do not rely on a narrative
 THEATER
◦ artist integrates all the arts and uses the
stage, production design, performance
elements, and script to enable the visual,
musical, dance, and other aspects to come
together as a whole work.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM
MAKING
◦ use the camera to record the outside world.
◦ The filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to
record and put together production design, sound
engineering, performance, and screenplay. In digital
photography and film, the images can be assimilated into
the computer, thus eliminating the need for celluloid or
negatives, processing chemicals, or print.
 WRITING
◦ of a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction
uses words.
 On the basis of medium, the arts can be
classified as practical, environmental,
pictorial, narrative, dramatic, and musical.
The musical arts include music, poetry (those
that have perceptible rhythm and can be sung
or danced to), and dance that is accompanied
by music.
◦ The practical arts have immediate use for everyday
and business life such as design, architecture, and
furniture. Environmental arts occupy space and
change in its meaning and function depends on their
categories including architecture, sculpture, and site-
specific works such as installations and public art.
 Pictorial works include painting, drawing, graphics
and stage and production design (lighting, dress, props,
and set). Works that are staged and performed are
considered Dramatic and they include drama,
performance art, or music and dance. If they are based on
stories, the art forms are classified as narrative and they
include drama, novel, fiction, nonfiction, music, and
dance
 As we have learned, all these art forms
can be integrated to Combined arts, such
as design, mixed media, photography,
film, video, performance art, theater
productions, and installations.
 WHAT IS TECHNIQUE
◦ Technique is the manner in which artists use and
manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal
effect, and communicate the desired concept, or
meaning, according to his or her personal style
(modern, Neoclassic, etc.). The distinctive character
or nature of the medium determines the technique.
Stone in Chiseled Wood is Carved Clay is modeled and
reshape

Metal is Cast Thread is woven

TRADITIONAL
TECHNIQUES
Wood Carving
◦ Siem Reap was a center of arts for many years during the
Angkor Empire, with sculptures of Apsara, Angkor tales and
other stories regularly adorning the royal compounds. Today,
these very same sculptures are made by craftsmen and
placed in hotels all over Siem Reap.
Silk-screen printing
◦ Is one of the most popular printing techniques, and is
most-used by companies when printing design onto
products of different sizes and materials. It has been
used for more than 100 years in the commercial and
artistic sector and is mainly used for printing images and
designs on T-shirts, Tote bags, paper, wood, ceramics and
other materials.
Analogue Photography
◦ Analogue photography refers to photography using an
analogue camera and film. A roll of film loaded into the
camera and the magic begins once you start clicking: light
interacts with the chemicals in the film and an image is
recorded. The pictures collected in your film roll come to
life when the film is processed in a photo lab.
Filmmaking
◦ Film production is the process of making a film. The
direction or production of films for the cinema or
television is a visual storytelling. Filmmaking involves a
number of discrete stages including an initial story, idea, or
commission, through screenwriting, casting, shooting, sound
recording and reproduction, editing, and screening the
finished product before an audience that may result in a film
release and exhibition
CONTEMPORARY
TECHNIQUES
Digital Photography
◦ Uses cameras containing arrays of electronic
photodetectors to capture images focused by a lens, as
opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The
captured images are digitized and stored as a
computer file ready for further digital processing,
viewing, electronic publishing, or digital printing.
Digital film making
◦ Is the norm these days, enabling filmmakers to blend art and digital
media and speed up the process of filmmaking as well as be more
creative and enterprising in the special effects department.
◦ In short, more flexible digital cameras—such as the Panasonic
HVX 200 and the RED One and Scarlet cameras—and editing
software such as Final Cut Pro Studio, have made the
cinematographer's and editor's jobs easier and made it possible for
filmmakers to produce quality films at much less expensive
cost.
Music Production
◦ It is the process of creating a recorded music project. A record producer
usually handles music production, managing every aspect. That can include
being a critical part of the creative process, such as deciding what
instruments are used and contributing to song arrangements. Since music
production plays a vital role in the quality of the final product, it can make or
break the success of an album. Record producers give recommendations on
which songs are best to record; manage financial aspects of recording; hire
outside performers, if needed; and work with sound engineers in the recording
process.
Industrial Design
◦ It is a combination of art and engineering; drawing skills,
creativity and technical knowledge are critical. Industrial
designers usually choose to work on products in a
specific industry, such as the medical, automobile, or
technology industry
Robotics
◦ It is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface
of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves
design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The
goal of robotics is to design intelligent machines that can
help and assist humans in their day-to-day lives and keep
everyone safe.
 ARTISTIC SKILLS
AND TECHNIQUES
TO CONTEMPORARY
ART CREATION
Collage
◦ is the technique of an art production used in the visual
arts, where the artwork is made from on assemblage of
different forms, thus creating a new whole. Collage
may sometimes include magazines and newspaper
clippings, ribbons, paints, bits of colored or handmade
papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs,
and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or
canvas
Decollage
◦ the opposite of collage; instead of an image is being built up all or parts
of existing images, it is created by cutting, treating away, or otherwise
removing pieces of an original image. The French word “Decollage” in
English means “Take-Off” or “To become Unglued” or “To become
unstuck”. Examples of decollage include cut-up technique. Similar
technique is the lacerated poster, a poster in which one has been
placed over another or others, and the top poster or posters have been
ripped, revealing to a greater or lesser degree the poster or poster
underneath.
Decoupage
◦ done by adhering cut-outs of paper and then coating
these with one or more coats to transparent coating
of varnish
 Graffiti
are writing or drawings that have been scribed, scratched, or
painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often in a public
space. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall
paintings. Graffiti may express underlying social and political
messages, and a whole genre of artistic expression is based spray
paint graffiti styles. An example of this is the Singapore art Bridge
just beside the Oxford Hotel where the writer stayed in their visit
to Singapore. It is said to be painted by a Batanes-born artist.
Land Art
◦ Earthwork or earth art
◦ It is also an art form that is created in nature, using
natural materials such as soil, rock (bedrock,
bolders, stones), organic media (logs, branches,
leaves), and water which introduced materials such
as concrete, metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments.
 Digital Art
◦ an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as
an essential part of the creative or presentation process.
Digital art is placed under the larger umbrella term new
media art. Digital installation art and virtual reality
have become recognized. Both digital and traditional
artists use many sources of electronic information and
programs to create their work.
Mixed Media
◦ It refers to the artwork in the making of which more
than one medium has been employed. It refers to a
work of visual art that combines various traditionally
distinct visual art media. It refers to a work of visual art
that combines various traditionally distinct visual art
media. For example, work on canvas that combines
paint, ink, and collage
Print Making
◦ is the process of making artworks by painting, normally in the
paper. Prints are created by transforming ink from a matrix or
through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material.
Common types of matrices include metal plates, usually copper
or zinc, or polymer plates for engraving o etching; stone
aluminum or polymer for lithography; blocks of wood crafts
and wooden graving; and linoleum for linocuts. Screens made of
silk or synthetic fabrics are used for the screen-printing process.