After the class experiment on Marina Abramovic’s Night…., I began thinking about the concept of stillness and how people react mentally, physically and emotionally. I began asking myself what were my own insecurities about myself, inwardly and outwardly and how an outsider, who has no inclination of what the meaning behind the performance would take on it.

In our groups, we individually came up with ideas for our performance and I followed on from Marina’s performance in staying still and what happens during a period of time in the same position. Instead of sitting we would be standing, separated across the room and members of the audience will come in without any  knowledge of what’s happening and can join us by staring at us.

By doing this I believe that it will bring the notion of insecurities within ourselves, the performers. Some of us may not like people starring at us for too long because we might not like a feature of our face, while others may be more confident in the way they look. During our experiment of Marina’s performance, I was intrigued by the various reactions the class had towards the trial. Some believed that their every thought was being seen or heard by their partner sitting across them, therefore bringing them out of their comfort zone.

Naomi