ABSTRACT
The films made by the participants were an expression of a certain type of bodily experience, of tackling the spatial and physical qualities of the work at close hand. One thing that was particularly noticeable was the way in which participants often held the cameras at arms-length, unconcerned with the image on the camera screen. This chapter provides an active space of exploration which undoes many of the restrictions and constraints of traditional pedagogies. As with the workshop at Tate this research was involved both with how different film formats and camera techniques affected the look of the sculptures and also how the practicalities of handling different kinds of camera equipment in different contexts afforded, constrained or enabled creative exploration. The play, which characterises the exploration of objects with the camera, operates under similar types of physical and natural conditions.
