Body Sense Perception
Body Sense Perception is a technique of experiencing art viscerally, as developed by Deanne.
The process is an amalgamation of her multidisciplinary studies across performance and visual arts, asking the audience not to dissect what is in front of them but to instead translate how it affects them.
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Through our senses our Body
perceives our internal and external
world. It is a vehicle for us to
experience our unique selves. It also
holds the history of our genetics, and
the history of our soul When we take
our awareness down into our body and
through the channels of the senses, we
gain a deeper insight into who we are,
where we should be, and how we are
being affected, The body is a
wonderful tool for receiving
information which we may not initially
interpret through the mind.
When standing in front of an abstract
painting we can be having a somatic
experience without being conscious of
it. Using the BSP techniques we can
become consciously aware of the
abstract paintings affect and use this
as an osmotic mode for creating other
works of art. To enliven and bring
awareness into our bodies we can
continually exist as creative beings.
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As artists we are constantly seeking inspiration. But where do we seek this
inspiration from? Body Sense Perception is based upon Rudolf Seiner's 12 Senses.
Through our senses we learn about inner world, about the outer world, and how we
relationship and connect as inner beings in the outer world. We tend to mostly gain
information through the mind and use our other senses to predominantly guage what
is pleasurable. When we engage all of our senses and observe our response,
inspiration endlessly flows.
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Our perception or awareness is the
mode of observation, whether it be
subjective, or objective. It is the willful
action taken to gain information about
how our bodies and how our sense of
self is being affected by the external
environment, how the external
environment is being affected by us
and gaining deeper insight into who
and
what is in the external world. Our
perception of how we are feeling, and
how we are physical reacting or
responding, can be singular or
intertwined. Through the 12 Senses we
use our perception to gain information
about what we observe and
experience.
“Art is not just a pretty picture on the wall which aesthetically aligns with one’s decor, it can have and should have a profound psychological affect upon the viewer.”
— Deanne Eccles
The Body Sense Technique intends to draw the viewers’ awareness to the meaningful role that the human senses play when viewing art. Deanne intends to bring to consciousness the subtle effects art can have upon us and the danger of disconnection from our sense of spirit to art when we do not give it focus.
We as sentient beings respond to our surrounding atmosphere and environment when we walk into a forest, room, hall, garden, or gallery.
We can be inspired to continue the creative process or choose to be a voyeur of art and be numb to its effects.
Body Sense In Concert
On the nights of the 19th and 20th of November 2022, musicians Kaylie Melville and Gelareh Pour performed several original compositions at Deanne’s exhibition, ‘Sublime.’
Alongside Deanne’s abstract paintings, the compositions shaped an encompassing amphitheatre of work uniting the senses.
The response was heartfelt, with some calling it ‘phenomenal’ and others saying they’d ‘never experienced anything like it.’
Each composition was rooted in the paintings exhibited and stemmed from under Deanne’s guidance.
Melville and Pour engaged with each painting using Deanne’s techniques of Body Sense Perception and seized on the emotion from their experiences to develop the accompanying compositions.
The sonic element deepened Deanne’s intention and philosophy that her art should not always be analyzed but felt first and foremost.