Tony Orrico is a performance artist that uses full bodied actions to create his works. His previous dance experience drew his attention to the awareness of his movements, so he began investigating the presence of the body within drawing.
"I am fascinated with how physical impulses manifest into visible forms."
Orrico's works are feats of endurance. He commits himself to a certain strategy and focuses on the concept as he draws. I only did my performance works for small amount of time, about 30 minutes, and I felt physically exhausted after that amount of time. It was also a mentally exhausting exercise, focusing on something for that long, but at the same time once you get into the rhythm, you start to get into a meditative state.
"I am continuing to explore space that is absent of emotion, rationale, memory, reaction, projection, judgement or inhibition. I am attempting to navigate through the body's receptors and simulate a sense of suspension to shift my relationship to the physical realm, especially gravity."
I like how performance drawing is planned so meticulously in its creation, yet the outcome is never 100% certain.
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