Make a notebook for a multidisciplinary art project
A project announcement can lead into visual art, performance or a recorded work. A notebook helps you follow the thread while keeping the creator's description separate from your interpretation.
Checklist
Record the artist, project title and date of the update. Note whether you are looking at an announcement, an excerpt or a finished work.
Choose one detail to observe: repetition, gesture, sound or the relationship between elements. Describe its effect on you before assigning a broad meaning to the whole project.
Keep questions for further reading and check current event information directly if a public presentation is announced. Use your own words when sharing impressions and respect image or recording rights.
Questions and answers
Do I need to know the artist's biography first?
Context can help, but begin with what you can actually observe. Add biographical or project information as a separate layer, with its source. This makes it easier to notice when background information changes your reading of the work.