Seven lenses & their meanings

Question 1

What are the seven CLAT lenses?

Answer 1

Space, Shape of the event through time, Participant organization, Materials, Performance Features, Content, Underlying Symbolic Systems

Question 2

What is meant by Space?

Answer 2

the location, demarcation, and physical characteristics of the area used which can affect the form of artistic communication

Question 3

What is meant by Shape of the Event through Time?

Answer 3

the segments of an event organized hierarchically

Question 4

What is meant by Participant Organization?

Answer 4

the people involved in an event, the roles they play, the ways they interact with each other through time, how they use the space around them

Question 5

What is meant by Materials?

Answer 5

all the tangible things associated with the event

Question 6

What is meant by Performance Features?

Answer 6

observable characteristics of a performance that emerge from an event’s unique combination of physical and social context and participants’ actions

Question 7

What is meant by Content?

Answer 7

the subject matter in artistic activity

Question 8

What is meant by Underlying Symbolic Systems?

Answer 8

the grammatical and social rules and structures that guide participants’ actions in artistic activity