“The conventions and techniques of the auditorium may be inappropriate or inadequate for ‘site’.” (Pearson, 2010, p.1)
From reading the introduction to site-specific performance by Mike Pearson I understand that the term is hard to completely define, however it is mainly seen as a performance that is only relevant to a specific ‘site’ or ‘place’. If this performance was to be performed in any other site or place it would become irrelevant and make no sense. It is also about removing performance from the standard auditorium to surrounding areas outside and further a field.
“Although the stage is a site of imagination and site always inescapably itself, site may be transformed by the disruptive presence of performance seeking a relationship other than that of a ready-made scenic backdrop against which to place its figures.” (Pearson, 2010, p.2) After learning the site we have been assigned, I am very excited to start developing a performance based on either the waterfront or the high street involving liberation!

Pearson, M.(2010) Site Specific Performance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.