The thing a picture did not weigh

Text A: an original contemporary practice extract.

I had seen the costume in dozens of theatre photographs. Its skirt looked like something that could swirl at the turn of a wrist. During an exhibition visit, a member of the wardrobe team showed a separate section visitors were allowed to lift. The weight surprised me before I had raised it far from the table.

She described the performer’s rehearsals and the people who helped arrange the full costume before an entrance. I looked again at the photograph of a dancer seeming to float. The image had not lied about the effect on stage. It had left the effort behind that effect outside the frame. I admired the movement more after understanding that its apparent lightness did not begin with a light object.

Text B: an original contemporary practice extract.

The brass instrument looked compact in the orchestra poster, tucked close to the player’s body. At a public event, a musician let me hold a similar instrument while he supported it. I had imagined a short tune being no more effort than blowing across a bottle. My arms began to notice the object while he was still explaining the controls.

He described practising the position and taking breaks between sessions. When I watched the orchestra later, the familiar posture looked less like a natural resting pose. The poster had represented the instrument’s shape clearly, but shape had not supplied its weight or the practice of carrying it. The ease I saw in performance belonged partly to work done before anybody had bought a ticket.

Both texts describe the experiences of encountering the objects in person.

What similarities do the experiences of encountering the objects in person share in these extracts? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.