Week 8

Today's lecture  was led by a guest lecturer Tamara Meneghini from Colorado, Boulder University.
Tamara intruduced the idea of a mask to the class. She spoke about her one women show and how the idea of a mask has been used in her production.
 

The second part of the seminar as dedicated to groups rehearsing. We had a run through with Munir as he couldn’t attend Monday’s rehearsal.At today’s workshop we had a chance to show Rachel what we came up with. We got some critical feedback which I must admit has confused me slightly but also raised some important questions. When we have told Rachel that we want to play the dream material on a projector when we leave the table, she asked us why we want to play the dream material and how it relates to the rest of the piece. I have realized that the reason we thought about the dream material is because the archive that we exploring is called The Dream Capsule, and that is not a good enough reason. During the rehearsal we decided to use more multimedia in our piece. Today we were playing with the idea of projecting the videos on our phones and pads and leaving the device at the table which the audience can choose to play and watch,  while we go off to our worlds that are spread in the four corners of the room. But now I’m thinking that the worlds don’t have to be in the corners because that is predictable. They could be scattered not necessarily in equal distance from each other. Also, we established that we want to present our work in a form of an Installation, which will involve us staying in the space for longer period of time. We also want to invite the audience to sit with us at the table and to feel free to move around and enter the different worlds. We still need to establish how much we want the audience to interact with us in the different worlds. I think that the approach should be more innovative. Rachel also asked us to consider a better transition from the table to the worlds so it’s more defined

 In the last part of the workshop groups showed their work to each other. We showed our work to the class. The way I understood our feedback was that we have a stable base, but that is all. The ideas we have might be clear in our heads but they aren’t to the audience. Our representation, whether, metaphorical has to be innovative and simple.