Sunday, October 26, 2008

Resources in SS

Psychogeography
It's interesting about how anything can be made into some deep and thoughtful simply by really looking at it and considering it. Those psychogeographers could drift into the trashiest part of a city and still find something undiscovered. Or, they could wander into the most visited public area in the world and still notice something unseen by others.

I could walk into a classroom that I've been in for the entire year, and notice a certain crack in the wall that I never saw before, a crack that could symbolize...anything. :D


Site Specific Performances
This piece of writing makes me wonder about the sites I've been, and how that might work as a theatre, how they might convey a certain feel or idea. It's an interesting point, that sites have moods or histories, that they can make a conveyed idea more solid, or a movement that much more meaningful.

So, a rooftop with white billowing sheets 'drying' in the wind could be a site for an incredible dance performance, with dancers flowing in and out of sight amidst the sheets. Or, a performance on youth could be done on a typical playground area, in which the performers act out a child's day on the swings, or monkey bars, or slides, etc.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow! You just started my class and already you are making great connections between the readings and ideas for art pieces.
Now this is what I'd love to see more of-- from all my students.
-Ms. Sheilah