Overall our final performance for the Contemporary Experimental Performance module went well, but obviously there are many elements of the performance we would work on, change, and improve with more time. For example.. Instead of five different forms of celebrations forming our narrative, we would focus strictly on one of them, for example the young […]
Rehearsal Process..
During recent rehearsals we have begun working with microphones, to discover what effects our voices and sounds have on an audience through headphones. We use three microphones, one that leads through both the earphones, and the other two to one specific side of the headphone each; thus creating a encompassing and claustrophobic atmosphere for the […]
Our Final Experiment
What happens when we take away the sense of sight in the performance, can we create an immersive performance which enhances other senses such as sound, smell, touch and taste. Sight will be taken away by the use of blindfolds in the performance, sound will be enhanced by the use of headspace (using headphones). Our […]
HeadSpace: Appreciating Sound
To hear, is to see. The basis of our experiment is to find out if you can still have a performance when sight, life’s main sense, is taken away. For some they do not have the option to see, whether they were born blind or it has been a gradual process, they learn to use […]
Understanding senses and sound evaluation
Our aim was to understand the important role that each sense plays in terms of allowing the audience member to recreate a memory. By reading Stephen Di Benedetto’s The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre we gained knowledge of how to exploit each sense and use the storytelling within our performance to highlight each […]