shun- kin the performance

i watched Shun Kin the performance in Barbican theatre after i watched the demostration of theatre  complicite.i enjoyed the performance a lot and i liked the fact that the actors talked the original language(japanese) of the book that the performance was based on. it was full of beautiful images and smart scenographic tricks that were not only impressive but also very important for the action.The puppets that they used were  amazing and the whole atmosphere was magic. i only felt sometimes that there was too much visual informations and too many projections but the general result was gooood

about the mask

i chose to make a mask for Agnes in "the dreamplay" our group project. she wears a mask to separates herself from mankind.She is a goddess and as a goddess someone could say she is the fake hope of mankind for a better life..Soi thought that the mask should present a non naturalistic face but not completely different from human face.a way of non looking naturalistic and also have a connection with the video that will be projected would be to make a face look like animated. that could only mean that Agnes is an imaginary person. so i made the mask look like animated using plastic ,papier mache ,news papers colours and PVA ..i wanted Agnes to look innocent and a little melancholic  about what she sees...   

from adolescence to maturity...

i think that the main theme that i am in interested by choose eugena  is the passage from adolescence to maturity in a female. how things change when you stop being a girl and you have to act as a woman. when you have to be mature enough to face reality and leave behind the ideal picture of the world that you once had. this is a painful progress like a new birth of the same person.i see the cut of eugena's hands as a symbolic action to the new life she has to live....the change is painful but the result is good and bad too.i think i am working quite autobiographically hehehe    

i am working on a storyboard for the dreamplay...coulours lighting and set...

the mask

the mask for the group project is almost ready..Yeah!!

the mask

i am working on a mask for the group project...first time i am making a mask i hope everything is gonna be fine!!! 

complicite demonstration workshop 1

complicite demonstration workshop 

The director of theatre complicite talked about the new performance of theatre complicite "Shun Kin" and generally the ways  that theatre works.He explained what are the thoughts behind making the book of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki "The portrait of Shun kin " to a theatrical performance.In addition the was a talk about japanese tradition.After speaking generally about theatre and his thoughts about it-such as an the difference between the actor in cinema and the actor on theatre stage(the actor in cinema pretends to be someone but in theatre not only he is doing that but he is also a storyteller)-he called the people to go on stage and exersize in some theatre movements. There was a demonstration of using the puppets they use in the performance. In "Shun Kin" puppets are used in a similar way with Bunraku theatre.The audience could play with puppets and also find ways of synchronize their bodies with the puppets. It was quite useful to watch this workshop because i understood how actors from another civilization(Japan) use different codes with their bodies and also i could see different codes by some japanese objects presented. The theatre complicite's thoughts about theatre really inspired me and made me thing more about the performers.  The participation of the audience was a big advantage of this workshop because the usual distance between stage and audience disappeared. 

study plan

this term i will continue my research about  escaping reality in contemporary theatre performances. i will test my ideas about using comics as a medium for my research's goal.

The group project and solo project will be the main areas where i will test those ideas.My ambition is to achieve  making more personal project in that term something that i am not sure if i will be able to do.

The performances 

group performance:our group performance is based on  the "Dream play" of A.Strindberg.the original script will be adapted,by isolating the speeches and specific questions that Agnes -the main caracter want answers to and to stress the illogic of the dream by reorganizing the sequence of the dialogue.to make the performance we will use a scenery,video, costume ,sound made my voices, lighting design and it will be performed by one performer and  the "voice of humanity" that will be played by a voice/a face on the screen/video.

solo performance

my solo performance will have to do with my personal research.i will probably make a perfomative  piece that will have as a starting point a text-idea.i will create a performance/instalation that i will test my ideas about hypperreality in theatre and comics as a medium in theatre performances.my goal is not to make a complete -finished piece but an experiment.the result of this experiment will help me find my way for my final project.

Methodology

group work: in the group project i will try to combine Strindberg's ideas with group ideas.i would like to experiment with different positions in theatre such as designing costumes,performing,lighting design and direction.i will try to transfer the results of our interpretation of Strindbergs text in whatever i will be involved in the performance.i will also try to test some of my personal work interest wherever that can happen. i have already researched images that i believe that have a relation with the text.i want to do a research about the theme of the "door".For the technical part i will  do some research about materials that are good for the set deign and costume.Together with Aditi and Jessica we will have the general supervision of the performance. 

personal work: i will  decide a starting point  for making my personal work.i am thinking about a greek myth-fairy tale and also a comic book for children. i will try to contemporize the original text and idea as i will have as base my own interpretation of the text and my own worries about the theme of it.Having a text-idea as a starting point will help develop my research and do a more concentrated work.

i would like to make my own comic figure as i started taking lessons about animated caracter design.The reason of taking these lessons is to understand the way comics are structured and the sense of making them. I will also take some lessons of animation so i am planning have some animated piece of my own comic if not this term maybe the next one. I believe animation will help me have the aesthetic i want for my final project for the course.i have a thought of making a comic of the basic caracter of the greek myth or of the children book's caracter-it depends of i will finally decide.

in my plans is also to have so conversations with people who make comics and  what they think about the social effect comic have.i will also try to make some thoughts about why there is so much animation and comics in art like cinema lately.Why comics are interesting for art industry lately?

i am very interested about the feedback that i will have in my attempts. 

 

our group project..

Aditi Jessica and me desided working on the "Dream play" of August strindberg.We will be based on that text but we will create a new version of it. 

Strindberg, A Dream Play

 st is criticises the condition that humans are in, in society.

The main character is Agnes, Indra's daughter who comes down from the heavens to witness life on earth. 

In our reading of the text, 

on the one side we have a goddess in the position of an observer, who forms her opinion subjectively by participating occasionally and on the other side we have different characters who represent the face of humanity.

People go through their lives searching for truth-meaning in their lives- and Strindberg uses  the symbol of the door repetitively in the play.

He uses some real problems from everyday life and presents them in the structure of the dream. He separates the story/narrative into different chapters....characters appear "randomly" (as if in a dream), in t

he different chapters.

Characters are used to describe hierarchical structures and the dynamics of relationships.

The Performance:

Script:

The original script will be adapted, by isolating the speeches that discuss the human condition and the specific questions that Agness wants answers to and to stress the illogic of the dream by reorganising the sequence of the dialogue.

Set: Location TV Stidio

The set will include a screen that will be projected upon. The existing door in the TV studio will be utilised as the door for the performance. There is a possibility of using the other walls and the ceiling(under consideration). 

Character:

The character of Agnes will be played by an actor.

The "voice of humanity" will be played by a voice/a face on the screen/video.

Costume:

One costume will be designed for the main character of Agnes.

Sound:Voices will be interspersed with the dialogue from the script, as well as sound of actual labour activities such as fishing docks/coal miners. These can be produced from real activity/created from similar sounds.

Technical Specs:

2 projectors

2 laptops

1 mixer

1 Amp

2 Speakers

3 fornells -big spot lights

1 ladder