During the first term all MA visual language of performance classmates and our course leader Douglas spent two months as a team created a multimedia performance in Wimbledon College of Art Theatre. We used the vast creations as a research base examine the idea of ‘liveness’ and ‘interactive’ limitative possibility in multimedia performance, explored the relationship of artist and audience. We named it The Weighting Frame.
The resulting one hour performance inspirited from Hitchcock’s film Rear Window. Four roles Miss Torso, Mr Thornwald, the Composer and the lady Miss Lonely heart, represent the theme of sex, death, fame, insignificance respectively. We decided each theme have a room in different ways to invite the audience participate in the performance. As a test, this idea tried to break the audience's inherent concepts of theater and gallery space, tried to blur the conventional distinctions the 'fourth wall' boundaries between the performer and the spectator.
Some of the audience were invited to enter each room and participated in events, saw what was happened in the space. but also they were become a part of the performance who were viewed by other audiences out of the room. The audience is given right to choose to see or not to see, to participate or not. This really a challenge for us.
The resulting one hour performance inspirited from Hitchcock’s film Rear Window. Four roles Miss Torso, Mr Thornwald, the Composer and the lady Miss Lonely heart, represent the theme of sex, death, fame, insignificance respectively. We decided each theme have a room in different ways to invite the audience participate in the performance. As a test, this idea tried to break the audience's inherent concepts of theater and gallery space, tried to blur the conventional distinctions the 'fourth wall' boundaries between the performer and the spectator.
Some of the audience were invited to enter each room and participated in events, saw what was happened in the space. but also they were become a part of the performance who were viewed by other audiences out of the room. The audience is given right to choose to see or not to see, to participate or not. This really a challenge for us.
In my work, my colleague and I as a team responsible for the theme of Sex. We spent a long time to find an alternative approach. The aim was to present sexual information in a metaphoric way during feed audience food. All the events in ‘Sex room’ are highly stylized and symbolic. for this purpose, In the performance, object often have appeared in scenes containing sexual activity within Eastern culture. We created a serious event such as preparation, invitation, feeding, and interaction. Some of my creative inspiration came from the Japanese genius photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. He gave me a very special taste of sexual impress which shooting things detailed. such as flower, fish and people’s mouth. Women are the photographer’s very important theme. Afterwards, I shoot some videos about people enjoy chewing his food, and cutting food to make sushi.
In addition, to practice idea about my research "the aesthetic of time" in performance, I was particularly thinking about how to challenge the audience experience true and false visual effect in time. The projection screen play the role of ‘time machine’ which transfer the conception of "Real time" and "performance time". From this point, I combined the live performance projection and pre-prepared video projection to created an surrealistic atmosphere.
In analyzing my work, I feel that this project compelled me to find inspiration from so many various sources, I was really pushed to think conceptually and worked with different ways. In fact, I play the role of female actor who understanding of the Eastern culture in this performance. The process has been an important journey for me which challenge my creativity. It helped me improve myself for the future work.
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