Experimental Theatre

Performance Rules  Magic space   -everyone is involved, either taking notes or pictures  An empty space is okay  Language -words can be shared, but mostly gestures  What happens in the space, stays in the space ( has to be safe) Wear bed socks (fluffy) -be in costume wear pajamas Don't force anything  If someone is in the space for to long try to remove them  Use thins in previous lessons  

Artaud Artaud's birth name is Antonin - Marie-Joseph Artaud he was born on the 4th of september 1896 in Marseilles. He was the son of a wealthy shipfitter and his mother was from a Greek   background,  When he was five years old he went through a near death experience sue to the attack of meningitis this traumatic event remained with him for the rest of his life. He went to school at the Coll'e du Sacre Coeur in Marsieilles at the age of 14, he stayed there for almost four years. During his teens he began to have head pains and aches which continued throughout his life. In 1914 he became the victim of neurasthenia  (headaches, emotional disturbance)  which was treated by resting at home. In 1915 he was given the drug Opium to help reduce his pain however he became addicted to it within a few months.  In 1916 Artaud was enrolled into the army but release less than a year later due to mental instability and his drug addiction. However in 1918 he committed himself to a

Theatre Workshop -29/01/18 We began the day by returning to the 'shoal of fish' exercise and working in unison as a team, but this time when we were playing with the pillows we were improvising movements with the idea of sleep and a sleepless night filled with nightmares and uneasiness. During this exercise the song 'How do you sleep' by LCD sound system was playing to help us surrender ourselves and be fully committed to the action we doing. When the music started speeding up the entire company started creating really violent movements together like hitting the floors with our pillows and screaming. I personally found it intriguing how our subconscious and dreams are mainly linked with violence and fear, but i also felt like this exercise showed the vulnerable side of everyone in the class as we allowed our weaknesses to be shown. This violent movement allowed me to see that every single person has a violent side to them whether they display or not. In the exercise

Max Richter  Max Richter was born on the 22nd of Mach 1960 in West Germany, he is  British composer who has been an influential voice in the combining of contemporary classical and  alternative popular  musical styles since the early 2000s. Max Richter graduated from The Royal Academy Of Music  and studied with  Luciano Berio  in Italy.  He is known for recording his own music, writing for stage, opera, ballet, producing and collaborating with others.  Max Richter has recorded eight solo albums and his music is widely used the cinemas. One of his popular works is titled 'sleep' it lasts eight hours long. Ritchter describes it as an "eight hour long lullaby"  The work was strongly influenced by  Gustav Mahler 's symphonic works.  The entire performance was performed on September 27, 2015, from midnight to 8:00 A.M. The performance broke several records, including the longest live broadcast of a single musical composition in the history of the

Andy Warhol  Andy Warhol was born on the 6th of August 1928 and died in 1987, he  was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the  visual art movement  known as  pop art . His work explored the relationship between art, celebrity culture and advertising. He used a variety of techniques including  painting,  silk screening , photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings  Campbell's Soup Cans  in 1962 and  Marilyn Diptych  in 1962, the experimental film  Chelsea Girls  1966, and the  multimedia  events known as the  Exploding Plastic Inevitable  from 1966–1967.  He started off as a commercial illustrator but after displaying his work in several gallery's in the 1950's he began to get recognised  as an influential and controversial artist.   In the late 1960s, he managed and produced the  experimental rock  band  The Velvet Underground.    He wrote numerous books, including  The Philosophy of

Cafe Muller  Cafe Muller was inspired by and  based on her childhood memories of watching her father work at his café in Germany during and immediately following  World War two.  It was choreographed by Pina Bausch set to the music of Henry Purcell and has been performed regularly since is release in May 1985 an d and filmed at the Opernhaus, and broadcast on German television in December of that year.

Pina Bausch  Pina Bausch was born July 27th 1940 and died of cancer in 2009 she was German performer of modern dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. She broke down the traditions and barriers between ballet and theatre with her use of powerful choreography combining speech, dance, music and wonderful sets.   Her best-known works include  Cafe Mulle r  in 1978  a version of Igor Stravinsky ’s  ballet  Le Sacre du printemps  in 1975, performed on an earth-covered stage; and  Nelken  in 1982, which included a field of flowers and four large dogs. In 1958 Pan Bausch studied dance and graduated from  Folkwang School in Essen. The later studied Ballet on a scholarship in New York City at Julliard.  She danced with the  Metropolitan Opera  and worked with choreographer  Paul Taylor  in New York before returning to  Germany  in 1962 as a soloist ballet dancer. She then started to choreograph and in 1969 she became a company director.  1973 she took charge of the Wup

Yoko Ono's Bed-In As the  Vietnam War  raged in 1969,  John Lennon  and his wife  Yoko Ono  held two week-long  Bed-Ins for Peace , one at the  Hilton Hotel  in  Amsterdam  and one at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in  Montreal this was a non-violent protest against war and violence they wanted to promote peace around the world.  This protest was filmed than later made into a documentary movie named Bed Peace it  was made available to watch for free on YouTube in August 2011  by Yoko Ono, as part of her website 'Imagine Peace' Because John Lennon and Yoko Ono knew that their marriage was going to be a big deal to society and be very public, they decided to use this as a way to promote world peace.  They spent their honeymoon in the presidential suite at the  Amsterdam Hilton Hotel  for a week between 25th and 31st of March, inviting the world's press into their hotel room every day between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.  The newly married couple just sat in bed, wearing pajama

Yoko Ono  Yoko Uno i s a Japanese  multimedia artist ,  singer ,  songwriter , and  peace activist  who is also known for her work in  performance art  and  film making.  Yoko Uno was born February 18th 1933 in Tokyo, Japan and  studied at  Gakushuin and spent several years there butt after two years years she left for New York City in 1953 to be with her family,  She spent some time at  Sarah Lawrence College.  In 1966 she first met John Lennon when he visited a  preview of her exhibition at a gallery in London, Lennon really enjoyed her work  The two began an affair approximately 18 months later. Lennon divorced his first wife, Cynthia who he had a son with,  Julian , born in 1963.  In 1968 they officially became a couple and their wedding followed in March 1969. They had many collaborations on art, film and musical projects they  became famous for their series of "conceptual events" to promote world peace, including the "bed-in" held in an Amste

Samuel Beckett Samual Beckett was born on April 13th 1906 in Dublin, Ireland When he was younger he attended  Earlsfort House School in Dublin, at the age of 14 he went to   Portora Royal School, in 1927 he received  his bachelors degree from Trinity College. Growing up he would suffer periods of depression keeping him in bed until mid-day this would later influence his writing.  During world war two he fought in the french resistant until 1942 when some members from his group were arrested by Gestapo. When the war was over he was awarded the  Croix de Guerre   for bravery during the time he was in the french resistant.  I n the 1930's and 1940's he wrote his first novels and short stories. In the 1950's he wrote a trilogy of novels including his famous play 'Waiting For Godot.' In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.  By the late 1980s, Samuel Beckett was in failing health and had moved to a small nursing home.  His life was confined to a smal

Tracy Emin's Art Pieces: You Forgot To Kiss My Soul (2007) To Meet My Past (2002) Everyone I Have Ever Slept With (1995) I've Got It All (2000)

Tracy Emin Tracy Emin was born on July 3rd 1963 in Croydon but moved to Margate on the coast of Kent and lived in a successful seaside hotel with her twin brother Paul and her mum.She is of a Turkish-Cypriot descent. Her father would spend half of a week with her and the other half with his wife and other kids. After a few years Tracy Emin's father left her family and took his money resulting in Emin's mother being left bankrupt. This lead the family to be forced into poverty she revealed that they could never have gas and electric on at the same time. During this time she was raped at the age of 13 in Margate, this type of crime was very common in the area she was living in. He work displays  early childhood, childhood abuse and sexual assault. She left Margate between 1980-1902 to study fashion at the Medway College Of Design That was when she met Billy Childish as he was also studying there until he got expelled. In 1987 their relationship ended this concluded in her mo

Theatre Workshop- 22/01/18 W started off the day by going back to the misorgi exercise but in a simpler and quicker way but yet it was still as effective as when your doing the full thing, i believe that this is because we were really feeling it and even though it was shorter we were still dedicated to the exercise, therefore allowing our minds to be cleared and leave us feeling refreshed and ready to create Theatre. After cleansing ourselves and the area around us we all grabbed a pillow and lied around in a scattered way. We were instructed to make/imagine the pillows as something else and play with that idea, I envisioned my pillow to be a teddy bear from my childhood this idea helped me make certain decisions with my pillow for example, i would be very close to it and i sort of felt very attached to it and i wouldn't want to let it go. Slowly we came together and started copying each other's moves that we found interesting, while also responding to the music being pla

Theatre Workshop essay question- 22-/01/18 In the beginning of theatre workshop we started focusing on our essay questions and how to answer and analyse the question. Our question: Discuss the impact of Peter Brooks on the British Theatrical Landscape The terms to focus on in the sentence: Discuss - Different opinions  - A variety of ideas Impact  - Identifying the characteristics of his works - What changes occurred - What new/unconventional ideas came from him  - Audience response  - Theatre before Brooks compared to theatre now  British Theatrical Landscape  - Theatres in Britain now e.g. the people who make it and the people who put it on  What we know about Peter Brooks  He covered Shakespeare  He prefers 'non-directional acting' Introduced England to the avant-garde plays of jean cocteau Shakespeare and the RSC were a big part in his early career  Brooks Theatres were stripped back (little to no set)  He's wri

Brian Eno  Brian Peter George Eno was born 15th may 1948, he is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and writer. Best known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock and pop. He has helped introduce a variety of unique conceptual approaches to contemporary music, and has been described as one of popular musics most influential and innovative figures. He attended the Art School Ipswich Civic College and studied  painting and experimental music in the mid 1960s. Brian Eno joined a glam rock group called Roxy music, but in 1971 after recording two albums he left to record solo albums (another green world) and took part in frequent collaborations. The Oblique Strategy The oblique strategy is a deck of card s   7-by-9-centimetres (2.8 in × 3.5 i n) printed cards in a bla ck container box  created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt it was first published in 1975. Each card offers a challenging constraint meant to help artists break down cr

Workshop lesson- 16/01/18 As usual to start the day and get ready to play with ideas we went through the Misorgi exercise (cleaned the 9 holes and our performance space). After doing this cleansing i felt so much more refreshed mentally and physically I began to understand that there is so much more meaning to our physical beings and that sometimes we take our body parts for granted, doing Misorgi everyday before we start to perform just makes me more excited and fresh to think creatively. After we got into pairs to start thinking of our site specific piece, and the art we previously found at the Tate Modern, and how those specific pieces can be used to devise a performance that is based on a site. We then moved onto a more practical task where we were split into two groups and using only bodies we were told to create some sort of sculpture where your face and eyes were hidden, so it allows the audience/viewers to try and make eye contact with you but they had to work for it. I t

Tate Modern  When we went to the Tate Modern we had to choose 3 pieces of art that made us think of dreams and the subconscious these are the pieces i chose:  Bruce Nauman - Violins Violence Silence (1981-2) Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frame  Information i found on this piece at the Tate: "Nauman often seeks to provoke a response to viewers. Here the words invite us to to make connections between them, both in terms of how they look as text and the possible narratives that could link them together. The candy colours and the buzzing of neon convey a sense of playfulness that contrasts with the uncomfortable associations of the words" I personally really like this piece because of the glow it invokes the feeling of a dream like state, of euphoria. The medium of neon allows for an eerie yet beautiful colour scheme but the harsh setting you see it in, draws you to a darker place as your dreams can sometimes. The geometric shape not usually fo