Glyn's Piece with Radios

What seemed to be occurring at the beginning?
Why wasn't it a radio play?
What was the relationship between performers and tape recorders?
What was your relationship to tape recorders?
Why use tape recorders?
What tensions arose through the use of lo-tech (why not use high tech?)

TASK
What lo-tech could we use?

Reading

Susan Sontag - Aids and it's Metaphors

Bodyspacetechnology Journal

The AmFAR Aids Handbook

Faucault for beginners

Kraus + Borja - It's never what it's about

Mark Doty - Heaven's Coast

Colm Toibin - The Blackwater Lightship

Larry Kramer - The Normal Heart + The Destiny of me

Amy's View

Is Theatre Dead?

Dominic:
T.V and Film
Theatre is elitist
T.V - The medium of the people

Esme:
Theatre
T.V is low culture

Amy:
Caught between her mother and her husband
Words vs. Actions
Love can heal all


Esme - Loss of the real (Pangbourne)
- Loss of sincerity (Bernard's Act)
- Loss of family (Evelyn, Amy)

There is no such thing as representation but there are representations

Dominic - Surface vs. Sincerity
- Evolved Intelligence
- Image before word
- Childlike not Childish


Esme:
Past
Theatre
High Culture

Dom:
Future
T.V + Film
Pop Culture

Statements; do I agree?

The interface of technology in everyday life is exhilarating?
The interface of technology in everyday life is frightening?
It is impossible and futile, if not ignorant to make contemporary performance without utilizing or being informed by technology?
Theatre is the adult, film is the child?
Film and other media have killed the theatre?
Technology makes the world a better place?
Keep modern technology and theatre separate?

Assestment

Project:
In groups of 5
Given topic + target audience
Create a hypothetical full scale performance
Form the basics for practical + written

Essay:
A detailed articulation of production
Link production to theories
Describe how you have worked through project
Influences

Performance:
Stage 7 mins of your performance
Contextualize
Give influences + Theories

Vision and Tech

Books:

Michael Rush - New Media in art









Johannes Birringer - Media and Performance








Gunter Berghaus - Avant-garde Performance: Live Events and Electronic Technologies









Visits:
Future Cinema - Dream of Elephants
3rd Angel - 9 Billion Miles from home
V+A - Twilight
Serpentine Gallery - Uncertain States of America
Tate Britain - Lightbox

Companies
http://kaostheatre.com/