So at this point in the process some of my classmates seem to having ‘lightbulb’ moments where they know exactly what they want to do for their performance and can visualise it. I’ am still in search for my light bulb moment, but i still remain in positive it will come. One of the very first exercises we did in class was to try to imagine walking into our own solo performance and then writing down what we saw (See Oh leave me something to breathe) This was my very initial idea, and since then I I’ve tried to put it at the back of my mind thinking ‘come on Kate you can’t go with the first idea you create.’ So, so far I have been brainstorming and have come up with the following two ideas;
Fantasies.
– I am currently writing my undergraduate dissertation on digital technology in contemporary performance and though since I’m learning so much about this topic, It might be useful to create a solo performance along side it. The idea came about because of my love of Kate Bush and how sometimes when I’m alone I pretend to be her, singing her songs into my hair brush, and back combing my hair simultaneously to create the ‘bushy’ look. Being Kate Bush is a fantasy and one I can’t for fill in the real world, as alas, i am not Kate Bush. However in the virtual world it is not a problem. This idea of playing out each and everyone of my fantasies in the virtual world, (through the likes of The Sims, or Second Life) is an interesting idea. Especially if I juxtapose the virtual world with the real world. I think there is great potential for humour with this idea.
Rubberbands.
– The other idea floating around at the moment is to do with rubber bands, and using rubber bands as a metaphor for bouncing back from setbacks in your life. I have chosen to link this with another idea of mine, the ritual of washing clothes and the connotation behind ‘airing out your dirty laundry.’ This piece would go something like the following. An old lady, dressed in her many layers of clothes. Takes of one garment off and begins to wash it in a bathtub, she then hangs the piece of clothing on the washing line. The clothing has a word written on it, the word refers to a story that the old lady has ‘bounced back’ from. As the old lady strips the younger she gets, and reveals story’s from further in her past.
These ideas are still possibilities, but something is calling my to the breathing idea. Especially now, I feel I could link it to a nuclear fallout, and the story of a baby in the womb whilst the mother’s body is polluted by the toxic chemicals in the air. For more on this idea, watch this space…