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MANIFESTO

 

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The Module:

The Beginning:

Lack of understanding as to what was expected of me

I was only confident that I was doing everything wrong.

Fear of embarrassment 

Why did my bag need to come to life?

Not committing to the task

Not  trusting the module

What does Grimm’s Tales have to do with objects? 

Confused of what is expected from me

Why am I leading myself round the room from different body parts?

Angry

Upset

disappointed. 

I want to die 

What is expected of me?

Why are all these readings so confusing? 

At least my group is just as confused as me. 

Everyone else seems like they get it. is it me? 

Frustration.

What is the agency?

I am lost, I am so happy I am in a group.

Feelings of embarrassment, wasting time and insecurity.

I am definitely not understanding this because I am foreign.

The more I read, the less I understand it.

Lack of motivation.

Fight against wanting to control everything.

Personal improvement and maturity gain.


 

Progress report one:

More understanding of the module

Took our failure as a learning curve

Playing around with the objects controlling us built my confidence

I didn't hold back, I allowed myself to enjoy this part 

Changing ideas constantly

You have to fail to succeed

Not trusting the module

Started to gain an understanding of ‘Bio-objects’

Struggling to connect with the objects

Vulnerable

Introducing Inanimate sounds 

Using the reading to inspire usPicked a hard story to try and recreate

Sort of a better understanding

New idea, the old one did not work. 

new techniques were introduced. 

Still feel stressed really really stressed. 

Some new-found confidence 

Mistakes are good?

Bio objects? no idea what this even means? 

Why are all the readings so mental? 

TAKE MORE RISKS, RISKS ARE GOOD

Be more creative don't be afraid to fail 

FAILURE IS GOOD

Give objects agency? Why does an object need agency? 

What is mystery? 

Okay one, two, three, jump.

Not got a clue.

A bit scared.

Mystery, that's our word.

There's no wrong answer? There must be 

What am I actually scared of? Falling over? Looking like an idiot?

Maybe there's a science to this? Making inanimate objects move.

Don't mind the word we have, especially with our group

Start to see failure as a tool, not as a be-all-or-end-all.

BIO-OBJECTS!

Am I the object? Is the object me? Or are we one?

Sounds to match? Human sounds? Is the object human or is the human an object?

PANDEMIC

Back to square one really


 

Progress report two:

New member in the group

Group calls and meeting to discuss what to do next

We support each other 

Our idea of never ending repetition still stands

Photo frames 

Pina bausch 

Cafe Muller and using the idea of repetition

The story that never ends

The objects controlling us  

Confidence growing 

Finally enjoying the module

Using Bio-Object with a clearer understanding 

Picture Frames 

Mirrors

Using each other as objects

No face to face meetings at all, struggling.

Discover group calls, and the art of using different spaces to my advantage.

Realised that I've taken enough from lectures to understand. I just need to find it.

Put everything that I have learnt together, to create something.

Communication is important.

Stress, stress, stress.

Eureka, it works.

It will never be wrong or right, What I am learning lasts forever, I’ll never stop evolving.

I understand that I am never going to completely understand.


 

Key word: Mystery. - keep all of this as its something we all decided together in the lectures

What do we think of when we hear the word mystery?

  • Waves Crashing 

  • Brown

  • Balck

  • Red

  • Grey

  • Wind blowing

  • The unknown

What is the texture?

  • Heaviness

  • Wet or Dry

  • Light or dark

  • Slippery

  • Silky

  • Coldness 

What does it make us feel?

  • Tumbleweeds

  • Depth

  • Gritty

  • Transparent

  • Closed

  • Fragile

  • Secretive

  • Rough 

  • Empty

  • On edge

  • Worried

  • Stressed

 

Coronavirus:

No face to face lectures

Confusion of what is now expected from us

Feel like I’m back at square one

Not being able to meet up in our group 

Online group calls

Online lectures and tutorials

Helping each other

Creating a website to document all of our work 

Using the Bio-Object exercise and creating it in my room

Using an empty room

Committing to my work even though it's hard to when not working in a rehearsal room

Playing with different inanimate sounds 

Still using the idea of never ending

Repetition

Creating a video together to reflect our work within quarantine 

Supporting our group and all pulling our weight 

Not letting quarantine bring myself down 

Motivate my self

Re filming videos 

We’ve got this

Accepting that this is how this module is now due to run 

Feelings of loneliness and low self-esteem.

Abrupt change of perspective.

Bad things happened.

 

Kantor:

Who is Kantor and why did he have to be so abstract?

What does he mean by ‘Bio-Objects?

What does he think theatre is about?

His interpretation of theatre 

The show is never finished 

Theatre can have no plot

Not understanding his way of working

Kantor’s idea that ‘’a person and object cannot be separated’’

Was popular for using memories of his own and the performers 

Live directing and changing the show 

Always changing 

Kantor is difficult and maddening as well as amazing and enriching.

"There must be a very close, almost biological symbiosis between an actor and an object. They cannot be separated”

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