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?
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Waves Crashing
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Brown
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Balck
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Red
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Grey
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Wind blowing
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The unknown
What is the texture?
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Heaviness
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Wet or Dry
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Light or dark
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Slippery
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Silky
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Coldness
What does it make us feel?
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Tumbleweeds
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Depth
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Gritty
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Transparent
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Closed
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Fragile
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Secretive
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Rough
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Empty
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On edge
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Worried
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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”