It was important within our thought process to consider the participants and let them interpret the objects in the performance space. It is important not for us to spectate how the participant should partake in the areas because the effect will not be true. Our aim is to see how our participants mood reflects the way in which they behave in the areas and hopefully it allows them to express themselves more freely given the opportunity to. In the book Multimedia Performance by Rosemary Klich and Edward Sheer talk about Immersion in performance:
“The perception that immersion in theatre involves ‘losing’ oneself in the drama, that is, an understanding of immersion as a purely cognitive faculty, is limited as it disregards the potential for a sensory, corporeal experience such as that which spectator might have in ritual or contemporary performance art or perhaps even in post-dramatic theatre” (2012, p., 128).
Are aim is to get the audience involve themselves with the materials in the space and see how they react in relation to their mood and ‘losing’ themselves within the space.
The idea about ‘community’ in our research is important. It is about coming together and being in one place at the same time. A community is built up of loved ones, family and friendships. How does the way we feel determine the way in which we function with our community? Are we happy? Angry? Frustrated? Are we shy? Confident? All these behaviours contribute to the functioning of a community and how we respond around others and the things around us too. We hope that our participants work to create a positive outcome and an interesting end product using the materials around them.
Works Cited:
Klich, R and Scheer, (2012) Multimedia Performance, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan