I really love the simplicity of Melanie Wilson’s piece– utilising “live” and mediatized voice while still exploring core concepts of storytelling.
Iris Brunette from Gemma Riggs on Vimeo.
Documentation of performance artist Melanie Wilson’s recent production.
Taking its cue from Chris Marker’s ‘La Jetee’, Iris Brunette is set in a post-apocalyptic city, devastated by a war that has [...]
Early concept sketch-up plan.
The space will be broken into four rooms which will be designed by different designers. Their requirement is that an “event” must occur within them–something public and something private. Each room’s event will be based on a broad thematic 1. sex 2.Fame 3.Death 4. Insignificance
Audience will choose a room to enter, partake [...]
I’m embarking on a new piece of research that will examine the notion of liminality within digital performance. Much has been spoken lately about the aspect of liveness and Phillip Auslander’s book on the subject has become requisite reading for first year theatre students.
This idea, which has been spinning around my head for a while, [...]
In January I worked with my students in trying out some ideas for The Overlook Project.
View of Jack’s desk
The Overlook
In one way The Overlook’s conceit is to frame a piece of classical text within a contemporary paradigm. It is also utilizing a concept commonly found on the web and in underground music called “mashupâ€. The most infamous example of Mashup was the successful merging of the Beatles White Album and Rapper Jay-Z’s [...]
Met with producer Purni Morell. Purni was kind enough to put me up for the night which ended up being two as my EasyJet flight was cancelled due to fog.
We talked about having The Overlook at the Tramway and crunched through numbers. It all seems do-able but we are going to have to do some [...]
