the god, the good, and the guillotine
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The God, the Good, and the Guillotine. A concert ‘opera’ in 11 chapters. Dr Jane Turner and Dr Martin Blain Department of Contemporary Art Manchester Metropolitan University. The Collaborators. For information on the project see: http ://proto-type.org/category/news / - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The God, the Good, and the Guillotine
A concert ‘opera’ in 11 chapters
Dr Jane Turner and Dr Martin Blain
Department of Contemporary Art
Manchester Metropolitan University
The Collaborators
For information on the project see:http://proto-type.org/category/news/
For this project - Proto-type Theater:Peter Petralia (now an associate of the company): writer and directorAndrew ‘Wes’ Westerside: performer; latterly also directorGillian Lees: performerMMUle (Manchester Metropolitan University laptop ensemble)Martin Blain: composer and performerPaul J. Rogers: composer and performerNick Donovan: composer and performerAssociates:Adam York Gregory: animatorRebecca m.k. Makus: lighting designer
Working strategies• Displacement – of objects in the space, material
propositions being brought into space.• Defamiliarisation – spatial relationships and
dynamic relationships between performers, and performers and objects.
• Translation – Blog: space to translate rehearsal experience into reflective experience – and different sense of knowing
• Transformation – of proposed materials using interventions.
Rehearsal block 2Nick Donovan, Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside and Martin Blain
Rehearsal block 2Gillian Lees, Nick Donovan, Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside and Martin Blain
Rehearsal block 2Paul J. Rogers, Gillian Lees, Leentje Van de Cruys and Nick Donovan.
Rehearsal block 2Gillian Lees, Leentje Van de Cruys, Nick Donovan and Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside; light objects by Rebecca m.k. Makus
John Cage on devising
We must construct, that is, gather together what exists in a dispersed state. As soon as we give it a try, we realize that everything already goes together. Things are gathered together before us; all we have done is to separate them. Our task henceforth, is to reunite them (quoted by Georg Laue, ‘…To Gather Together What Exists in a Dispersed State’ in Composed Theatre: Aesthetics, Practices, Processes edited by Matthias Rebstock and David Roesner, 2012: 136).
Re-configured space from block 3MMUle and Leentje Van de Cruys
Spatial configuration merging laptop and theatre performersProto-type Theater and MMUle
A set-up from block 3 work.Proto-type Theater and MMUle
Preview night at The TramwayJanuary 24th 2013
The arrival of the animations – The TramwayAnimator: Adam York Gregory
A critical magpie
• Performative polyphony• Technological uncanny• Aesthetic pleasure• Technological sublime• Technological heteronomy
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