Tuesday, January 9, 2007

The gloves are off!

Well, those of us in Vancouver will have to wait to see whether we also consider the lab coats an extraneous element in Bio Boxes. I encourage you all to weigh in here, defend the lab coats, etc. You too can now post a comment without creating an account. Do it. Don't censor yourself, but be prepared to meet the other posters in person.

Now, back to those Bio Boxes.

check out www.pushfestival.ca to find out how to see stuff here in Vancouver over the next three weeks.

3 comments:

J LO said...

It is spelled Jamie. But for you we will stick to James.

To answer your question I would blame my loserdom on being white, middleclass and an actor the three areas of self hatred that have fueled your entire career.
The actor thing still fueling much of your criticism.

And in response I would like to pose some new forums for discussion.
To what extent has the shape of Darren’s ass degraded since he’s turned forty?
Should he now be forced out of those jeans and into a looser fitting chino?

but staying on some kind of topic...
Why so unwilling to suspend your disbelief? Those little pink ears in White Mice were oh so satisfying. If they weren’t pink and you were not waving a tail around a fake block of cheese a lot more people would have been leaving in droves screaming soapbox - as my older brother did.
By the way he keeps a file on your ass.

We gave six fantastic artists the opportunity to interview people and then create pieces based on those interviews. Maiko and i once discussed the actors exactly mimicking the interviewees, that notion dissolved quickly. This show was about people spinning on their meetings and discussions with real people. The show is about the languages they share and hearing those languages in close quarters. Its about getting close for a little storytelling (you are a godfather to better get used to pretending – that little guy/girl won’t be able to cut your hair (s) for a few years). It is about the real projected on the wall in conflict or in conjunction (depending on your perspective) to what the artists made in the boxes. The interviewees were displayed on the video (we apologize for the sound but our hands were tied technically). The tech in Vancouver will be better and allow for a more integrated fact with fiction. I encourage people to sit and watch the video. Although most are too keen to get inside the make believe boxes to take the time.

Granted, the best shows are going to be the ones the actors do for the original subject – I won’t get to see them sadly but I look forward to the report. It would be nice to see how the performances change from stranger to subject. Perhaps a hidden camera.
That may be where the real conflict lies. How the actor acts when faced with the person they have been representing to audiences.

We could have skipped the actors and asked the 6 interviewees to put their heads in the boxes allowing them to field questions, or sit in chairs with a video behind them but that is a mammalian show. That's what you do you big social scientist “gaylord” – (and go get something beyond a BFA already)
We still like to trust creative instinct and have a little fun with the material – and fun can be constructed.

And we have discussed the lab coats. I just ironed mine.

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