tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767614472012849301.post867215680858647137..comments2023-09-30T07:27:23.547-07:00Comments on Discussion with Darren O'Donnell: Magic and modes of representationGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515546750973276446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767614472012849301.post-14314145170968683292007-01-11T23:28:00.000-08:002007-01-11T23:28:00.000-08:00i don't think conceptual pizazz equals fantasy. an...i don't think conceptual pizazz equals fantasy. another intersting box piece and one that has plenty o' pizzaz is Santiago Sierra's <i>Laborers Who Cannot be Paid Remunerated to Sit inside Boxes</i> where he paid illegal immigrants to sit inside boxes in a gallery. the concept is concise and devastating and and it is undeniably real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767614472012849301.post-40763260554236376332007-01-11T16:19:00.000-08:002007-01-11T16:19:00.000-08:00So when Paul drilled through the styrofoam straigh...So when Paul drilled through the styrofoam straight at your face was that reality or fantasy? I'm trying to figure out if conceptual pizazz equates with fantasy and relational stuff with reality. Seems to me the agency we want to give to the audience has to do with playing unfamiliar games of pretend. The framework game of mini-theatre is familiar enough and I like it. I like what good actors can do. It also feels like something that could go even further inside the box and reach the outside.Neil Cadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103246037090764663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767614472012849301.post-10582846420948391532007-01-10T15:32:00.000-08:002007-01-10T15:32:00.000-08:00Hey Heidi,
You say: "we were talking about the cr...Hey Heidi,<br /><br />You say: "we were talking about the creative coming into the design of the audience experience...so the whole design of the interviews, of the boxes themselves...is already taking the experience away from the well made play."<br /><br />you start talking about the audience experience but then shift quickly into talking about the process. I think that BB simply shrinks the experience down. We're still in a black box and we're still sitting and staring. The experience may be a little different but only quantitatively (small theatre, one audience member, one actor) but not qualitatively. Thankfully they were not well-made plays but other than a bit of content, the form of the experience was like most theatre. <br /><br />I think those two questions are related and I'm trying to address both, looking for ways to bring some interesting conceptual pizzaz into the relational/participatory stuff. If i understand what you're saying, I think you're suggesting - and I agree - that there is more and more the potential to give the audience agency in a way where they happily become complicit in our games. So that we can have our reality and eat some fantasy too.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424619610353561770noreply@blogger.com