Monday, July 6, 2009

disscussion after the first night:


what works:
- layers of the images, when we projected on the screen and window.
- "ghost" images, when they were projected big on the building.
- walking down the street, ephemeral and loops throughout the city. something that just passes by.
- on the ground, using it as a flashlight.
- sense of energy as performers. The projectors engendered a sense of play.

Nature of the Audience:
- mixed responses from viewers, very interested tourist, Italians seem more circumspect
- we got oooo's from people.
- asked where we got the projectors.
- people who passed by seemed intrigued.
- playing with the projectors and people passing by.
- we have an ephemeral audience.
- later we kept more people out, as we talked to each other.
- will people avoid it, or become apart of it?

Strategies : Performance or Installations
- can we remove ourselves as performers and have the audience focus on the projections.
- when we are stationary, we almost become tripods and disappear — like Bunraku performers
- when we are moving, it's harder for people to confront us.
- hard to hide the projectors. when moving, easy to hide them away as screens.
- maybe as a mobile piece there is always an aspect of performance.
- could viewers be willing or unwilling participant in the act.
- novelty will always be apart of the projects. we will never have the same audience twice. it will always be novel to the people who initially see it.

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