Yoko Ono – “The Word of a Fabricator” – Critique of John Cage’s chance operations, advocates for ‘sounds by intention’ When I think of non-representation, Antonin Artaud immediately comes to mind. A short analysis by Jerzy Grotowsky Towards a Poor theatre follows. Artaud started his quest towards theatricality after his encounter with the Balinese gamelan… Continue reading Egoless and Plant-like
Category: Year 3
Mengting Zhuo
I found many of my interests reflected in Mengting Zhuo’s lecture. She categorises sound as a’minority medium’ that can be both heavily coded and sensually powerful. Never fully controllable. Existing within the boundaries of memory and expectation. Zhuo describes her work as composing situations. Simple gestures, repetitions. Emptiness and resonance. there is no stasis is… Continue reading Mengting Zhuo
Infinite Bellies
Iona is a one-man play written by Romanian playwright Marin Sorescu, in 1968. It is inspired by the Biblical myth of Jonah who is said to have been swallowed by a big fish, where he spends three days. He is the archetype of the prophet. The play imagines Iona’s (Romanian for Jonah) journey during these… Continue reading Infinite Bellies
Ritual
My interest in ritual comes as a result of my work and thought around materiality, physicality and immediacy. Broadly, what interests me is the virtualisation of objects through symbols and signs to the scope of paradoxically returning them closer to their materiality and enabling them to access the body in a very immediate way. ‘symbols… Continue reading Ritual