Monday 9 February 2009

some decisions on p#001

  • It will be a live performance (I have to find a performer with dance skills).
  • The performer during the performance is going to be transformed into something resembling an android. The main focus at the moment seems to be the arm the genitals. The genitals will be covered in such a way so that the sex of the performer won't be visible and that's because machines don't have a sex unless this is specified by the maker. The hand is the most important aspect of human communication. Whenever we see something new we tend to want to touch it as if we want to make sure that this is real. Also in most cultures when you meet someone you shake hands or use them in order to saw the intensity of our feelings. The fact that the arm will be transformed live into a metallic one signifies the detachment that technology causes.
  • The space is going to be aesthetically unified (probably from the same material) with the performer's ''metallic'' parts of the body. It's going to be causing a kaleidoscopic effect  of the image of the performer, since it is going to be made by mirror/reflective material.

What I need to find:
The performer
Reflective material
How to make simple clothes from latex an how to apply the reflective material on it.


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