Tick Tock Tick Tock... Time and Pace

When I think of time in reality, I think that time is precious so don't waist it. Therefore, I want to do things quick but at a pace where I can enjoy what I'm experiencing and absorb what I'm doing. The way that the reality effect reinforces twitter drama is that twitter is a medium that is for instant real-time communication. Once the twitter drama is out there it's out there and therefore you and  not mediate it's content. Also the text can get different reactions and be what it wants to be without any added influence. There are also constraints on the creation of these twitter dramas with the 140 characters. I feel that the constraints give a reality effect as well , because speed up your creativity if you plan to make this hobby. If you plan to do it a couple of times give you the mindset of making a choice which is a good habit when you are dealt with all the choices to post about.

On the other hand with durationals, these type of plays use up more of your time but you have the choice of choosing whether to stay for a long time or a short time. The plays that were presented in put into play the reality of simple situations involving confessional and question and answer scenarios. The way that durationals reinforce the reality effect is how you can relate to the reality of the content that the durationals that we read about present. These plays expand the range of what you can fit in a six hours and give the opportunity to explore those details either in an audience member's perspective and an actor's perspective. Therefore, you are given more time to absorb more things that you may have may felt that were overwhelming or things from your memory that were there, but you just missed. This set plays make you more of an observer that a looker, which is an opportunity to take in more.

So the next step, would be for me is teleportation. Now let the performance come to us in a space similar to twitter drama but through teleportation, but that is technology a little ways down. . Another thought is holograms. If holograms could look like real people then yeah.  

                 

Let's move into a different SPACE!

The theatrical production that I would incorporate the 6 axioms of environmental theatre is Killer Joe by Tracy Letts. This play takes place in a trailer park. To involve the elements of environmental theatre I would found and trailer park and transform it into the environment of Killer Joe. I would have different trailers for different parts of the play and people would sit in the space and absorb the space as long as they needed and move to the next part of the story. 

The results that I would want the audience to have is to experience and absorb a space that comes alive and be a possible space that they can actually touch and feel. I know when I go to see a production that is set on a stage there is a sense of I know what is going to happen. I'm going to see a story happen live on a stage with set, lights, sound, and actors. Whereas if I set the audience in the middle of the environment of the play there is a sense of they don't know what's going to happen in this space, and then their senses are more aware. The audience takes in more and understand because when my senses are heighten in a space that Killer Joe presents. I'm going to take more away from the experience because it felt real to me than a set of rules put on me when I go see a play in a theatre where the stage is just in front of me instead of around me. This goes along with  the quote from Tadeusz Kantor that Amar states in his third question, which I agree with. 

Performance Art

My thoughts on theatre becoming diluted is that it will not become diluted if we give people something that they can relate with. I find that if you tell me a story that I can relate to, or what I'm going through in my life; I'm more likely to listen in and become interested in what you are trying to say. Another thought is that you need to entertain the audience to keep them drawn in. We can lose it if we don't encourage theatre in education settings. For example, I didn't have a deep appreciation for theatre until I was introduced to this department and learned there is more to it that actors on a stage. It would be cool if we could make and promote a movie and the staged version of that movie at the same time, and see which one would see the most tickets. It would most likely be the movie, because if I don't see in the movie theatre I can get it later and watch and and live theatre you can't. There would need to be something to draw people in and ways to get people to realize the live work that happens on a stage rather than a screen. I love movies and eventually want to be a part of the business but I appreciated theatre and what it gives.

 

Media is already a creation of imaginations and stories from memory so there is truth in Andreas Huyssen's "imagined memory." I have memories that I can relate to something that I have seen on TV/Flim which is the happy family sitting at the table sharing what has happened in their day. I really cannot think of a subject matter that has impacted me that I have not personally experienced. I can draw things out from something and relate it to my personal experience that impacted me, but just the subject matter itself. I cannot think of any.