Week #10 - Play
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -Mahatma Gandhi
The Heist by Derren Brown. Watch the outcome.
The Visual Cognition Lab has done a lot of fascinating experiments. Check out some of their videos, including their most famous.
The International Poetry Incarnation at Royal Albert Hall in 1965. 7000 poets gathered. If you want to know what’s happening in the world listen to the poets - they’re always ahead of the curve.
Top Secret Dance Off. Games are a really interesting mode of audience participation. Jane McGonigal’s work is particularly interesting.
Assignment
1. Write a short proposal for your final. Post it by Wednesday midnight. Please include:
- Theme of your final project - what are you exploring with this piece?
- Short paragraph on what I will experience when I participate in your project (audience is invited to enter the space & sit on the floor, each person is given a piece of paper by a silent moderator…..etc.)
- How the audience interaction reflects the ideas of the work
- Weekly breakdown of tasks to accomplish
2. What is the thing you are most afraid of with this piece - too revealing? not revealing enough? insipid? incomprehensible? Dive right in & make a one minute version of your piece that is exactly that - without irony. Present it in class or post it by Wednesday midnight.
Please keep in mind that you will be showing a work-in-progress to outside critique on April 16.
