This afternoon saw us begin to work with Hannah Ringham who is hosting a week long workshop on the relationship between performer (singular) and audience. The session was especially interesting with its mix of discussion and practical exploration and Hannah has introduced us all to her ideas of concept/idea and narrative confidently.
Hannah's work with the Shunt collective of artists, performance makers and practitioners is of special interest to me as I have always enjoyed the events hosted in the vaults. Especially interesting will be the work we complete on the 'real world' or the real situation (to paraphrase Tim Crouch) in the studio and how this real world determines the performer and audience relationship.
I am finding the combination of Duncan's morning sessions (Wrighting/Writing) and Hannah's afternoons especially useful as I work on a new draft of a site based project I facilitated in March this year. There is perhaps an opportunity to explore Hannah's thesis as a performer this week which I do not mind and am perhaps able under the direction of Jamie and Sara (should we decide to pursue that route) to develop directorial practice somewhat removed from actually directing.
There was a discussion towards the end of the day about documentation and the taking of photographs, which I do not find to be a problem personally. However, it is perhaps necessary to voice these concerns and make sure we are reaching towards the common dialogue so necessary (vital in fact) for effective collaboration.
I also had an interesting discussion with Steve about Caryl Churchill and it is interesting to hear her work challenged, which has made me realise that this course is so incredibly exciting. Being able to pick up on ideas and attitudes that are contrary or in opposition to my own will only confirm and strengthen my ability to form opinions on work.
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