Monday seemed to be all about shifting from working on my own gathering thoughts, ideas and video footage to preparing to work with the dancers. I uploaded video all morning and then spent the afternoon moving equipment around the studio, thinking about where to put the cameras and projectors.
When the beautiful dancers arrived today I still wasn't sure how to begin with them and so sent them on excursions that mirrored my own. They walked around the city shooting their own footage. Then when we came back into the space, we spent a long time improvising with movement, playing the video in different places in the space and interacting with the cameras and projectors. Looking back, I suspect this was as much about getting used to each other than generating a lot of useful material.
Towards the end of the day, I began to sense how the space could be organized: one end with a video installation (see video below) and the other as a performance space with the public in the middle.
This was the most concrete result of the day but I think just as importantly we began to understand each others energies and Lucinda and Eleanora joined the process.">
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A transition day
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Anonymous
on Fri 18 Jun 2010 18:24 BST | Permanent Link
I’m on board with the blog and would like to offer some thoughts & feelings from the past few days…
Getting to know each other and the space was a really nice introduction on Tuesday, whilst going out into Coventry paying particular attention to the environment was an extremely strong & satisfying experience. I feel I have a particularly connection with Coventry through spending three years here during my BA, a time in which I developed as a person and Coventry was part of that development, it holds memories of people I’ve meet, dance and personal exchanges I have engaged in. My walk was kind of eerie & emotional, I know the streets well, have walked them many times but not paying attention as I did on this occasion. I observed some structural changes to the city particularly around the main University building. When walking through the city centre I made a realization that it was not Coventry that had changed, it was me, back here again through my study and passion for dance but still with a passion for the city, the journey it takes with me on my discovery of dance, and self. I sense that the project will be a journey of discovery for each of us in many different ways…. Re: A transition day
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fianceejill
on Fri 16 Sep 2011 14:26 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
It sounds as if your studio is coming along well. When I was an art student in California, we were given small, windowless art 'studios' to work in, which was very uninspiring. As you plan out your 'space' for your dancers, have you considered the type of floor you will be using? You can get some wooden floors installed before your show. https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/ is a site I know of that has wooden floors.
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