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Welcome to the Performance in a Mediatised Culture blog, 2009. This is a space for you to share images, ideas and experiences throughout the course.

IMPORTANT!! CLASS EXCURSION WEEK 6:
Contrary to what your course outline says, please meet at 9.30am in the usual classroom for the week 6 excursion. We will go from there.

ALSO: AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Selected works that we have watched are now with Iain Murray at the Level 3 Webster desk and are available for you to borrow and watch on campus. You can use these for your essay preparation:

Level 3 desk:
- ‘Cesena’ and ‘Brussels’ in Tragedia Endogonidia by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio
- Chunky Move Mortal Engine or Glow
- Blast Theory Uncle Roy All Around You and Can You See Me Now?
- The Wooster Group Route 1 & 9 (The Last Act)
- Granular Synthesis Modell 5

unsw LIBRARY:
- Einstein on the beach[videorecording] :the changing image of opera /
- The Builders Association [videorecording] : Show excerpts and trailers, 1994-2007

Bill Viola documentaries (COFA):
- I do not know what it is that I am like[videorecording] /
- The passing[videorecording]
- Selected works[videorecording] /

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Icinema experience

i just think that this weeks excursion (or incursion..) to icinema has really opened my eyes to what Bryoni has been trying to hammer into our heads for 6 weeks now. that media doesn't have to go against performance but it can more fully immerse you into it. the wooster group performance for example (especially in 3d) really made you feel like the group members were talking to you directly. as though they knew where you were in the room. i especially enjoyed the t-visunarium and also the dance performance filmed at nida. this performance was especially fascinating because it gave you the opportunity to see it from 6 different angles. when would you have the opportunity to see what a performance looks like from multiple perspectives in the 'live' experience of theatre? performance can be mediatised in order to more fully convey the thoughts and ideas of the performance piece, it doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. panaramic camera also enables us to see more fully everything that happens at the one time. in conclusion i guess, i really enjoyed this experience.. it was fascinating, sometimes dizzying, and very productive!

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