CONCEPT
childhood | women | repeat an action | memories
inocence loss: first hair cut, for girls mostly, refers to put and end to childhood or try to be independant from their parents or differenciate from others /
women / part of te genre codes, physical evidence of growth and life History. Cultural, social symbolisms.
--India women must have long, thick and dark hair to appear more femenin and erotic like to their husbands.
--Ancient Grece; only adulteress and slaves had to shaved their head to be noticed among women using veil.
--18th century women started using
wigs. /
>>read email study about hair here.
>>action / to repeat: playing with hair (stretching, touching, twirling, pulling it)/ repetitive actions that have different meanings according to age, context, and emotion.
OBJECT
1- - First idea:
sketch 1.
>>rough prototype
Finally, and quoting Man Ray's
photograph, a naked woman would give her back to the audience with as long hair (or wig), that would be the object that will trigger sound.
kind of---
SOUND
- the Hair, or interface for trggering sound based on woman voices and Opera "Dido and Eneas", by
Henry Purcell.. Would be modified while interacting with the hair, still working on this.
>>hear original aria here.
>>hear aria slow tempo here.
OBJECT
1- - First idea:
sketch 1.
>>rough prototype
Finally, and quoting Man Ray's
photograph, a naked woman would give her back to the audience with as long hair (or wig), that would be the object that will trigger sound.
kind of---
PERFORMANCE
Naked woman gives her back to the audience, with a long hair (natural or wig).
She stays there, while another character? strokes her hair.
In a sort of
puppeteer movement,
--- see ugly sketch. While the action changes through time, so as sound----different women voices (
>>from emails).
From myself, the hair went to someone's else, for finally go to the floor and be a sort of yellow brick way ("Wheezer of Oz" story...).
--- see sketch layers
REFERENCES / INSPIRATIONS
- 1 shoulder/arm clothing made by myself
pink t-shirt yellow cover , 1 side fringes t-shirt, woman feminity, shape transformation, portables, puppets, Man Ray photography.
michel gondry - bjork
stage, settings - paul mc carthy
the forest, excerpt. - bruce nauman (
clown torture ) - laurie anderson - ron mueck - opera,
pinocchio music.
Body posture as a
cello player.
Steina and Woody Vasulka
Steina's "Vocalizations", 1990.
Steina's "VIOLIN POWER THE PERFORMANCE", 1992
