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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Dolly and Ben Franklin say "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap."

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Costume Details



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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Reflective Tape




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Costume De Construction






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Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Costume Leg Work








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Saturday, July 26, 2008

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Contributors

  • Chris K
  • David C
  • Hand2Mouth Theatre
  • Harmony
  • James
  • Jerry
  • Jonathan
  • Julie
  • L.
  • La Foi
  • Maesie
  • Marc
  • Sybot
  • djbrokenwindow
  • djsteadyleddy
  • kendra
  • squishyredsubstance

Research Topics

  • Astronauts, spec. training, requirements, selection, what happens to the human body in space, and space-tourism (Julie)
  • Commodification and pop-culture view of space (Jeb)
  • How far people go to stay alive (Maesie)
  • Mysticism of immortality, Religious rituals, Egypt and body preservation (Marc)
  • Neurology, the God Experience (James)
  • The Golden Record and the current whereabouts of Voyager (Liz)
  • The Moon, the Space Race and the Solar System (Emma)
  • Transhumanism – the current reality – and Alcor (Jerry)
  • Videos people record before they die, "ending of aging" research (Jonathan)
  • What goes into time capsules? (Sy)
  • What is TIme? & Time Travel (Alex)

Architectural Forms

  • Continuous Pulse (small sphincter) - smaller audience groups are moved in a specific order from one room/location to next. New audience group is moved into a room once previous leaves. can be linear or circular
  • Durational - audience is divided into multiple rooms and performers move between the rooms (typically long-lasting)
  • Multiple Locations - show takes place over various diverse locations either simultaneously or consecutively (multiple rooms in one place are not considered multiple locations)
  • Open Installation/Environment -audience can move freely between multiple installations or interactive stations
  • Public space/spectacle - uncontrolled public space. many different audience possibilities
  • Remote - audience is connected remotely to performance, most likely by some sort of electronic device
  • Singular Pulse (large sphincter) - full audience is moved from one room/location to the next.

Tools

  • Anti-gravity Harness
  • Application / Registration
  • Audience Plant
  • Audio Repetition (repeat what you hear)
  • Choral reading
  • Conversation
  • Delayed Feedback (i.e. playback of recorded material, repeating of earlier material)
  • Direct Feedback (i.e. mic direct to headphones, video direct to monitor, mirror)
  • Flocking / Echoing
  • Food (i.e. tea and bicuits)
  • Ghosting
  • Information piping (using gathered information later in show)
  • Installation/Set Piece/Interactive
  • Instructions (audio/visual/written/live)
  • Intercom (walkie talkies, cell phones, etc.)
  • Interpretation/Presentation (audio/visual/written/live)
  • Limited interaction (i.e. life extension pod)
  • Map
  • Moving Air (fan)
  • Rallying / Parade
  • Recalling earlier ideas and motivations / Motif
  • Soap Box
  • Space Pod (large plastic bag)
  • Space walking/Anti-gravity
  • Survey / Interview / Direct Questioning
  • Teaching / Training
  • Tour Guide

Viewing List

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Altered States
  • Dr. Who
  • Land of the Lost
  • Mork & Mindy
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Return to Oz
  • Star Man
  • The American Astronaut
  • The Matrix
  • The Piano
  • The Right Stuff
  • The Time Machine
  • Time Bandits

Reading List

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L’Engle)
  • Found Magazine
  • If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
  • Modern Mechanix Magazine (from 1929 to 1938)
  • Murmurs of Earth (Carl Sagan)
  • Popular Science Magazine (from 1927 to 1961)
  • Science & Mechanics Magazine (from 1931 to 1938)
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sachs)
  • The Road (Cormac McCarthy)

Links

  • Alcor Life Extension Foundation
  • Andy Warhol's Time Capsules
  • Future Hi
  • God Tube
  • Modern Mechanix
  • NeurologicaBlog
  • Ted Talks
  • Time Machine: the latest in sports timing
  • Time Travel Fund

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      • Costume Details
      • Reflective Tape
      • Costume De Construction
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