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All these things are great. Loving all the outcomes.

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https://makingmarksproject.blogspot.com/

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I thought you could all be trusted with the final whispering gallery- which is in FOUR parts because it's so long!!!

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yesterday's walk pt.2

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Yesterday's walk

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Here's a rather chaotic video of me following my cooking instructions. About four minutes long, incredibly improvised. Invitation to follow!

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*officially* releasing later today but thought I'd pop it on here first!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqJzzsPnJXw

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This is what I was trying to explain earlier very badly!! I think it may be a far better way forward than using a real map which will get all soggy in the rain and do something styled on photoshop like this. I'm going to try vary styles and be a bit more creative as I go but any initial thoughts would be appreciated!! This is #83 on a lampost at the end of Beech Grove and #84 on the railings outside of St. Chad's in Ladybarn :))

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this is act i

tw: flashing images, breathing sound effects (emulating hyperventilating/crying), grief, death, loss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfBUM-7uwSA

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Hello! Finally managed to get Davinci resolve working on this laptop and all my videos downloaded. I am using this kind of footage for the first section (have decided to use three sections). It's very rough but I've had a bit of an experiment with rhythm and duration. Will also be meeting up with billie to discuss colour grading etc !
https://youtu.be/8GG_Ve4z7yo

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Here is a draft introduction for the ZOOM event. Needs a bit of work. Let me know if you think there is anything that I should add/take away.

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Draft introduction no time like the present

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(to be rid of) to unlearn to speak to you

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(to be rid of) to unlearn to speak to you

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and outcomes

also wanted to update on the marks andy and i made last week. it could've been the rain but im pretty certain someone has attempted to remove the circles around the stephen joseph building, some are still faint however. interesting to see how they long they lasted though

also going to try and set up my digital sketchbook this evening so I don't keep spamming this padlet. i will send a link once I can

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process

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looking at absence and negative space

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Hi guys,

I've been considering sound for my video collage, and I know I want to play with audio of laughter and silence. I did a piece of free form writing at the beginning of my making during the process and have recorded it, and plan on perhaps doing some more and using snippets in my visual collage. Let me know what you think about this idea (also apologies for my voice, I recorded this at like 3am )

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https://youtu.be/U3keqngeSa0

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Here's my latest rehearsal - I finally made it into the space! But... there were certain issues which could do with resolving

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Also sorry for the dusty laptop screen

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Did some filming in the SU theatre yesterday, doing more today

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MORNING GUYS!!!!! enjoy. Have a wonderful day. And bang on 5 minutes. Yay.

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Just in case you need to hear it all again... (and for those that missed it)...

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One of the makeup/clothing looks I did. It is inspired by the entity 'The Desolation' from my favourite podcast

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fZrtiPuIaK2X0xciklKB0 Here's a link to my playlist of songs that inspire me. It is very heavy in obscure musical theatre just as a warning

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I told Patryce to watch this to get some collage inspiration, but I reckon it's worth sharing with you all. Hardcore, hilarious and yes, heartbreaking art film. If you have ten minutes...

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A short film directed by Jorge Furtado (1989).

The ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato.

English dubbed version

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Hi everyone! I have some questions about the imagination for my project that I have been thinking about myself and wondered if others felt the same way. Therefore I've written some questions down on this google doc. I would love to hear your answers and possibily some anecdotes!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Alo0334nsNos_JkMibMu9lnV-r9X7DF9F_FOElOviNo/edit?usp=sharing

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(to saw in half) to unlearn to speak to you

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(to saw in half) to unlearn to speak to you

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Did this a couple of days ago but forgot to post it. Another draft, I've passed the half way mark, did it for just over 4h.
Where do we go now?

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Just me, quite literally, vibing

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WITH THE DAMN BLOODY SOUND
(also it cut the first part off -- my computer hates me!!)

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Today I went to the SU theatre an filmed some things. Then I went home and filmed some things. These things were largely to do with touch and impression. Played with the clay, which was nice. I even made a little clay person. I'm not quite sure how these things all relate yet, but they definitely do. Here are a few stills.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BQuZ8GphepA_x9eWUVlKj-whn76kErUl?usp=sharing

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(to continue) to unlearn to speak to you

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(to continue) to unlearn to speak to you

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Hello! Today I did a full 2h draft recording. Things are starting to slowly get better I think. It was not as hard as 1h30m I did last Thursday, I've noticed that I am much more focussed and patient in the morning compared to the afternoon. This changes little as the full piece will be shot throughout the morning and the afternoon... But I'm building up stamina, self discipline and tollerance.
I'm learning what I already knew: how hard it is to render a gesture empty, especially when performing and even more if displayed on a big screen. The way to escape meaning is to prolong an action for too long, go beyond boredom and beyond its function. Another way is to repeat a gesture until it either chages meaning, loses it, or both.
Here's 1/120 of the draft.

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Hi guys,

First off, if you intend to watch the video a quick TW:

Lockdown, death, some references to suicide.

Also this is a long post, and is also functioning as a bit of a log for myself, so no need to read it all!

I did it! I filmed an hour (ish) of a rehearsal for finitude. I played around with having the current task constantly visible to audience members in the bottom right. I could do this in post today, but I may need to figure out a way to do this live on the day, because I thought it was such a lovely addition.

From my rehearsal, things which stood out to me:

1. Having the task always on the screen was wonderful - two stand out moments for me were: 1.  When I was supposed to be drawing a funny drawing and yet the entire time I was speaking about my difficulties and opinions of lockdown (about 35:40 into the video); 2.  The two back to back tasks of "enjoy the little things" and then "put your back to the camera for 2 minutes" - I did pretty much the same action for both, and yet the task at the bottom of the screen really changed the meanings of the actions each time - a lovely moment of random chance (about 42:00)!

2. Quick and effortless energy shifts from tiredness to intense dancing (e.g. "write a poem whilst dancing" at around 51:00)

3. Getting very invested in the hypothetical scenarios (22:30)

4. Getting stumped by "Do Nothing" for about 5-6 minutes (16:40)

5. Absolutely ruining the edit by turning off the iPad camera at the very end (I could have easily gone on for longer)

Things I think I can improve on/Questions I have moving forward:

1. Could the quiet moments (e.g. be nature, be anger) go on for even longer?

2. Is it worth putting some sort of restriction on what I can/cannot say? (Part of me really likes the randomness and the human-ness of no restrictions)

3. How should I go about making more tasks?

I had a hand at creating a logo for the piece as well (see the thumbnail of the YouTube video) which I am actually very pleased with.

If you made it through this and have about an hour to spare, or even want to just skim through or look at a specific 5 minutes, please do! It has given me a LOT of confidence in this idea!

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Ru wrote all she saw, as she saw it, this is her truth with no guidance from me.

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here's half an hour

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shaky cam

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For some reason I can only attach one picture but here is my finished creation! An empty box of washing machine capsules, an instant coffee lid, an olive jar and a silver foil takeaway tin with a ribbon on top! I think it's beautiful

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Hello everyone, today I headed into uni, got a swab test (positively negative!), then went for the very first time in the Stephen Joseph building, listened to Abby's meditation to start my session and then recorded a 1h 9m (the duration of the whole of Ghosteen) draft of my work, I was pretty tired by the end. Not in full regalia but fully protected, from the virus and the sun in my eyes.

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Hey guys - this is me recording myself first thing this morning doing a guided meditation. ITS Just a practise as I have never recorded myself before! Just going through the motions...there’s also a couple sections which are just cut because I’m guessing it’s something to do w the file size?
Nevertheless thought I’d just share it with you guys- feel quite nervous popping this on here but it’s a start
Feel free to give it a go- or jsut listen to my morning voice for fun:)

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from Abbie! literally felt like I could not speak at the beginning of this hahaha this was harder than I thought it'd be

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Sorry if I got some of the words wrong pay !

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this sounds beautiful and I am going to treasure this voice memo recipe

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hahaha i completely forgot how to speak when i was doing this!!! it's so hard but also hilarious. its hard to listen and speak at the same time

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Here's a video of the company that inspired the exercise this afternoon. 'The Nature Theater of Oklahoma'. They interview people, and then process the words into their works/scripts. In this case they turn something into song. Keeping every um and ah in. This video always lifts my spirits a bit. It's been nice to listen to as I answer your emails this afternoon. It's them recording the first in their ten part work 'Life and Times', where they interviewed one person about their life, and then turned it into a ten part work. Epic. This is only the first half hour. Enjoy!

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Nature Theater of Oklahoma "Life and Times Episode 1" first portion on WNYC's Spinning On Air

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You can deffo slightly hear me listening to the original recording through my headphones because I had it on full blast because my hearing's so bad (sorry)- but as always we move!

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My Voice Re-Recording over Jake Ruding's Recording

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My Voice Re-Recording over Jake Ruding's Recording

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very fun:D

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My housemate in the room next to me is making some music so there is a subtle unintentional score hehe

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the powerpoint from group 1 (jake, hannah, cathy)

Unfortunately, the powerpoint is too big for me to paste directly on here so it will instead come in the form of a link to a google drive with it on!

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hey im so sorry i've had so much trouble uploading this today idk why but i think i've got it sorted plus the file was too large but i think this is okay except that the photos are a bit blurry unfortunately.
also FYI my laptop autocorrected patryce to patrice just to let u know it wasn't me

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I feel like these tasks reflect a lot of what I think theatre should be about. I want to create theatre I know I will enjoy rehearsing, performing and that I hope an audience will also enjoy. I think the imagination is highly fascinating when applied to art and love writing stories based on bizarre things I dream. I often wish we could return to when we were younger when being imaginative was more acceptable and we did not have to worry about what other people thought of our 'art'.

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I'm really sorry I missed out the seminar - crisis over!! I've tried to gauge from the padlet what the exercise was so here's my best attempt below

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Following the classic Andy Smith advice of staring out a window, I have done so and taken this advice quite literally approaching my paper theatre. Draw, paint, imagine, get a pair of scissors and cut out the space and make anything a view-the choice is yours! (Also, I tried to format it to make the text look like curtains- I did the best I could, they definitely look like they could do with some zhooshing up)

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taken from an extract from a book i'm reading at the moment -its a bit cheesy but its a light read. 'expecations' by Anna Hope. It is about three distinct friends and their life changes, sounds boring i know. But i felt a boring 'cup of tea and slice of cake' chat between three young women was incongruous with this image, so i found it funny

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me and my minfulness colouring - i could not attach it to the other padlet

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me and my minfulness colouring - i could not attach it to the other padlet

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PRESENCE PART 2.

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me and my minfulness colouring - i could not attach it to the other padlet

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For me, minfulness has been an enormously useful tool in my life through mental health difficulties, particularly anxiety and paranoia. After discovering the beautiful simplicity of presence, of mediation, of 'brain exercise', of 'self care' which isn't in the form of ice cream tubs and peel off charcoal masks, everything changed for me.
These are some mindfulness tips I engage with on a regular basis. I am hoping to inspire my final piece of work with mindfulness and the excitement of feeling present. An important element of presence is realising a moment is YOURS. I have tried to include choices in my piece here to open the reader up to the idea of choice in their 'mindfulness' moment, and make it their own as much as possible. It works better this way, I find. Instead of being 'told' a safe space, choose your safe space.
THANK YOU!

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This will be a bit of a sensitive one for some people. Please don't feel you have to engage. If you like though, my emails are open