First person instruction

Taking instructions and putting them in first person and past tense. Ambiguity 

Use ‘How to’ guides

Instructions

Translate the instructions into first person and put it in the past tense to create alienation 

Imagine it spoken as a monologue 

I purchased a large cage to house my bird

Birds thrive in large cages, so I opted for the largest cage that my housing space could accommodate.

I chose a rectangular cage for my bird

Circle cages were bad for my bird. There was hardly any space for my bird and no corners for him to feel safe in.

I ensured the space is more than adequate for housing more than one bird. 

I had never housed more than one bird in a small cage. My birds needed space to retreat, forage and fly.

I ensured that the placement of the cage was somewhere warm and comfortable.

My birds were social creatures and have become unhappy when isolated in a room.

Finally, I placed some old magazine papers on the bottom of the cage

This made cleaning much easier and the papers were able to be disposed of with ease, then I placed fresh ones straight down for the next day’s use.

Focus on expressing subtext

2 people do conversation and another 2 do movements

Keep mixed focus

Simultaneously performed

Or perform the speech and then the movement 

Performing lists and definitions 

Lists that can be coupled with movements

Generated from performers 

Thematic 

Christianity

Love God

Love your neighbour as yourself

Forgive others that have wronged you 

Love your enemies

Ask God for forgiveness of your sins

Jesus is the messiah and was given the authority to forgive others

Repentance of sins is essential 

Don’t be hypocritical 

Questionnaires

Simple way to generate performance material

Generates words or physicality 

Generates lists to perform

Free Writing

Jealousy is a rather peculiar feeling. You never know where it sprouts from and it can very easily be triggered by the smallest of things, the straw that breaks the camel’s back in some instances. Examples of this can include envying someone’s car, their salary, their loving parents, their dog. Jealousy seeps into every fibre of one’s being and twists and contorts your vision into a self degrading mess of longing, bile and hate.

Cheesecake, cheesecake is the desert that unites families. Families are happy, but not always. Stress kicks in, unwanted party crashers screaming through your synapses. Unrelenting, unyielding, not at all friendly. Sometimes you feel like you can’t even escape into sleep. Dreams are the refuge from one’s horrid life but how does one take a step when the door has been long since shut. A dark void, a blank abyss. Nothingness stretching for miles and miles, street corners to city halls. Infrastructure and skyscrapers, concrete and soot. 

Directly addressing the audience 

Material generated is almost always a monologue directly towards the audience. And breaking the fourth wall.