Letter to my IPP2's [voice]

Dear IPP2,

First of all I want to say that I am very sorry I missed the last 20 mins of our last session and it won't happen again! As I didn't have the chance to share with you my thoughts about our explorations, I'm writing now a few lines:

Julia- I think that your exploration crossed over my expectactions and the power of your voice and the quality of your input feelings just amazed me. It was interesting to notice the connections between your voice/sounds and the movement and you remembered me of the voice as a part of the body, as a limb, by using it in relation to your moving body or your still body. I believe you are about to discover yourself, your essence and to let go all "self-judging"...

Fiona- A very misterious character who, in my opinion plays a theatre role by using the voice as well as the body. I also appreciate the naturaless and honesty that comes out of yourself and I noticed a very interesting composition of your exploration (using repetition and different volumes, tonalities, feelings, levels). I was actually thinking now of how you could link this type of work with exploring frames (maybe it won't work, but maybe you can find your own way to connect your ideas somehow)....Well done!
Joana- As usually a very powerful and funny artist who just captures me everytime she creates something. I could see how comfortable you are with using your voice in a creative way and I also noticed the "playfulness" of your work. This makes me think that for future you might be challenged to create something out of your "comfort zone", which I believe is "not a funny work", but I still think your voice can transmit a lot as well as your moving body.

I feel like the focus of this little group makes me a very inspired "creator" and our development process is so clear, I can see it through all of us!

My own exploration- I felt attracted by the sounds rather than saying our words, and the way that the sound travels through my body, bones, muscles, eyes and then gets out through my mouth and then maybe it goes to you (my little audience) ...my curiosity is actually what happnes with my sounds next? how do you perceive them? do they tell you something? do they make you feel something? or do you just ignore some of them? endless questions ...Travelling wth my sound, physically and emotionly, experimenting some sounds again, and again, and again, going back to them, or just letting them go... I think it's a continuous journey...

Thank you Amy for this session, I feel like so many doors open every session you deliver to us, and the Body Space Image hand-outs lead me towards making a little "something" , acutally frame a way of working, of exploring , developing some curiosities.
Thank youuu!!

P.S. I wish I knew your impressions about our explorations :( Sorry I've missed them:(

Much love,
Oana

ipp2 solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTBLfgQI7Q

I have used this video as a resource for my solo, but this time I have a totally different vision over it. I am more interested of the dresse's journey, the way it moves and what parts of the body covers or shows. The way it folds and unfolds, the continuous movement. I found difficult to follow this material's jouney, but I watched it many many times and every time I notice something different.
What do you think? ( ignore the sound, the dancers, the audience and just follow the dress...)

Ipp2 solo work

Within this solo I chose to work with light source, memories, feelings and meanings.
There is a song that hides lots of secrets and every time I listen to it feel like I open the "feeling box" and all my past experience invade my whole being...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEX8mv864-0

My object will be a red and long Pina Bausch Dress, that symbolyse feminism and it is as well full of memories and feelings...

My light source will be a few candles, the natural fire, that also have different meanings and it is used in a variety of contexts.

projection

reflections...

I am reading now some Installation Art books and I found really ispiring art works, that give bits of ideas for my little perf. on Wednesday. I fell drawn by the projection as well as installation.
Last summer I had horrible head pains and my brother asked me to go to the clinique where he works and to do a RMI. The strong pains made my way to the hospital and my brother leaded my investigation.
I even have a little 'movie' with my skull scan and the doctors said that there was no problem with my skull. They still can't explain my pains, but I have decided to start my own investigation, as I have the scan.

I can even see the sketch of a performance : all my pains + my fear + my thoughts + the massive machine and myself inside of it + the horrible noise inside of it + projecting images of my skull scan on a wall + my body into the space ...

the dark arts

http://into-thedarkness.tripod.com/id8.html

There might be some things that I can use for my piece.

Ipp2 Reflections

One day after the IPP class I found myself in the studio with some candles finding resource, observing. A lot of questions came up to my mind, but when I see fire I think about spirituality.The ancient people(romans) who lived in massive castles used the fire as tool of protection, people who lived in a cage used it to warm up themselves or the "room" but in the studio I used the light to illuminate what I was writing(thoughts, information, observations). This will I'll be looking at different artists that work with fire, spirits and rituals.The word "installation" keeps screaming into my head, so I might develop a little a little one ( it represents a challenege because it is outside my "comfort zone"--->it is not movement, it is visual art)

When a candle is, a dead body is, when a dead body is, a soul/spirit is...when the light is not anymore, the spirit is here and that is ME!!!

• RITUAL
• EMBODYMENT
• INITIATION

Now I go back to a first year post about the fire and I just love when things simply connect.