We began the piece with our duets/triplets which had been set up like an art exhibition, ours however being live art, so that the audience could walk around at their own pace. This was good because it allowed them to choose what they wanted to look at and gave them enough time to form their own opinions, giving them their own individual experience. The exhibition was able to show a range of different works and the contrasting themes of each piece, as well as how each group displayed them, meaning that the audience wouldn't become bored and if the didn't like one piece they could move on.
However I did think that each performance space could've been larger and more protected because many of the pieces involved some mess of paint, water or jelly etc. which was cleaned up properly and made the main space dangerous to work in. This could've also been solved with more efficient cleaning method between the transitions.
I found our triplet worked well because instead of being on repeat it was an endurance piece, meaning that each member of audience would experience it differently as it was constantly changing.
I thought that our class' piece went very well, expressing a clear theme of the nature-nurture debate as well as it being easy to follow. According to the audience they felt that they were clearly guided to wear they need to be, as there was always an actor ready to move them to their next position. I also found the humour was largely appreciated because all the topics had been quite serious and morbid, meaning that our representation of sperm fertilising the egg to the mission impossible theme tune offered them some light relief and kept them engaged.
In our piece I thought that the latex gloves helped to show our characters as scientists and showed the investigation into our debate. The head torches also helped to do this but I found they were an interesting way to light up the space. This lighting meant that some parts were in shadow at different points and it was always clear which I thought helped to represent the debate suggesting it is not a clear cut argument. However the head torches were unreliable, getting broken and having the batteries dying which meant in some performances it lost the full effect. So next time I would make sure that we have more batteries and head torches than need just in case. The transitions between when we need them switched on also varied and often having them fall off our heads suggesting that we needed more time to rehearse with them and focus as a group on what we need to do when.
I found it difficult to use the whole space due to where the audience was positioned but I felt that if we had certain moments could've been held for longer, creating a more poignant meaning. Specifically I found that the space could've been utilised better in the sperm bit because it would've given Malachi more time to move into position and let the track play for the full time it was supposed to.
I also thought that we needed to maintain a better focus because, although we'd managed to do this for the first two shows and most of the third, when someone forgot their line people giggled. I believe it was down to tiredness but think that even though it was near the end focus should've been withheld.
I thought during the piece when questions were being asked to the audience we projected well, especially during the first set of scientist question but I thought this was helped because it was high energy and enthusiastic. However when, at the end, we had to repeat the question is a sombre, thoughtful tone it thought the projection and energy dropped which meant the audience didn't witness the full effect as they couldn't hear what was said.
Overall I though the performance went really well and as it was experimental felt that it was better that we hadn't over rehearsed, keeping the acting and movement instinctive, making it better to watch for the audience.
When the entire performance finished I thought it was nice at the end when we joined together moving as one whilst performing boto. I found that it showed our discipline and focus as we were able to work together.
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