//Throughout this module I have learnt many things about solo performance. I have learnt about style, atmosphere, indulgence, art and ways of shaping performance spaces. Solo performance is a type of performance which:
“…the solo can be seen as the quintessential form of performance. The audience’s relationship to the soloist is undivided, gratifying the performer’s deepest desires not only to be seen but to be the center (sic) of attention” (Carroll, 1979, 51).
//Steven Gration makes a statement that:
“…solo performers who had created original work expressed pleasure at owning their work which no one else could perform” (Gration, 2008, 16).
Every performance I saw, by my fellow solo performers, was created in a way which expressed their originality and personal inspirations.
//In order for my performance to have my desired technical elements, I met with the team at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre to arrange my lighting, sound and video projection for the final performance.
//Thom Pain (based on nothing)
In the shaping of my performance, I have come to realise how much Will Eno’s writing style of Thom Pain (based on nothing) has influenced my performance. In the same way he jumps from talking to the audience to describing events, I have incorporated including the audience and describing the plays which are involved in my performance. In Thom Pain (based on nothing) is an example of this:
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Here are a few images of the work I have been doing for the projected version of myself. I met up with the technical management team at the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre where I will be performing and tried out my idea. As hoped, the image projected perfectly, the white dress on the black wall creating a striking image. I am now in the process of choosing what I shall wear as I step into the projection. As shown on the first of the three images, lighter colours tend to show the projection the best.