What did we do?
The whole premise of this workshop lesson, was to explore the range of the primeval subconscious and how as evolved beings, we could evoke our primitive state through methods and exercises associated with experimental theatre and the works of Grotowski. As an ensemble, we explored the nature of "primeval screaming" and how that could be used as an essential part of "release" within drama and performance.
In the next part of the lesson, we applied an "automatic art exercise" to our devising process which was useful in transferring the ideas that individuals had in the workshop that could go towards our final devised experimental performance. The art was a method of visualising these ideas on paper through meaningful expression rather than just plain text.
What Went Well?
The "primeval screaming" was an explorative platform for releasing tension and nerves within performance, focusing the subconscious mind purely on the character/performance. It worked well on centering my body and mind entirely on devising and blocking out the distractions/ anxieties of everyday life. I felt as though the exercise was useful in breaking down boundaries between partners who could use one another as platforms for expressing their inner implicit feelings of individual emotion.
The "automatic art exercise" was useful in transferring ideas in the mind onto paper through an expressive method. The "art" therefore provided stimulus material for performance and gave the group a point for which ideas could be evolved and shaped from.
Even Better If?
I believe that we should have used the "art methods" earlier on in the devising process as ideas had taken a while to formulate previous to this devising workshop. I also believe that the creative nature of the exercise could have been further explored in terms of its functionality in crafting stimulus material. However, its involvement in the devising process allowed us as an ensemble to shape and develop eachother's ideas for experimental performance.
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