Functions

Today we continued work from last week into Landscape work. I introduced the concept of Functions.

In the beginning we did a warm up, squeezing the parts of the body, moving energy and liquids, to increase grounded and weight...For some people this was visible and felt heavy at the end, I realized while doing it that for instance if we project up, while standing position, when people are focusing on feet down, help a lot and finally feels light and not heavy at all.

For the concept of functions we have three new ones: filter, elaboration and mirror, the fourth function is the landscape that now start to be named as "source" and it is the starting point for the piece.

We wanted first to be free moving in space to practice functions but this didn't work so we got directly to the structure and "functions game".Someone has to stay outside, this person gives an order and a function to the group. Always starting by a source function that will be the producer of material. Example:
Boris source-mirror
Dome filter
Ana elaboration
Susanne mirror
Boris start his landscape, continue, Dome filter, then Ana elaboration of the material of Dome, and then Susanne mirror of Ana. Like this we continue until the material reduced so much that it disappears and disolves.
Definition of functions:
Mirror: copy as much as possible, the more similar, in time, space and quality
Filter: reduces material
Elaboration: this is the more open function, can change space and time
Source:landscape provides the material for the piece

Once one piece finishes another source start again and the game start over!!!!

We go for more next week, as we all agree will be nice to go farther with this. I am interested in this work to see different possibilities to create and develop material. Some topics:
Individualities in the same piece
Togetherness
Simplicity
No over production
Dissolving/disappearing
Fluidity

Barbara