[探索五] 异|流

:::异:::

Discussion on the topic of “alien”, “alienating”, “alienation” = (?) dissociation, spiritual, death; immortality ~ abstraction, absurd, mutation, evolution… physical and metaphysical ~ 异; How this can translate into performance without being too literal… exploration into an “alienating/spiritual realm”.

We did a rough dry run today linking up our explorations from the past few sessions; everything fell into place quite comfortably (not a good thing).

sound metaphysics (draft) 流程:

• portion 1: death (死亡); not physical but an ideology… inaction, pause, gap, quiesce… ritual; 虚和实共存; boredom, emptiness, waiting… dead pan ~ emotion, thoughts ~ 空; blossom (亡) ~ oxymoron relationship (anti)

• portion 2: 异, aliens; immortality; intrusion, formation, forms, variations, changes, interruptions, morph ~ 变

• portion 3: 生命, 否, celebration, being; negating relationship… death entails an existence… 活, 气; consciousness

• portion 4: equilibrium, resolute; 平 ~ gap; forms; loose; space; reality… accessibility; deterministic nature… causal and effect: 虚

• portion 5: 无 (+) “空间”; 空白; spatiality; environs; liminal relationship

• portion 6: breath; 人; 呼吸; 通气; mortality… physical, physics… destruction; disintegration; extinguish; 毁灭; 瓦解; 熄

*this is just a draft mind map for sound and does not dictate or limit the other collaborators’ direction of “liminality” and their inputs.

Reflections:

1. Needed to minimalize portion 1 & 2; possibly condensing it: this is to ensure there is room to build in the latter portions and also to draw more drastic contrasts between two extremes… extension/amplification of this “in between”, “betwixt”.
2. “异” seems a natural progression in this piece during improvisation; alienating, strange, bizarre, abstract… but need to find a balance for accessibility.
3. “流”; flow seems too convenient and comfortable. Lack of “surprises” during improvisation… perhaps too “plotted” and too clear, which may not be a good thing… too flowing; content, comfort, convenience… need to break away from such friendly predicament.
4. Proposition to movement 1: stagnancy… immobility… restriction, containment, boundary
5. Proposition to movement 2: slow, empty, minimal… reference ~ butoh
6. Adding in “portion x” for sound acting as a wild card to aid accessibility (balance) and also to create new unexpected break from structure… portion x will come in as and when, unplanned…

SIDE NOTE FOR AUDIENCE: the entire performance is still fully based on improvisation, nothing is choreographed or composed or pre-recorded… all elements are live, spontaneous improvisations… only structures and concepts are materialized during rehearsals.