I have so much to write and so little of it makes sense, however I feel that’s my fault for not keeping on top of my blog. I definitely have to do one after every seminar session because my mind just becomes completely bombarded with ideas and images.

The first thing i wanted to talk about was my response to some of the you tube clips of other site specific drama, this really opened my eyes in terms of what performance is. I found Goffman’s thoughts about presentation of the body particularly interesting as he raised the question of why do we feel the need to perform in society? This is a subject i find really fascinating, delving into societies ideologies.

The second thing is what we now have to come up with, after an enlightening chat with Jeremy from Gravity Fields Festival, this performance has already morphed from looking into shops but to looking into science, but the most important element is the fusion of those elements. So without anymore ado my 30 second elevator pitch is this… I want to create a piece based on Newton’s imagination and thought process when the apple fell from the tree and he discovered gravity. (Myth or no myth it is directly related to Newton and his theories) This piece would come about through the interactivity of a simple shop owner selling apples in a vacant shop in Grantham during the festival, the audience would enter the shop and be convinced of sampling an apple, the owner could tell the story related to Newton, and various other performers come to life and reenact the moment and his relative teachings. For example the performers could re create space within a space, having the apple in the centre, mimicking the sun. …. My thoughts on this are still vague but I like the idea of playing with the myth of the apple. It feels like the perfect blend of science (Newton’s life) and drama (creating a story)