SPACE

SPACE

MATERIAL

Space exists before the performer enters.

It includes:

• architecture;
• distance;
• proximity;
• scale;
• gaps;
• edges;
• centre;
• periphery;
• above;
• below;
• front;
• back;
• internal space;
• external space;
• relations among bodies and objects.

WORKSHOP APPLICATION

Space was researched through:

• walking;
• stopping;
• sitting;
• lying down;
• architecture;
• portals;
• Grazing;
• spatial transposition;
• floor patterns;
• restricted areas;
• positive and negative space.

LENS

A bodily position always produces Shape and Time.

The task was not to eliminate them.

The task was to keep SPACE as the principal question.

RELATION

Additional bodies create further points of reference.

The performer may choose:

• one precise relation;
• architecture;
• the whole room;
• the distance to the audience;
• an internal spatial sensation.

CARE

The facilitators repeatedly use:

TAKE CARE OF SPACE.

Empty areas are not unused.

They are active compositional information.