Sculpting the Practice

Two members for the MIL said they were willing and planning to possibly participate in my July 1st Friday show and that I could sculpt this MIL in spirit of the work. However, no one was actually able to come to the show, but it was incredible to see what a little sculpting within The Viewpoints practice can do to the open score.

About working with specific qualities of vocabulary within the viewpoints in improvisation:

1. Recognize which viewpoint you are isolating.
2. Begin with observing what is already there.
3. Notice the subtleties of the quality you are working with as it already exists. For example, if you are isolating SHAPE and would like to play with lumpy shape qualities, notice the areas that may already be lumpy.
4. From there you can accentuate, exaggerate, concentrate and focus on that specific quality. drawing it out. Building upon the idea.

Here is the vocabulary I brought:

SPACE | Centripetal : a force that makes a body follow a curved path. Centrifugal: outward force away from the center of roation

SHAPE | Knots. Lumpy. Contorted body seeking a sustainable posture.

TIME | Repetitive. Concurrent. Obsessional Return.

EMOTION | Desperate. Determined to be Distracted. Dependency.

MOVEMENT | Light. Sudden. Bound.

STORY | The other two members are black, sticky, globby residues that I am completely unaware of and determined to remain so.

I felt like it provided a bit of glue that held more moments together. Providing a kind of foundation to rely on and bounce off of. An interesting experience. I also felt like we really navigated the spatial possibilities when working with 3 individuals rather well.

Here is a photo from the work I based the sculpted viewpoints from:

more photos can be seen from this work on my other blog: http://ameliacharter.blogspot.com