Not What I Had In Mind Log

Question and Tasks

 

The question were generally asked in the order below. I usually intuitively decided what would be the most appropriate order as the day progressed. On ocassion I would go against my own intuition. It became clear as the process went on that the order effected the contributor's responses.

Most people at some point explored something that was not a response to the provocations below.

Click on the questions to find summaries of reponses. Some of the questions and tasks are anwered only through seeing the performance, especially those that are movement orientated.

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1. In a stream of consciousness description of a dance or choreography.

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 2. Tell me about a significant physical gesture or movement you made or you saw someone else make.

 

3. Tell me about your most important psychological or philosophical trait. How do you express it in your life or would like to express it.

 

4. Describe a work of art that would give you total aesthetic and emotional satisfaction.

 

5. If you could change one thing about humanity or history, what would it be?

 

6. If you could have guarantee for the future, what would it be?

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 7. What is your dominant mood right now, if you could imagine a person on stage, how would you get them to express that? Performance Only

 

8. If human bodies could do anything, what would you want them to do.

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 9. Make me express something without telling me what it is.

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 10. Make me express who you think I am, what my traits are.

 

11. Try to use me to express something you feel is impossible to express.

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 12. Try to make a dance, or song, movement, speech, action you really hate like on me. Or just tell me about something you really hate.

 

13. What is your favourite piece of music?

 

14. If you could imagine there were many other performers, what would you get them to do to me. –on a street what would you get strangers to do.

 

15. If you had the opportunity to direct a big group of performers/people, what would you have them do? Group of 60 year olds, toddlers, 10 of yourself .

 

16. If you had the ability to be any kind of performer/person what would it be. –what would this performer express, evoke.

 

17. If you could be outstanding/excellent at something what would it be?

 

18.Dancers can be heard to say “I can express anything”, actors tend to have more of a sense of what they are able to inhabit or convey better than other things. What do you think I am less and more likely to be able to express, inhabit, play…?

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 19. Using my body create something abstract that pleases or satisfies you.

 

20. Something less about being human, you would like to express?

 

21. Sudden changes in normal relation to other, spatially for example.

 

22. Who is for favourite relative or family member?

 

23. What is your favourite spot at home?

 

24. Can you describe your way home from the supermarket?

 

25. Favourite meal?

 

26. Create a rhythm that represents me/you.

 

27. Find a common enemy, thing or third person.

 

28. Why do people dance?

 

29. If you could turn me into something else, what would you choose?

 

PERFORMANCE ONLY 30. Use me as a tool to express something you dare not tell me about.

 

31. Has today been about you?

 

32. What would you do if you had this space to yourself?

 

33. Dance together.