Tracey: Murray Schaefer's Patria

• Canadians identify themselves geographically, e.g. north

• Schaefer's work requires audience participation (hiking, camping)

• theatre is not easy- requires complete involvement

• Patria: mix of classical with indigenous mythology and language

• actors speak in archaic languages so that voice acts as music

• theatre of confluence as opposed to competition

• arts fused together without negating character of each

• opera = rank-order creation

• all arts must evolve simultaneously

• parallel theatre-architecture as a confluence of disciplines

• what is the purpose of art?

  • Primary purpose is exultation

  • sensational, miraculous, feel powerful forces

  • our experiences become new through new ways of seeing

  • the purpose: to effect a change in our existential condition

  • art makes divinities out of everything

• what happens when one sees oneself from outside oneself?

• transition from sensing to thinking = renaissance

• orgin of theatre in ritual, religion, mythology, miracles

• productions have to be related and tied together

• tragedy: from high point to low point

• comedy: from low point to high point

• medieval passion play as precedent

Class discussion:

• iconography: thread, bull, spiral

• chronological order is not mandatory

• audience should feel mirrored, theatre is not just a spectacle

• example: take characters from Beckett's End Game and apply them to the mythology

Organization:

Group A: minotaur, wings, labyrinth. Producer = Eisa

Group B: settling in Crete, history of Daedalus. Producer = Dan

Group C: wings, Daedalus as inventor. Producer = Adam

Group D: snail, golden thread. Producer = Yolanda

Group E: murder of Perdix by Daedalus. Producer = Mike L.

Writers: Amanda, Justin, Cat, Amrit, Sam O., Danielle, Yan, Jessie

Geoff:

• the character of Project 3 is determined by the play

• draw material explorations, spatial conditions from projects 1 and 2 to create built installations

• not “set” but “built environments”

• last 2.5 weeks of studio is Project 3 intense build

• we design collectively

• location is undetermined at the moment

• in a warehouse, we have control over lighting, access to freight elevator, protection from elements

• anyone who wants to scout for a site should do it!

• Research the process of negotiation: what permissions do you need to have?

• The budget could be $500 per person

• we can rent scaffolding, tools, transport

• draft a letter to co-op employers asking for money?

• Put possible sites on the blog, ask for opinions