Serves 2 to ∞ People
Entering into week two I feel like we are beginning to have a little clarity. It is emerging that our Happening is likely to be hosted in a shop (pending confirmation of a shop space) as what can only be described as a ‘Happening Shop’, where experiences, performances, skills, pieces of artwork can be shared or donated, or exchanged for anything. So we might have a vast selection of mini performances or tasks displayed in a menu style repertoire that the audience (or ‘customer’) can select at will; a series of classes for people to take part in; a short choreographed routine performed by us hourly, amongst other things.
This feels incredibly liberating but also incredibly frightening. Presently my will and confidence in myself has dipped, so I need to find a way to reignite my inspiration.
The score I presented a day or two ago needs a little explanation. As a text score it was asked of us by Roberta to contrast a previous score we had each created that was entirely visual - this is not necessarily to say it had no text in it, but to be aware that the shape and image that the text creates does not have to be as linear as text might be printed in a book, and is as much of importance as images of stars, or cows, or colours, or whatever else is chosen to be included in the score. I shall endeavour to scan my visual score and post it soon. I found my text score is far more instructive than the visual score, however, the instructions are still open to a vast degree of interpretation and levels of engagement.
I noticed this when Noora and Liz performed my score, which was very well performed, but differed greatly to how I would have envisaged me performing it. It was fascinating to watch them reinterpret the mental journey I had taken while initially composing the score.
If you feel so inclined, present my score to two groups of people and witness how much the resulting presentations differ.
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