PUBLISHED: April 3rd, 2011
ScratchInteract curated by Glue
5th February 2011, 3pm – 6pm, University of Kent, Jarman Building
The first Scratch Interact Kent, hosted by PANeK and UKC, produced and curated by Glue. The day was all about the development of interactive encounters between performer and audience.
The afternoon began with a panel discussion surrounding interactivity in performance. Cathy Westbrook of PANeK chaired the discussion between speakers Duška Radosavljevic (UKC), Annette Mees (Coney), Chris Gage (Glue) & Rosemary Klich (UKC).
From 3:30pm the Jarman building was teaming with unusual interactive encounters…
1. Whispers & Traces by Jane Pitt
Jane Pitt invited you to approach her ‘blind side’ and gently whisper something about the building as she created a layered map of its soundscape over the period of an hour.
Foyer location 4, 4pm – 5pm (drop in one on one)
2. everyONE’s looking for someONE by Accidental Collective ‘Seek & Seek’ around campus. Earlier in the day two figures were playing a game of ‘Seek & Seek’ around campus. Itʼs like ‘Hide & Seek’ but they were both looking for each other. They encountered members of the public who aided them in their search. But did someONE find the other ONE?
Then, at 5:15pm the same two figures hosted a short burst of fun ponderings. Why in the name of cheese and pickle do the best things come in pairs? How do you find the X to your Y? What if you never find your 1 to your O? Are we all searching? Is it true that everyONE’s looking for someONE? Who are you looking for? This piece is currently being developed in association with The Basement, Brighton.
www.accidentalcollective.co.uk, www.thebasement.uk.com
Studio 1, 5:15pm (All audience welcome)
3. Untitled Conversations: 1, 2, 3… by Accidental Collective
This is the first project created by Accidental Collective but entirely delivered by other performers (Marie Collins, Jess Hall, and Laurie Parsons). Placed within a public space, Untitled Conversations: 1, 2, 3… attempts to interrogate the nature and limits of communication, connections and intimacy within task-based scenarios. Can something unspoken take place between us? Can we share special moment? Can we really come together when others are watching us? Notebooks provided for feedback.
Foyer locations 1, 2 & 3, 3:35pm -4:30pm then 4:40pm – 5:15pm (drop in one on one)
4. “HUG”e Nest by The Galloping Cuckoos
The Galloping Cuckoos are a flock of yellow heart-shaped love birds housed in a beautiful life-sized birdcage. Set them free and they will sing to you, dance for you and make you feel joyful… and they might just hug you too! In “HUG”e Nest, three wordless bird-girls communicate through song and gesture to speak to their bird watching audience in an amusing flurry of feathers. Exploring the universal themes of home and family, place and connection, “HUG”e Nest is funny, touching and visually delightful.
Foyer 4:30pm – 5:15pm (All audience welcome)
5. Skype-The Reality is on other side by SCDF
Three Women, Three different Women from Three Different place in the World. Call them, chat with them, and be a part of their life for a moment, share their life and their destiny.
First Floor Foyer location 5, 3:35pm – 4:30pm & 4:40pm – 5:15pm (drop in one on one)
6. The WAY by Electa Behrens
Welcome to THE WAY: A sound/space installation/improvisation
Join us for a journey in the echoes of Jarman building and your imagination. During the performance, please turn off your cell phones and your intellectual brains, put on the blindfold and open your ears. Here we go!
Background: This improvisation explores the following questions: What theatrical potentialities are created between audience and performer if there is no visual input? What kinds of contact become possible? What associative processes and kinaesthetic responses can be triggered? And how can a building as literally concrete as Jarman, be transformed into a series of different spaces to the eye of the imagination?
Note: During the performance, there is no audience/actor physical contact and the audience is stationary at all times. The blindfold is suggested, though not mandatory. This performance does not in any way look to take advantage of the blindness of the audience through shock or intimidation. The aim is rather to stimulate, tickle and excite.
First Floor Foyer, Sign up for 3:35pm, 3:33pm or 4:15pm
7. Capture by Estelle Rosenfeld
Capture is about attempts at capturing human images as well as capturing human beings. It is focusing on puppetry, early motion devices and new technologies. It draws on themes like surveillance and migration. Scene 1: the Waiting Room would be the beginning of what is planed to become a promenade performance.
First Floor Studio 6&7 Sign up for 3:35pm, 3:50pm, 4:05pm, 4:30pm, 4:45pm or 5:00pm
8. Fly my beauties by Sam Westbury
Placed around and outside the space (Jarman building) is evidence to a narrative. Forensic investigations which can let the viewer imagine the unfolding story, of a lost girl and her travels. The objects are transitory and transparent as if they are ghosts of a previous experience, left behind to guide the visitor to a conclusion.
All over the Jarman building, in and outside.