Working with all these different pictures has brought to my attention the thought that it could be anyone in the images, the idea that if circumstances were different it may have been somebody else. What if it was you? Most of the images we have worked with have included a theme of loss or a theme of tragedy. As each image has been presented, I have attempted to put myself into the situation that I can see, to imagine and try to represent the emotion that I believe would have been experienced. However, I do not know the people, I can only try and reach the truth I see within the image and it is important to remember that “Emotions aren’t on tap like water, to be turned on and off at will. They have to be coaxed from the unconscious” (Alfred, 2007, 92.) Because the piece we are creating is being done in small fragments, our journey throughout the piece is broken up. Making the changes in emotion rather rapid, we have to learn to prepare ourselves for the journey of the piece so the build of emotion happens naturally rather than forcefully.
The piece is called When You See It? We are not aiming for people to guess the global images straight away. Laura has been finding many different ways in which we can slowly reveal the situations of the images. In one scene, we represent the Sydney Siege. Below are a few images that will give an idea into one of the many ways we are building these scenarios.
Works Cited.
Alfreds, M. (2007). Different every night. London: Nick Hern.