Laboratory.

Tomorrow afternoon is the first presentation of the laboratory module.

For me it has been a quite painful and agonizing experience.

For weeks I have been desperately looking for ideas; the hardest I was reaching the farthest they seemed to escape from me.

Nothing seemed to be good, loads of little ideas came and went without inspiring me or indicating a path to follow.

Finally I came back to one of the first idea/setting that came to my mind during the process.

The interaction between projected media and performers.
Allowing the projected media to play the role of scenographic elements and/or performative elements (i.e. as characters).

One of the main interests in my practice is the evocation of atmospheres, feelings or emotions.

One of the most interesting elements of theatre is its evocative quality.
the pursuit of this quality is strictly related to the mastery and dominion that the creators have in their specific fields.

The research I undertook about the work of Josef Svoboda show how important is the practical experimentation and the taking risks in such experimental process.

Svoboda created an workshop for experimentation in the National Check Theatre, where a permanent team of technicians, chemists, engineers and others carried an extraordinary process of experimentation and investigation to find new ways of producing visually striking performances.

That is inspiring.


coming back to the lab...

This laboratory will allow me to try out some visual ideas and images I had in my mind for quite some time, and evaluate its effectiveness when trying to emote and transmit specific emotions or sensations.

It is quite unusual to have the chance to put up a setting as the one built for my laboratory, without the pressure of having to produce a show from it.

It is indeed a great opportunity for experimentation; whether the circumstances were not very favourable regarding to the time-scale and other inconveniences, it still a great chance for try outs.


My urgent questions on this occasion will be related to the performative qualities of the projected media elements or techniques.

The concept behind this experiment is the juxtaposition of performative elements created by Projected Media and the dramatic qualities resulting of this interrelation.

The feedback session that follows the performance is an idyllic place for the analysis of the efficiency of the experiment.

I will try to lead the session towards the emotional responses of the audience.
Since the performance lacks in purpose of story-line, the elements to analysis are:

If the performance's elements has engaged the audience towards the emotion intended.

The efficiency and versatility of the interaction between projected media's.

Does the does the group (interaction of elements) creates the unit (emotional response)?


For this project I have focused all my attention to the "projection" leaving the lighting design to a mere practical concept. To show what it needs to be seen and "hide" what needs to be hidden.


Wish me luck.