THE CREATIVE PROCESS

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THE PERFORMANCE PROCESS

Follows as it unfolds. It is vital to understand the work does not follow a script, but is set within a loose framework.  As an artist, I have no knowing, and it is important I do not know, what will emerge. Choreography is drawn directly through and out of direct dialogue between human and earth. In time, a story will form, and it is likely to be one not seen before. This is the entire point of this work. It is an act of translation. During this phase poetics are written, the spoken word becomes another form of translation.  It is a long, patient process.

FILMING 

In the most practical sense, the performance process means as performer, I spend hours on the land. The most effective way to film is on a single camera, through a still frame and solo. The attention of the performer has to be sustained in a complete and unwavering way for long periods of time. Camera crew are brought in for detail at a later stage. In this way, the entire creation of A PECULIAR SHADE OF BLUE is designed to be Covid-proof, as lockdowns will not effect progress and production continues - come what may. 

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DEEP TIME + SLOW CINEMA

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DEEP TIME

If we are to truly observe, in fine detail, the nuanced relationship between human and earth, and within that - how the passage of grief unfolds in an unobstructed way - it is necessary to find a way to travel our audience into those worlds. Deep time is the passage of time that lives outside of ordinary human awareness. We come away from the frenetic tempo of daily life, to immerse ourselves in the long, slow rhythms of geological time, and in doing so, open out an entirely unique perspective. Allowing ourselves to enter deep time, allows us to step inside and experience this world, and yet - it is still our world. Here we bear witness to the human form in this context, and in turn - it evokes the question - who and what are we really? What might we see in the reflections given? 

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SLOW CINEMA

As we travel through deep time, we, as humans, must adapt to follow its rhythms. Watching through the lens of SLOW CINEMA gives to this process. To stay close, we need to drop out of fast moving cinema - and simply watch through the steady and patient gaze of a still frame. Slow cinema sees in a different way. Simple and uncluttered, it heightens detail inside natural dialogue which we might ordinarily miss, speaking to us through us a language that is innate.