Crystal Centre - Site Specific

Interviewing the site..

What are some important properties about the site you might use when devising?

• Fire escape stair case
• Red fencing
• Doors leading outside
• Wall of stones
• Grass
• Wall of vine
• Concrete wall
• Dividing fence
• Stairs leading into a ditch

What performance qualities could the site have?

• Good view for the audience
• Different levels (hierarchy)
• Dividing fence - split scene or something abstract (angel and demon)
• Mirrors - how you view yourself, image, morals
• Doors - artwork, knocking, sounds
• Trampoline - jumping into scenes

How does the site create meaning?

• Safe feeling
• Security
• Dull
• Not well funded
• soul less
• Fire escape - nanny state (affecting your freedom)
• Trapped

Write down any immediate dangers concerned with the site..

• Fall/Slip down fire escape 
• Area too busy - trip over toys
• Blocking fire exits

Audience stand in grass area, inside the red fencing

Split scene - abstract work

Family Tree

Vine - Fantasy/Fairy tale

Fire escape - performance is based on

Fantasy, Monstrous fencing 

Stone Wall - Adventure, Tough lifestyle

Audience can sit inside and watch performers outside 

Animalistic ditch, danger, trapped, no way out, outcasted

Mirror - image

Performance Ideas - Based on the site 

Cassie, Jake, Nora and I where put together to come up with ideas based around the crystal centre

 Looking at the performance space I was really attracted to the tree and got an idea of looking at the tree like a family tree, by having the main character up in the tree and having her/his family surrounded it, symbolizing 'you can't chose your family' 'stuck in society'. We also gained more knowledge about the tree and was told it might be an apple tree which was even better, as we thought it could also symbolize 'the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree'.
The performance being site specific we had to look at every area and we was all drawn to the wall next. The concrete wall we thought would be good to have all her/his family members lined up against the wall and train them in an army military like way, which would show her/him  trying to change them into the perfect family.

Having chosen where to set our performance we thought it would be good to have the audience placed up where the stairs where the wooden wall is.