A Pure Theatre
Musings surrounding Berndnaut Smilde’s indoor clouds, Derrida’s delimitation, and Artaud’s call for theatrical immersion.
scrapaduq
Scrapbrook ideapebbles from the meanderbank and the thoughtstreams of a researchtide.
Biblio : Writing and Difference.
Derrida, Jacques and A. Bass. Writing and Difference. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London and Henley. 1978.
A Spectacular Narrative
Eg of the intermingling of Brechtian and Artaudian attributes in a contemporary theatrical work: Video excerpts of Natasha Tsakos’s “Climax” & “Up Wake”.
Outline: Related Books
A list of related (to recent thesis topics) books written by performance practitioners, philosophers, and scholars.
Outline: Related Articles
A list of practitioner and scholarly articles related to most recent thesis (outline) topics.
Draft Outline: Beneath
Draft outline of revised thesis topics and propositions. Section IV: Participation In Practice.
Draft Outline: In The After
Draft outline of revised thesis topics and propositions. Section III : Perception of False Dichotomies.
Draft Outline: Before
Draft outline of revised thesis topics and propositions. Section II : Anti / Theatrical Sentiment In Context.
Draft Outline: Intro
Introduction to draft outline of revised thesis topics and propositions. Section I : Background and intent.
Beautiful Ugliness
Quick reference to current considerations in-studio (workshop explorations). Video excerpts of Butoh performances and some relevant text snippets.
Some devising notes.
Preliminary thoughts on developing performance from within a technologically responsive space. Tid bits are in anticipation of upcoming studio sessions.
Presence / Stillness
A video clip from “The Artist Is Present” by Marina Abramović and an excerpt from an interview. A few links to related works: Marina and Ulay and a film by Pierre Coulibeuf.
eBook : Shattering of the Self
Scribd: Cynthia Marshall’s The Shattering of the Self: Violence, Subjectivity, and Early Modern Texts. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Surviving The Enlightenment.
Snippets exemplifying the impact of philosophical worldviews. The past that lives on in the present and a contextual re-framing of the problems of identity.
The Metaphysics Of Personal Identity
A reader’s methodology and video introductions to metaphysical discussion surrounding the problem of personal identity.
Foucault on the Self
Audio and articles by Foucault. His historical glance at distinctions in identity formation processes (the culture of the self) as it pertains to contemporary Occidental / Western practices.
Ramblings on a subject’s object. Persona.
A meandering subjective objectivity. And “Persona” (1966) by Ingmar Bergman et al.
A Synchronous Self
Tid bits on Being and identity, the social actor, dogma and empathy. Also: Century Of The Self, Psywar, and Human Resources.
ORT Notes & Vids.
Last bit of notes on Object Relations Theory. A peak into personality disorders.
Biblio : Object Relations and Self Psychology
St.Clair, Michael (1996). Object Relations and Self-Psychology: An Introduction, Second Edition. Belmont, California: Brooks/Cole.
