workshop

i have been researching ways of performing a science fiction workshop that places the participants into an imaginative/ impossible scenario. the emphasis is on how we use language to describe ‘impossible’ things and use action as a way around this. within my own practice i have been looking at how and why futures can be created and speculated and why artists are so drawn to this way of creating in the current climate. i am exploring ways of making this a reality; supplying materials to make something out of a given ‘scenario’ that enables participants to think about an alien world through physically reenacting an aspect of it. the main questions are what to make and where to reference from. i find it interesting how we have time capsules or television interviews that frame people asking questions about the future- what would be in the news, what would the food be like, flying skateboards etc. with climate emergencies this question may be getting more serious and worthy or debate rather than being a silly pop question that we can laugh at and others. i have found what-ifs to be both intriguing and annoying but also an important way to explore how we collectively situate ourselves alongside one another and how we inhabit the planet.

it was interesting to hear about other peoples ideas and how different they were, but most were situated within the physical experience. we talked about ways of experiencing and what the aims of the workshops were for; i thought this linked well with my own idea of relaying sci-fi scenarios for the sake of possibility rather than prediction.

i have been reading further into design and theatre making as the workshop task is to create something physical (prop) that would be used within the scenario given.

Speculative Everything. Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby 

Improvisation for the Theatre. Viola Spolin

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