(RE) DO IT

Territory: The Creek and The Bandstand

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Documentation:

• Leave your mark on your territory
• Sketchbook ideas, to create a visual
• Tangible experience of community, interact with people
• Process of stop motion performance and photographs
• Digital photos

Interaction:

• Take into consideration that this project is to be improved over many iterations
• Step out of comfort zone and talk with strangers
• Explore the effects of silence versus sound
• Interact with the outdoors
• Carry technology at all times

Restrictions:

• Meet with the group as a whole
• Find resources before it’s too late
• Always wear red vests
• Equal division of parts between group members

This Week’s Performances

Early Morning – (RE) Do It: using sketchbook ideas, taking digital photos, exploring the effects of silence and sound, taking multiple people with you to explore territory, always wearing red vests, and with equal division of parts between group members

Bridge – (RE) Do It: leaving your mark on your territory, taking digital photos, taking into consideration that this project is to be improved over many iterations, interacting with the outdoors, carrying technology at all times, finding resources before it’s too late, and taking multiple people with you when exploring territory

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Rocking the Market – (RE) Do It: experiencing the community, interacting with people, stepping out of comfort zones, always wearing the red vests, and interacting with the outdoors

Wandering Rock – (RE) Do It: using the process of stop motion performance, taking digital photographs, interacting with the outdoors, meeting with the group as a whole, and always wearing red vests

I Speak for the Trees – (RE) Do It: using sketchbook ideas, taking digital photos, interacting with the outdoors

Surprise?! – (RE) Do It: having a tangible experience of community, interacting with people, using the process of stop motion performance and photographs, stepping out of comfort zone, and talking with strangers

Reflection

I thought that our process ran a bit smoother than before. For me, it was easier to work with smaller numbers. We decided that instead of procrastinating on starting the project, we would brainstorm the project right after class. We discovered from other group meetings that meals were a good time to brainstorm and use our time more efficiently, so we met at Powell during dinner to discuss in depth how we were going to put our ideas in motion. When we did it this way, I felt more at ease with the process. I also felt that we had more room to be more thoughtful and effective with our ideas. We respected each idea that was presented by listening to it and adding on to it. After we had a basic plan, we decided to meet at our spot at around sunrise. We wanted to explore the transition of natural light throughout the day. For our performances, in the beginning, we took a more improvisational approach in performing our morning in a non-representational way. I liked the idea, because I thought that it was a good balance to the structure of our plan. I thought that with improvisational movement, we could sincerely reflect what we felt in the moment as artists at 6:00-7:00 in the morning. I like that it added spontaneity, something that we couldn’t have gotten if we planned out every single detail.