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“We seek insight through the voice’s and body’s visceral capacities to
perceive and to transform experience into material realities, which then
become
substancethe substance
of
art.”11
of art.”
We explore how perception through different sense doors resonates
information into consciousness. We care a lot about conveying
an ethical, humanistic approach to the whole voice and the whole
person. We cultivate a trust in our own intuition through listening,
questioning, reflecting and describing our experience. Through this
process we gain a greater understanding of the vocal landscape, for
which we begin to create a personal map. By gaining experience of
the voice, the map enlarges and by setting landmarks in the places
we visited, we can later find our way back to different places in our
voices. Timbres, textures and emotional qualities become accessible
and applicable to the form of expression desired.
As groups work together they don’t only contribute and combine
individual ideas, but sometimes mutual support can unlock expresexpression
and musical
form. there
Whenisthere
is a supportive
contribution
sion
and musical
form. When
a supportive
contribution
by
by the
other,
one’s
own
individual
perception
is enriched.
the
other,
one’s
own
individual
perception
is enriched.
TheThe
borders
borders between
’ andare
‘other’
are intentionally
This enbetween
‘self’ and‘self
‘other’
intentionally
blurred. blurred.
This blurring
blurring encourages
shapes to
emerge,
shared authorship.
courages
new shapesnew
to emerge,
with
sharedwith
authorship.
The voice work we offer has an innate community building aspect,
through the fact of being together in a held space. We move, sound,
listen, witness each other and reflect together. The fact that we are
working in groups augments the possibility for social and artistic
intelligence. Even in the individual sessions, the whole group listens,
being present and following a lesson of somebody else with full
attention is what we call ‘listening work,’ the group becomes a
listening environment. The act of listening attentively brings tuning
and shared humanity in the space. We mirror each other, we start to
resonate with each other. Ian Magilton describes it as follows:
“Connection
needsthe
thepresence
presence
of people
bodies
the same
“Connection needs
of people
withwith
theirtheir
bodies
in theinsame
place.
place.
deep experience
being connected
is pretty
hard
to find
A
deep Aexperience
of being of
connected
is pretty hard
to find
through
thethrough
internet
the
internet
etc.
although
these
devices
help
very
often
to
stay
in
contact
etc. although these devices help very often to stay in contact with each other.
with each other. But the form of connection that we mean and can give to
the world can only grow and be nurtured in situations with people sharing
the
– as a voice- and soundscape.”12
as asame
voice-space
and soundscape.”
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33 Cameron, M. (2016) I Shudder to Think: Performance as Philosophy. Brisbane: Ladyfinger Press, p. 1.
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34 Magilton, I. (n.d.) Welcome - Centre Artistique International Roy Hart, Centre Artistique International Roy
Hart. Available at: https://roy-hart-theatre.com
https://roy-hart-theatre.com/ [Accessed 31 Aug. 2024].
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