ANNOUNCING!! Where are you going Ray? - The Merc Building Interpretation

ANNOUNCING!! Where are you going Ray? - The Merc Building Interpretation

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Setting up our latest performance "Where are you going Ray? " @ the Merc

Setting up our latest performance "Where are you going Ray? " @ the Merc

I am the Light setup

Pictures setting up "I am the Light"

The Blue Sky PHASMID LAB Presents: I am the Light- UD Chapel

Hello PHASMID LAB followers!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the PHASMID LAB blog now has a page introducing our PHASMID LAB Creative Team with the world!!! Just click the tab labeled

SPACE AND THEATRE: an intro to our team and interests

Its been a long time coming and shadow portraits of each team member will follow but its up and running!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!

-Christopher

Open Studios

           

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON - CHURCH

Our creative group is interested in:

SPACES: we think and work in various spaces are interested in ways in which they are occupied and ways in which these spaces can be transformed. We dream of transformations and work on converting the dream into an illusion.

THEATER AND CINEMA: we are interested in the idea of theater and ask how we can expand this idea. In other words what is the idea of theater and can we insert the idea of theater in the spaces which we approach? How does this transform not only the space but also this idea of theater?

In my group I introduce a graduate level research to teen aged teem of very young artists. I put both sides myself and my team through this challenge purposely and ask what we can learn from this journey. So far my team proves absolutely brilliant and points me to directions I would have never imagined. I hope this works both ways!!

National Museum of the US airforce, Dayton Ohio

Dayton is the hometown of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Here is where they lived and invented the airplane. Here is also where air pioneers, engineers and scientists have continued their work. Today we took a trip to the National Museum of the US airforce!!

SISTEEN CHAPLE

Next week we will look and study Michelangelo's painting at Sisteen Chaple. This is to study and inspire the performance piece of our exhibition. What is the relevance of Sisteen Chaple ceiling and our project and what are the possibilities of working in alternative spaces?

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it is named the Sistine Chapel. The chapel is the location for Papal Conclaves and many important services.^[1]

The ceiling's various painted elements comprise part of a larger scheme of decoration within the Sistine Chapel which includes the large fresco The Last Judgment on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall paintings by a team of the most highly regarded painters of the late 15th century including Botticelli and Perugino, and a set of large tapestries by Raphael, the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.^[2][3]

Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which the Creation of Adam is the best known, having an iconic standing equalled only by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.

The scenes, from the altar towards the main door, are ordered as follows:\

Nine scenes from the Book of Genesis

1. The Separation of Light and Darkness
2. The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Earth
3. The Separation of Land and Water
4. The Creation of Adam
5. The Creation of Eve
6. The Temptation and Expulsion
7. The Sacrifice of Noah
8. The Great Flood
9. The Drunkenness of Noah

IN THE STUDIO: SHADOW PLAYS

IN THE STUDIO: SHADOW PLAYS2

MY TEAM IS BRILLIANT: STUDIO TIME 02

MY TEAM IS BRILLIANT: STUDIO TIME...

ARMORY: FLOOR PLAN

PORTRAITS

PORTRAITS 2

BLUE SKY

Sunday Morning I tour the area of Dayton and learn about local architecture, life and culture. I meet people and talk about the economic and political situation. This gives me good ideas how to proceed with our projects for the remaining week. This may not seem related but will plan a trip to the museum of aviation, which I think is important also we will learn a lot more about theatre and cinema. It is after all cinema and theatre that we will be making a part of our exhibition. Also I will look into a local thatrea theatre and movie theatre. Can we go? ...This will be a task for Christopher..CHRISTOPHER:I did my homework and our group will be doing a visit to the National Museum of the US Airforce this Thursday. In addition, I am talking to the LOVEWELL http://lovewell.org/

group downtown about bringing our collaborative team to the performance space they are working in so they can see the collaborative theatre process first hand.

...Lovewell Institute based in Fort Lauderdale Florida creates new realities - in education, in the arts, in the community and in personal lives. Through the Lovewell Method, aspiring artists learn to collaborate in a nurturing and exhilarating environment; sharing a personal growth experience that will impact them for the rest of their lives.

LATERNA MAGIKA

Today we will look into Laterna Magika, a theatre in Prague (my home town) Laterna Magika is known for combining projected image and theatre play. We will look for an inspiration,working methodologies, ideas... Laterna Magika is still playing in Prague, hope to go this fall when as I visit my family...

Laterna Magika is a Non-Verbal theatre located in Prague. Its origins are connected with the Expo '58 in Brussels.^[1][2] The plays are internationally comprehensible since they are silent. The performances are a combination of dance, film and black theatre.^[3] Laterna Magika is a well known tourist destination and is considered key in the development of modern Czech theatre.^{[citation needed]}

^{How can we use this idea of theatre to develop our project???}

Beyond The Armory

The space above our exhibition space extends into the surrounding world and sky - The roof as the connection to the sky - something to think about...

Three Rooms

Our exhibition space is formed by three rooms,

also space above the rooms and space in front.

We have two circular windows also 9 windows

in each room + two independent windows.

What do we do with this assortment of views, natural light...?