Continuation of dress making
Performance – “Look at ME”
My performance starts off from a quiet chanting of “Look at me” as I make four different hand actions.
The four actions are:
- moving my hands in a rotational way before me along the level of my torso (While saying “Look at me!”). when I want to project my idea to someone, my hands move outwards to convey what I mean .
- raising my hands in the air and pointing at the ceiling to check if there is a roof above me or not (While saying “Look at me!”).
- patting my face frantically (While saying “Look at me!”).
- patting my chest frantically (While saying “Look at me!”).
- Repeats actions above.
As I progress through the actions, my voice increases in volume. I become more agitated and dramatic in my actions, such that my actions no longer follow an order and I start pulling at my hair.
At my craziest moment, I suddenly become quiet and stand at the middle of the room/ space while I comb through my hair. The action of combing my hair represents distraction, frustration and anxiousness – “Oh no, I lost so much hair!
To be continued
Excellent, and it’s great that you documented your movement. I would ask you to think about how this need to have someone look at you ties in with the theme of the project: touch in the virtual embrace. How can you direct your movement not just at the rest of the ensemble, but at Angeline as well across the digital divide.
Your costume is very beautiful. Excellent work.