The God, the Good, and the Guillotine

A concert ‘opera’ in 11 chapters

Dr Jane Turner and Dr Martin Blain

Department of Contemporary Art

Manchester Metropolitan University

The Collaborators

For information on the project see:http://proto-type.org/category/news/

For this project - Proto-type Theater:Peter Petralia (now an associate of the company): writer and directorAndrew ‘Wes’ Westerside: performer; latterly also directorGillian Lees: performerMMUle (Manchester Metropolitan University laptop ensemble)Martin Blain: composer and performerPaul J. Rogers: composer and performerNick Donovan: composer and performerAssociates:Adam York Gregory: animatorRebecca m.k. Makus: lighting designer

Working strategies• Displacement – of objects in the space, material

propositions being brought into space.• Defamiliarisation – spatial relationships and

dynamic relationships between performers, and performers and objects.

• Translation – Blog: space to translate rehearsal experience into reflective experience – and different sense of knowing

• Transformation – of proposed materials using interventions.

Rehearsal block 2Nick Donovan, Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside and Martin Blain

Rehearsal block 2Gillian Lees, Nick Donovan, Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside and Martin Blain

Rehearsal block 2Paul J. Rogers, Gillian Lees, Leentje Van de Cruys and Nick Donovan.

Rehearsal block 2Gillian Lees, Leentje Van de Cruys, Nick Donovan and Andrew ‘Wes’ Westerside; light objects by Rebecca m.k. Makus

John Cage on devising

We must construct, that is, gather together what exists in a dispersed state. As soon as we give it a try, we realize that everything already goes together. Things are gathered together before us; all we have done is to separate them. Our task henceforth, is to reunite them (quoted by Georg Laue, ‘…To Gather Together What Exists in a Dispersed State’ in Composed Theatre: Aesthetics, Practices, Processes edited by Matthias Rebstock and David Roesner, 2012: 136).

Re-configured space from block 3MMUle and Leentje Van de Cruys

Spatial configuration merging laptop and theatre performersProto-type Theater and MMUle

A set-up from block 3 work.Proto-type Theater and MMUle

Preview night at The TramwayJanuary 24th 2013

The arrival of the animations – The TramwayAnimator: Adam York Gregory

A critical magpie

• Performative polyphony• Technological uncanny• Aesthetic pleasure• Technological sublime• Technological heteronomy

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