Monday, December 3, 2018

Say Something Bunny

Alison S. M. Kobatashi's performance was very unique, interesting and, engaging. Getting to experience her work live was an amazing feeling, it gave me a different view on how immersive theater art can be. During her performance she was pointing at people and speaking into their eyes, giving them names making them feel like they're apart of the performance. I had never heard or seen any of Alison S. M. Kobatashi's work before, coming to class I had no idea what to expect. When Kobatashi was explaining what her work was about and explained that all her work had no prior data had me fascinated! The amount of information she picked up from recordings that were taken over 50 years ago is unbelievable. Kobatashi had mentioned that she had seen some of the people from the recordings and while she was working on this project, she said she imagined them to be totally different from how they actually look. The recordings weren't all clear she mentioned she had to deeply listen to them over and over again. She was very determined and dedicated to this project, she showed me a different side to theater.