THINK OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW

(Live improvisation session, 8 mins, MAY 2016)

 

“Imagination can make a magic leap from difference to likeness so that strange or foreign experience seems our own” (Smith, A. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1982)

 

Think of Someone You Know was a participant led performance facilitated by the artist, which was the result of my investigations into improvisation, empathic thinking and playing the sincere part. Ultimately I was interested in how an improvisation session could be used to: help individuals connect with others they know through their memories and imagination, relate to those in their physical environment and heighten their awareness of self.

 

Participants were asked to close their eyes and think of someone they know. Participants were then asked to think about this person's upbringing, background, relationships and physical behaviour.

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Think of Someone You know is a performance in itself but would later make up one of the two parts of What Are Other People Like When They Are Themselves.