collaborate: v. to work in partnership The Oxford Paperback Dictionary
The man on the ladder is Karl Thurston Brown - lighting designer, technician, stage manager and freak show performer extraordinaire! (these are just a few of his many talents...). I was delighted that Karl had agreed to work collaboratively with me on my research project.
After brief initial discussions in March we spent a day in the studio working together to create a series of different lighting states which would act as the starting point for choreographic investigations. The aim of the session was to design a series of states which paid attention to both the architectural lines of the light and the psychological mood which was created. It was important that the states we established would allow for an interesting visual interaction and the potential for an interconnecteness between light and movement.
Actor Matt Thompson (pictured above) worked alongside us by being our 'body in the space'. Matt was an extremely valuable person to have involved in the session as he was happy to improvise and try out ideas with each lighting state we explored. It was vital that we were able to assess the possibilities and limitations of the various states both with and without a body in the light.
Working collaboratively with Karl has been an extremely fruitful part of my research process. After enjoying the 'play' of our explorative partnership we eventually selected six distinct and contrasting lighting states - the subsequent postings detail the choreographic material which resulted from our selection.
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