On Being Honest vs. Too Personal
ON BEING HONEST VS. TOO PERSONAL IN YOUR WORK
In simple words … the big difference between being too personal and being honest are what I called “the points of connection” or finding that in our work - monologue, scene, photographs, etc. - that is shared by others or that makes our “personal experience” into a “collective experience”. - Guido Luciani
In simple words … the big difference between being too personal and being honest are what I called “the points of connection” or finding that in our work - monologue, scene, photographs, etc. - that is shared by others or that makes our “personal experience” into a “collective experience”. - Guido Luciani
ACTING - Honest vs. Too Personal
FINDING THE POINTS OF CONNECTION
BRAINSTORMING SESSION
CREATING THE VIRTUAL SPACE
Exploring how to create the illusion that two or more actors are sharing the same physical space.
A brainstorm session for actors. directors and anyone interested in creating virtual theater, self-audition tapes or simply strengthening the connection with an imaginary partner in live auditions.
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back to basics and the virtual stage
Back to Basics was sort of The Absolute Theater’s “motto” when I first envisioned it. The idea of going back to the tenets of theater and especially, to the concept of the bare stage, is something I’m currently revisiting and repurposing as I develop the idea of the virtual stage for upcoming virtual theater, videos and cross-disciplinary productions for LAT Digital Space.
Back to Basics was sort of The Absolute Theater’s “motto” when I first envisioned it. The idea of going back to the tenets of theater and especially, to the concept of the bare stage, is something I’m currently revisiting and repurposing as I develop the idea of the virtual stage for upcoming virtual theater, videos and cross-disciplinary productions for LAT Digital Space.
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On The Flow of The Creative Energy
ON THE FLOW OF THE CREATIVE ENERGY
“Art is the free expression of our souls and passion its creative force. The function of an artist is not to capture this creative energy but to allow it to freely flow from the most intimate personal source within us and out into the world. When an artist indulges in mental masturbation, the connection to the soul gets lost, and social, moral and personal manmade codes block the free flux of this boundless source.” - Guido Luciani
“Art is the free expression of our souls and passion its creative force. The function of an artist is not to capture this creative energy but to allow it to freely flow from the most intimate personal source within us and out into the world. When an artist indulges in mental masturbation, the connection to the soul gets lost, and social, moral and personal manmade codes block the free flux of this boundless source.” - Guido Luciani
movement
A fellow photographer once told me this about my work … “while we - other photographers - all strive to capture movement, you have somehow managed to unleash it instead”. Today … feeling not only my own physical limitations but those related to the harsh winter weather in the place I now live, I need to remind myself of his words.
A fellow photographer once told me this about my work … “while we - other photographers - all strive to capture movement, you have somehow managed to unleash it instead”. Today … feeling not only my own physical limitations but those related to the harsh winter weather in the place I now live, I need to remind myself of his words.
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need to shoot
PHOTOS TO ILLUSTRATE THIS NOTES TO MYSELF SECTION AND THE CASTING NOTES VIDEOS
I need to take some self-portraits to illustrate this new section of my website and … at the same time … test different clothing I could wear for the first CASTING STORIES video shoot.
photos to illustrate this NOTES TO MYSELF section and CASTING NOTES videos
I need to take some self-portraits to illustrate this new section of my website and … at the same time … test different clothing I could wear for the first CASTING STORIES video shoot.
WHY IS THIS RELEVANT? … because some of my best photos have come from what was intended to be a straightforward shoot like these ones. These “subjects” are usually just the starting points … an excuse for me to setup and get in front of the camera … once there … I just follow the flow of energy … if there’s no energy? I will then get some photos I need.
SOME IDEAS I HAD:
- White dress shirt with black pants … no shoes
- In Montréal I used to write these notes all over the mirror doors of the closets … some photo along those lines?