We couldn’t think of a better way to introduce an element of chance than a huge tacky wheel of fortune. Always keen to completely deviate from the point of the work by sticking bits of cardboard together, I made a wheel with three possibilities: PLAY IT SAFE YOU CHOOSE TAKE A RISK The arrow in … Continue reading “It’s not a game show without a huge spinning wheel.”
Take a risk. Take a chance. Be brave, say yes! We’re surrounded by messages telling us to do something that scares us every day, often accompanied by completely unrelated pictures of the ocean, clouds in the sky, or climbers standing atop mountains. Nice to look at, and inspiring for the few seconds before our brains … Continue reading “Life’s too short to take notice of inspirational quotes.”
When looking into the multimedia aspect of the performance we toyed with a variety of ideas, including if they are possible or impossible to do. We found that many were impossible due to the vast amounts of technology which were unavailable to us. We discussed the ideas of incorporating mobile phones as it is seen … Continue reading “Ideas IVY4EVA”
In 2005 the BBC aired an episode of Dr Who called Bad Wolf. This episode saw the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack being forced to take part in deadly gameshows. The rules are very simple – if you lose you die! Thankfully our game show won’t be quite so brutal ( or is it?). Granted we … Continue reading “Deadly Game Show”
Once our group had decided on final ideas it occurred to me that this work has similarly been produced by the production company Blast Theory. In their work A Machine to See With, their work shows members of the public entering online and participating with activities which they have no control over. In our performance … Continue reading “A machine to take a risk with”