http://blog.graphient.com/2009/05/29/context-is-king/ Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:24:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.graphient.com/2009/05/29/context-is-king/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jay Rhoderick Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:08:19 +0000 http://blog.graphient.com/?p=55#comment-47 Context and negative space-- as an improviser and director I am constantly noticing how the space on the stage and the silences in actors' performances, stillnesses, and contrasts with other moments CREATES context for storytelling, turning points, and generating meaning. i.e.--"This is significant!". Also, the posting on patterns created visually in our world--the use-worn churchsteps and subway maps--resonates with how stage performances and improvised behavior of any sort reveal patterns of aesthetic choice-making as well as patterns of behavior and instinct. The story and scene-structures follow patterns which actor/improvisers seek to portray powerfully, logically, and yet carry a strong subconscious shard archetypal pattern. Context and negative space– as an improviser and director I am constantly noticing how the space on the stage and the silences in actors’ performances, stillnesses, and contrasts with other moments CREATES context for storytelling, turning points, and generating meaning. i.e.–”This is significant!”.
Also, the posting on patterns created visually in our world–the use-worn churchsteps and subway maps–resonates with how stage performances and improvised behavior of any sort reveal patterns of aesthetic choice-making as well as patterns of behavior and instinct. The story and scene-structures follow patterns which actor/improvisers seek to portray powerfully, logically, and yet carry a strong subconscious shard archetypal pattern.

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