Media that lasts.

i was in the shower thinking about how lovely it is to sing there. and then i was thinking about how lovely it is to dance there. which got me thinking about how we create dance for certain spaces.

usually it's done on a stage. which is great usually, but what happens when you don't have a stage? i mean, it would be terrible if the dancing stopped all together just because there wasn't a stage for it to happen.

but okay, now forget the stage specifically. dance (movement) happens, and because it happens, some geographic location is always involved. you dance in a studio, on a stage, outside, etc. always a venue. i'd like to think you could dance in space, or in the sky, or over the internet but we're not there yet. so either it happens or it doesn't.

during my fourth year of college i have to put together a large project. also during my fourth year of college, the department's building is going to be renovated. that means no stage or studios. i am trying to brainstorm ideas about making a piece about something mundane and ordinary that almost everybody will be intrigued by. that doesn't have to be on stage. that will/can carry on through other media. so it lasts longer that the allotted time. that happens in more than just a place. it's kind of complicated though.

i don't just want to make video. i want live performance. but live performance is kind of a one time thing, and i want what i make to last longer than that. for instance, miranda july's sculptures in new york are meant to be posed with, to take photos with. any regular sculpture you see is usually in a museum, or near a hospital, or on the side of the road. and you just pass by, or you might stop and ponder it for awhile, but you always leave. dance is kind of like that too.

it lasts only in memories. i want a little something more than that. still working on it though.