Project Proposal
Visual Language of Performance

TITLE: How could a man escape from the routine of his daily life in modern society?
In our contemporary world, where the quickness, the machines, the technology try to rationalize our lives, how a man can find exits in the world of fantasy, of art, of dream?

By this project a great opportunity appears to me: to describe reality by a not-realistic way. The separation of the performance in two recognizing areas – the daily life on one hand and, the escape tensions from it on the other – would signify the division of the world in two sides, or, after a further analysis in a number of couples of contrary meanings (life in routine - life in an oneiric dimension, life uninterested – life in passion etc)
The topic presents some survey levels, which would be investigated. First, the dramaturgy side must be considered.:
- Why people need to escape from the frames of reality? How could we include aspects of hyperreality in the every day life?
- When this need is intense, and when does it appear less powerful? Which are some of the ways that people choose in order to realize this need they have? How does the use of their fantasy could change the conditions of their life?
- But what is fantasy? Where do we meet it? Is it hidden, or it could be obvious in front of us any single time? Is there enough time to include the dimension of fantasy in our every day life?
- Is there enough space for Art in our life? Can people escape from their routine with the help that the arts could provide them with?
- Which are the ways we can live in a different reality? Does the power of our mind and of our fantasy help? Does our desire for change is powerful enough? Or, we can achieve the change just with exterior elements, like drugs or medicines? Is it possible the mentality problems which are created by some illnesses to enhance life with aspects of hyperreality?
- Where are the limits? Where this confusion could conclude to be useful or danger for our daily life?
- How could we learn living again like children, who live in a world full of illusions?
- Finally, does the denial of the reality make people happier or not?

The second part of research would be the technical one, and this will be the most important. As the subject is offered for further analysis and experimentation, I would desire to try a large variety of means, in order to present my dramaturgic research.
From the simplest methods, to the most developed uses of technology.
For example, I would like to use both daily objects and theatrical figures, such as puppets and masks in a combination of reality and hyppereality in the same performance. The construction of them it will be on of the field I will focus on.
In addition to this, I desire to investigate if videos, projections, and generally the technology serve the theatrical action. I want to try a combination of technology and fine arts. To see how the sound and the lights can give on their own the ambiance I want to create.
All in all, the experimentation on mediums will be my main activity on this term. I am open in every idea concerning the presentation of reality in a not – realistic way.