After Hours at the Polestar Club

下班后的 Polestar 俱乐部

• 批准号: ST/K005820/1
• 负责人: Christine Watkins
• 金额: $ 1.06万
• 依托单位: Centre for Performance Research
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FK005820%2F1
• 关键词: After; Hours; Polestar; Club

The aim of After Hours at the Polestar Club is to produce a new piece of cabaret style performance which engages a general audience in the intriguing story of Earth's magnetosphere, the solar wind and the aurora - and how our understanding of these phenomena has developed. The story will be told through an original monologue and cycle of songs. This sung and spoken narrative will unfold alongside a series of projected images which are developed and worked into live on stage by a digital drawing artist - a process in which members the audience can also participate. (*nb further information about the technique of live performance drawing and its value in audience engagement can be found in the Summary below). This project is timed to coincide with the 2013 solar maximum, building on additional public awareness of the earth-sun relationship that might be generated at this time, and will have a legacy extending into 2014/15.In addition, the project will provide an opportunity for staff and students in two very different university departments to collaborate in the delivery of a piece of science outreach. Hitherto, The Centre for Performance Research and the Institute of Physics and Mathematics have tended to reflect a familiar art/science divide with a presumption that there are few crossover activities that are of particular value or interest to both science researchers and performance researchers. This project aims to challenge that presumption by inviting active participation from both quarters, with the opportunity to explore possibilities of shared vocabulary, contexts and settings between future scientists and future performers.This proposal is for a pilot project, including 5 initial performances, in different styles of venue and context which will enable us to test the format and ensure we have a flexible and engaging piece of work to tour on successfully in 2014/5. We will firstly stage an Invited Preview, jointly hosted by the Centre for Performance Research and the Institute of Physics and Mathematics, to which we will invite festival programmers and others who have offered to organise and support future performances, as well as staff and students from both participating departments within the University. We will incorporate a post-show discussion as an extension of this Preview performance, where each table will be encouraged to come up with a combined comment/critique. These will be recorded, with permission, for use in our internal evaluation and forward planning. There will then be four additional performances at venues chosen to give us an overview of how the show works in different contexts. The flexibility of staging and minimum technical requirements of the show will maximise the number of spaces and setting in which it can be performed. (More info on the venues in Summary below).Legacy: A significant aim of this pilot is to have a solid, inspiring and tested piece of work ready to tour on to a wider audience in 2014 and 15. This will be the main legacy of the project. We already have invitations for 2014 from The International Storytelling Festival, Beyond the Borders, a biennial event with a strong profile and wide appeal held at St Donat's Castle, and supported access to a linked programme of storytelling events. We will be inviting programmers and facilitators to the first Preview to generate future interest.The project website will remain as a signpost to further learning on the theme of the Magnetosphere and also more generally on performance/astrophysics collaboration. Scripts and other project documentation will also remain accessible to researchers at the internationally-renowned archive of The Centre for Performance Research. The groundwork will be in place for further possible collaborations between the Centre for Performance Research, Physics Departments and Theatre, Film and Television departments of Aberystwyth University.

在北极星俱乐部的目的是产生一个新的卡巴莱风格的表演，吸引普通观众在地球的磁层，太阳风和极光的有趣的故事-以及我们对这些现象的理解是如何发展的。这个故事将通过原创的独白和歌曲循环来讲述。这种歌唱和口语叙事将与一系列投影图像一起展开，这些图像由数字绘画艺术家在舞台上现场开发和制作-这是一个观众也可以参与的过程。（*nb有关现场表演绘画技术及其在观众参与中的价值的更多信息，请参见下面的摘要）。该项目的时间安排与2013年太阳活动最大期相吻合，建立在此时可能产生的地球-太阳关系的额外公众意识的基础上，并将延续到2014/15年。此外，该项目将为两个非常不同的大学部门的工作人员和学生提供合作的机会，以提供一个科学宣传。Hierarchy，表演研究中心和物理与数学研究所倾向于反映一种熟悉的艺术/科学划分，并假定很少有交叉活动对科学研究人员和表演研究人员都有特别的价值或兴趣。该项目旨在通过邀请双方积极参与来挑战这一假设，并有机会探索未来科学家和未来表演者之间共享词汇，背景和环境的可能性。该提案是一个试点项目，包括5个初始表演，在不同风格的场地和背景下，这将使我们能够测试格式，并确保我们有一个灵活和引人入胜的作品，成功地巡回演出，2014/5.我们将首先举办一个由表演研究中心和物理与数学研究所联合主办的邀请预览，我们将邀请节日节目制作人和其他提供组织和支持未来表演的人，以及来自大学内两个参与部门的工作人员和学生。我们将结合展示后的讨论作为这个预览性能的扩展，其中每个表将被鼓励拿出一个组合的评论/批评。这些将在获得许可后记录下来，用于我们的内部评估和前瞻性规划。然后，将有四个额外的表演场地选择，让我们概述了如何显示在不同的情况下工作。演出的灵活性和最低的技术要求将最大限度地增加空间和设置的数量。(More遗产：这个试点的一个重要目标是有一个坚实的，鼓舞人心的和测试的作品准备在2014年和15年向更广泛的观众巡回演出。这将是该项目的主要遗产。我们已经收到了2014年国际讲故事节的邀请，超越国界，这是一个两年一度的活动，在圣多纳城堡举行，具有很强的知名度和广泛的吸引力，并支持获得讲故事活动的链接方案。我们将邀请程序员和主持人参加第一次预览，以激发未来的兴趣。项目网站将继续作为进一步学习磁层主题以及更广泛的性能/天体物理学合作的路标。研究人员也可以在国际知名的性能研究中心档案馆查阅这些文件和其他项目文件。为阿伯里斯特威斯大学表演研究中心、物理系和戏剧、电影和电视系之间进一步可能的合作奠定了基础。