The nature of, and relationship between, intimacy and risk in the context of confessional one-to-one, solo performance practice in contrasting sites

在对比场所进行的一对一的忏悔独奏表演实践中，亲密关系和风险的本质和关系

• 批准号: AH/D50189X/1
• 负责人: Adrian Howells
• 金额: $ 23.15万
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FD50189X%2F1
• 关键词: nature; relationship; between; intimacy; risk

Context:Confessional, 'one-to-one' solo performance has become a visible form of performance practice in recent years, taking its place in a culture where the personal has become commodified. In this context, it seems imperative to understand, as practitioners, what this form potentially enables, particularly by way of experience (and the potential for exchange) for the spectator. Through the creation of ongoing, developmental practice explorations (using contrasting sites and performance structures) this programme of research will investigate the nature of, and relationship between, 'intimacy' and 'risk' in one-to-one, solo confessional performance practice.Aims and Objectives:i) Though performers are increasingly using one-to-one models of interaction, there is no research available interrogating the efficacy or effect/affect of this; this research project will explore the experiential difference of contrasting structural performance modes through devising confessional performances in one-to-one, solo structures but also in more typically communal performances.ii) Whilst the word 'intimate' is often used to desribe certain performances, there is no sustained research on the way 'intimacy' is created in performance. Of particular interest to this project is the relationship between 'intimacy' and 'space'; are some spaces intrinsically more or less intimate than others? Through conducting practical explorations and staging performances in a number of different 'types' of space the research will determine to what extent intimiacy is dependent upon, or affected by, performance space. The research will also propose models of practice for the 'recreation' of original 'space' in alternative sites.iii) 'Risk' is assumed to adhere to certain forms of body art, related to physical danger and pain; my experience of creating confessional performances leads me to think that there are other ways of conceptualising risk and engendering other forms of risk in performance. This research will propose what might risk mean in confessional performance and the extent to which a sense of risk (for example, of revealing personal material) is dependent also on a sense of intimacy.iiii) The final practical research undertaken in this project seeks to understand what purpose confessional performances can play in secular society, where the confessional has been transformed into a commodity. Key to this research is exploring the potential for exchange within performance, as a way of 'offering' the spectator something ( a secular equivalent to 'absolution' perhaps?)ApplicationsGiven the extent of solo, confessional practice in eveidence in the UK and the USA, and the context in which this practice takes place (a mass-mediated confessional culture), this research project offers a timely interrogation of the solo confessional form. Whilst part of this interrogation will involve surveying existing work, in order to produce a context for my own practice, the primary aim of the project is to explore the potentials and limitations of the form through practical exploration. These findings will be made widely available and targeted to different constituents through utilising a variety of media including performances, reflective writing, critical writing, and a national symposium. Whilst the intentions is not to propose fixed models of practice, the research findings should nevertheless foster debate and exchange between practitioners, researchers and students that will contribute to informed practice but also to further development of and challenge to this emergent form.

背景：忏悔室，一对一的独奏表演近年来已经成为一种可见的表演实践形式，在个人已经商品化的文化中占据了一席之地。在这种情况下，作为从业者，似乎必须理解这种形式可能带来什么，特别是通过观众的经验(和交流的潜力)。通过创建持续的发展实践探索(使用对比的场地和表演结构)，本研究计划将调查一对一的独奏忏悔表演练习中“亲密”和“风险”的性质及其之间的关系。目的和目标：i)尽管表演者越来越多地使用一对一的互动模式，但没有可用的研究来询问这种互动的有效性或效果/影响；这项研究项目将通过设计一对一独奏结构和更典型的公共表演中的忏悔表演来探索不同结构表演模式的经验差异。ii)虽然亲密这个词经常被用来描述某些表演，但没有持续的研究来研究表演中产生亲密的方式。这个项目特别感兴趣的是“亲密”和“空间”之间的关系；一些空间本质上比其他空间更亲密还是更不亲密？通过在许多不同类型的空间中进行实际探索和表演，研究将确定亲密关系在多大程度上依赖于表演空间，或在多大程度上受到表演空间的影响。这项研究还将提出在另一个地点对原始的“空间”进行“再创造”的实践模式。iii)“风险”被认为是依附于某些形式的身体艺术，与身体危险和疼痛有关；我创作忏悔式表演的经验使我认为，还有其他方法来概念化风险并在表演中产生其他形式的风险。这项研究将提出忏悔表演中的风险可能意味着什么，以及风险意识(例如，透露个人材料)也依赖于亲密感的程度。iiii)本项目进行的最后实际研究试图了解忏悔表演在世俗社会中可以发挥什么作用，在世俗社会，忏悔表演已经转变为一种商品。这项研究的关键是探索在表演中进行交流的潜力，作为向观众提供某种东西的一种方式(也许是世俗上等同于“赦免”的东西？)应用程序鉴于英国和美国在证言中单独忏悔的程度，以及这种做法发生的背景(大众调解的忏悔文化)，本研究项目提供了对单独忏悔形式的及时询问。虽然这次审问的一部分将涉及对现有工作的调查，以便为我自己的实践创造一个背景，但该项目的主要目的是通过实际探索来探索这种形式的潜力和局限性。这些调查结果将通过表演、反思性写作、批判性写作和全国研讨会等多种媒体广泛传播，并针对不同的选民。虽然其意图不是提出固定的实践模式，但研究结果应该促进实践者、研究人员和学生之间的辩论和交流，这将有助于知情实践，但也有助于进一步发展和挑战这种新兴形式。