Solo Project

This week we were doing our solo project. All of us had to do a one to three minute action with our beautiful object and ugly object. I found out that people showed their actions quite differently. Some people wrote a poem, told us a story, and even gave us a short performance. For me I performed a short performance to show other people what beauty is and what ugly is for me.

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Props:

-dirty bag

-winter coat/scarf

-necklace holder



What to do:

-Put on your coat & scarf.

-Pretend that it is a raining day

-Suddenly, take off your coat & scarf

-Pretend to open a shop door.

-Quickly place the necklace & holder on the desk.

-Looking sullen, pretend to notice the necklace. Pick it up, play with it.

-‘Accidentally’ kick the plastic bag on the floor

-Put on the necklace and be joyful!

-Pretend to buy it.

-Pretend to walk into the sun. (happily)

                                         

I portrayed beauty in this way to show that something that may me insignificant to others, can make another person feel beautiful. beauty is a moment that brightens your day.

I  showed ugliness this way to draw attention to things often neglected. Because of the way we treat things or people, they lose their value and we forget that they ere once beautiful.  Ugliness is neglected beauty.

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I liked Leah's performance. She used ugly object, a lollipop holder, as a decoration on a clown's mask. She then gave us an interesting magic show using that mask.  in my opinion, she portrayed the clown mask as ugly because it was so gaudy and typical. This was powerful to me. For her beautiful object a flower ring, she used it as an auction. This moved me because it showed that things increase in value as they age... I liked her performance because it was amusing. Besides, her performance was really smooth and succinct.

For Noushin's performance, I liked her idea very much. At first she poured the tea into an empty, shiny glass cup. While this in itself was beautiful, she  continued onto her next step, which was very unique. She started to patch up another broken glass cup. After that, she poured the tea into it. Even though the broken glass cup was ugly, after she patched it up  it became a beautiful thing......