Where Games
Games based purely on imagination, ‘Where’ games had us looking like complete lunatics, answering phones that were not there, drinking liquids that tasted good but were not in our hands, and holding heavy books with no weight. We were basically told to pick up a phone that was ringing in front of us, and explain what we saw in the heat of the moment. The same thing was then done for two other objects: a drink and a book. The main purpose of the game was similar to our ‘Floating Experience’. We had to use our imagination to our best in order to actually see, feel, smell and taste in some cases the object we were holding.
I remember picking up objects invisible to others but concrete in my hands. The first was the phone: I remember feeling annoyed when picking it up, it’s simple, monochromatic and boringly bulky size due to its integrated printer and fax waiting for an answer. The tangled wire would not let me manipulate the receiver freely, making me even angrier. I seriously saw everything in that split second, and it was quite an interesting moment. The drink was even more interesting. I am not sure why, but I saw one of those huge beer cups my dad always drinks form, full with golden, foamy beer. The cold glass of the cup gave a nice cold wave through my fingers, and the swig I took from the cup was beerlicious, the bubbles sparkling in my mouth. I am not sure why, but I was simply sitting at my kitchen table. The book was even weirder. I turned around to a book, an encyclopedia , that I hastily picked up with a sudden urgent feeling, the book heavy in my hands. I flipped to the middle of the book, two pages filled with colourful pictures of antelopes. Yes, I was equally confused. Either way, I feel like I truly experienced the whole package of imagination during this game.
The second part of this game consisted of turning around, picking up a random object (imagined ofcourse) , giving it to our partner without telling them what we are holding and observe how they take it, and what they think it is. We must then ‘play along’ and improvise, and forgetting what we originally meant it to be: in theatre, always say yes.
I feel like I really managed to improvise well. Even though I originally gave Andre a half eaten banana, he received a video controller. We then played around with a scenario that I cannot remember no matter how hard I think about it, but I remember playing around in improvisation for quite a while with no awkward pauses. Overall, I think I am now able to move on to more serious improvisation: these games really give you a taste of and practice for the real stuff!
Games based purely on imagination, ‘Where’ games had us looking like complete lunatics, answering phones that were not there, drinking liquids that tasted good but were not in our hands, and holding heavy books with no weight. We were basically told to pick up a phone that was ringing in front of us, and explain what we saw in the heat of the moment. The same thing was then done for two other objects: a drink and a book. The main purpose of the game was similar to our ‘Floating Experience’. We had to use our imagination to our best in order to actually see, feel, smell and taste in some cases the object we were holding.
I remember picking up objects invisible to others but concrete in my hands. The first was the phone: I remember feeling annoyed when picking it up, it’s simple, monochromatic and boringly bulky size due to its integrated printer and fax waiting for an answer. The tangled wire would not let me manipulate the receiver freely, making me even angrier. I seriously saw everything in that split second, and it was quite an interesting moment. The drink was even more interesting. I am not sure why, but I saw one of those huge beer cups my dad always drinks form, full with golden, foamy beer. The cold glass of the cup gave a nice cold wave through my fingers, and the swig I took from the cup was beerlicious, the bubbles sparkling in my mouth. I am not sure why, but I was simply sitting at my kitchen table. The book was even weirder. I turned around to a book, an encyclopedia , that I hastily picked up with a sudden urgent feeling, the book heavy in my hands. I flipped to the middle of the book, two pages filled with colourful pictures of antelopes. Yes, I was equally confused. Either way, I feel like I truly experienced the whole package of imagination during this game.
The second part of this game consisted of turning around, picking up a random object (imagined ofcourse) , giving it to our partner without telling them what we are holding and observe how they take it, and what they think it is. We must then ‘play along’ and improvise, and forgetting what we originally meant it to be: in theatre, always say yes.
I feel like I really managed to improvise well. Even though I originally gave Andre a half eaten banana, he received a video controller. We then played around with a scenario that I cannot remember no matter how hard I think about it, but I remember playing around in improvisation for quite a while with no awkward pauses. Overall, I think I am now able to move on to more serious improvisation: these games really give you a taste of and practice for the real stuff!
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