mapping conversation

A convoluted and possibly not very precise excerpt from a discussion following a 'Groups:Meetings' session. Upstairs studio. With Sally Gardner, Tim Darbyshire and I.

I showed something similar to what I showed during the first 'Groups:Meetings' session and also started to play with the idea of showing something that I did not really know. This idea evolved from a comment during another session which was something about allowing others to be present in the studio when I have not been productive, i.e., when I have nothing to show, when I do not know. So, I started, (during this showing) to play with the idea of the Opinion Game and the Self Interview from everybodystoolbox, changing the rules so it was not about articulating these things verbally, but rather in a movement situation. It is not improvising. It is doing something unknown whilst being watched.

"The structure of these things.... maybe they are not as seemingly unstructured as what they may seem. Often there is someone there, 'something' that people want to tap into. There is someone organising 'something'."

"The weight of the movement- the momentum and the repetition- what does that mean?"

"The hypnotic state of watching repetition- how can you approach that from a scientific point?"

"The difference between the repetition and the accumulative phrase moving forward. The accumulation lacked the weight of the circling repetitive arms. There was no conviction."

.....talking more about the mechanics of moving, the articulation of the body- maybe some of Sally's comments have got me thinking more about the subtleties of moving- taking me back to something that I appreciate about dancing.

we talk a little about neutrality and the idea of 'neutral' versus the 'non neutral', and what is neutral anyway, does it exist. Stillness is the neutral but why can't moving be the neutral?

"The opinion game- playing with this idea- how beneficial was this in order to make movement? Was it just an exercise in self-assessment?"

"It looked as though there was a wall between two people."

"Why did you play us something else? Could you hear it? What did you listen to?"

"I wanted to create two worlds, almost as if there are two things happening at the same time."

"We like to watch a moving body. I started to connect with various things in the room. Other objects that are here, placement and scene."

"Maybe you need to decide to talk about specific things rather than leaving it open. Decide something that interests you."

"I feel like this conversation should have been mapped."