(08-29-2014, 09:22 AM)CouscousPoulet Wrote: Come hewe and ekthplain youwthelveth, mothewfackewth!
Ethpecially JihadJoe!
I'll ecksthplain myselth, sure.
I'm Joe. I'm 28 years old, male, white and english.
I have recently gone back into study, getting myself more qualified in performance and theatre, having previously qualified up to the eyeballs in the tecnical aspect of theatre. The shift happened when I found myself acting and writing far more frequently than sitting behind a lighting and sound desk, and enjoying the on-stage end of things more. I tend towards prefering site-specific performance, because it engages a little more with the the wider world, rather than isolating itself in these designated "theatre spaces".
I tend to move around quite a lot, and spend ridiculus amounts of time driving between the south west of england and the west coast of wales (god damn that lack of ferry).
I have a pretty solid and close group of friends, who over the years have been gradually dispersing over the world. My best friend moved to France, and now lives in Lyon with his girlfriend (they're getting married soon, and frankly, I couldn't be happier for them... I'm learning French at the moment, because he wants me to speak at their wedding), and the rest have found themselves in places such as Berlin, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, and various cities around the UK. It makes keeping in touch with them a little harder than I would like, and I miss these people a lot. As a result of this, I lead a relatively solitary existance at the moment... But that's pretty much fine with me. I enjoy having space to think about stuff. When that group of people does gather, or we find time to meet, it's like no time has passed since we previously met. It's cool when people are that relaxed in one anothers' company...
I run frequently, and have used running to generate pieces of theatre and performance work. Changing your perception of the world by changing the way you move through it, often highlights the way we relate to our immediate environment in daily life. As such it's a great way of exploring the relationship between the wider world and the individual. This relationship has been the basis of a lot of the theatrical preoccupations I've had over the last few years. It fascinates me. It reminds me of how remarkably tiny I am in such a vast world. Every place that you pass through, is not only temporarily home to the self, but over time is home to thousands of other selves, all of which experience the same site in a very different way.
I once made a comment about one of K's alts, when K' was passing herself off as a native english speaker (I believe the intro you gave in the welcome section said something about New York City), who lectured in a uni. The latter part may or may not be true (I don't know any of the specifics about your life, K', other than that you own a fairly cute dog), but I expressed surprise that a native english speaking uni lecturer (normally known for eloquence, adacemic clarity and pickiness over the way things are worded) would make a few grammar errors and would leave several typos/misspelt words in a post that was dealing with a subject in depth.
Aside from that, I'm currently in the process of helping my parents move out of the house I grew up in. This is quite an odd experience, as I've found myself surrounded by stuff that has all sorts of memories and ocnnections with key moments in my upbringing and general experience of life, as well as a sense of loss about this place that has been such a major part of my life, despite the fact I've not actually lived there myself in years. Strange times.
Probably my greatest flaw is that I find motivating myself to actually get stuff done rather tricky. I am a master of procrastination, and this post stands testament to that fact - there are other things I should probably be doing right now. A lot of that comes from fear of failure... If I do nothing at all, then I will not have failed at anything.
Following the end of this bit of study, I'm planning on putting together a pretty major piece of site-specific theatre on an island that sits off the coast of the south west peninsula of england, with the aid of some fairly substantial arts funding.
I do appreciate you asking very specifically after me, K'. It's touching... Heart warming, almost, and makes me think about the good times I had playing disco.
Could you explain yourself too? I'd be interested to read it.