WEEK 7. THE DIGITAL DOUBLE

In this podcast I discuss what we did at the first class with Carrie. I will talk about one of the exercises we did. I called it ‘the hand exercise’. In this exercise, one actor behaves as if they are being hypnotised by the hand of the other actor. I also talk about one exercise we did about the digital double: You cut-out the shape of your phone in an A4 cartoon. With your phone, another person records your face moving it as you please. Then you tape your phone to the cartoon you cut off in the first instance and place it covering your face. Then you move your body and the full image of your head being recorded moving while your body moves in a completely different way. The results are very interesting. I then talk about the video I did for TIKTOK and about the digital double. I will mention and go into detail in some of the pdf. files Carrie has sent to us like 'The Digital Double' (2004), by Dixon where the idea of the digital double is more developed. I talk about how some of these readings are influencing the preparation for my project next term. I also talk about the last exercise we did with Carrie. One of my classmates recorded me while I was playing with that feeling. Then that recording is projected on my chest while we do an improv about breaking up. I explain how I feel so strongly about this exercise for my performance and as a performance in general. And finally, I talk about some performances that Carrie showed us, where the digital double idea plays a bigger part in them. One performance in particular, a solo person performance and how you can tell the story as a solo person and how you can make the performance more interesting and engaging.