VARIATION no II
MY BLOCKS OF LIFE
Variation no II – My Blocks of Life centers on the wooden blocks from the Human-Shaped Reconstruction Kit, designed by artist Kai Ruohonen. The performance’s dramaturgy follows a series of tasks. Each spectator constructs their own content. The work is based on alternative memories and scenarios the spectator creates, together with the facilitator.
During the performance, the spectators build a block theatre show for themselves, looking at a flow of images they’ve built themselves, based on their own life. The work is inclusive, encourages authorship, and can support the participant’s self-expression and self-knowledge. The works built during the performance are photographed and printed with a polaroid camera, and each spectator gets their own block comic to take with them and contemplate.
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