Constructs of Time

Time-Tracking

 

Meet in a completely new territory, and build from that timeless time spent together…And really,that’s the only way I can see: to have time is to create time in performance.(Abramovic, cited in Thompson and Wesley 2005:48)

 

In previous studies, time is not important in choreography, and I don’t think Time is a very important part in Choreography. I create work according to the work’s theme and structure.If I want to describe a story, rely on their theme and the development of structure. But after finishing this course, I know the significance of Time. As Sylviane Agacinski points out in her wonderful study Time Passing:’awareness of time is neither pure nor originally,and it cannot be separated from the empirical contents that structure it'(2003:33). which means that time follows the structure of work, use time to describe clearly what stories and plot you want to express. For example, the whole duration of work is 10 minutes, and the choreographer want to express a person’ daily life. And how can the choreographer start with it ? Because just 10 minutes. So, choreographer need to reduce some unimportant things to express. Catch the significant key to show it. And the key is follow the time and the time is pursue the content and structure of work. Look this question,I considerate my own work, I think about how can I use the time to express it and what important plot can I show to audiences ?  I connect the constructs of Time with my work.

I am sitting on the floor, using my heart  to feel the Time. I saw the candles on the corner of wall, keep gazing….During gaze, I brewing emotion and use the candles to recall my memories. The Time follows content and structure. From my perspective, Time can only go forward, can not stop. Henri Bergoson’s Matter and Memory(1896) notion that ‘what I call’ my present’ has one foot in my past, and another in the future’. This sentence is meaningful to me, and let me to think about the constructs of time. Actually, this sentence is emphasize the creation of new works and techniques to replace the traditions of what was perceived to be a wholly decadent past. Therefore, in my work, it can combine with the speed of time. slow, quick,stop,static…

 

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