AVA, Lebanon, NH
Falling Downstairs was inspired by the large outdoor metal stairway at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Notes on Descending the Staircase
Bride….awkward…graceful…
stable….unsure….elegant….tentative….tumble….recapitulation….catapult….knocked unconscious…returning from a dream…reminiscent…
Imagine
See the image of the woman-in-white on the stairs
Embody the image…..let go the tension and breath……see the surroundings…let go the tension and breathe, .allow the body to change…follow the changing….breathe….see the surroundings…
Images:
Visual, as in seeing falling head over heels
Verbal, as in "catapult"
Repeat from See the Image/Embody the Image
Descend
Step down…"goal" is to descend and ascend, so just do it: just take the step
Appetite
Appetite/Desire determines the progress. Take the step up or down in the most pleasurable and, perhaps interesting, way possible.
Follow the desire/pleasure/appetite while seeing the surroundings and breathing
Do this descending/ascending appetite until another Image arises
Sound: Sam Haar's mix of Beethoven's 7th, or Going Downstairs (from the soundtrack of Young Victoria, re-mixed)
Sound: Sam Haar's mix of Beethoven's 7th, or Going Downstairs (from the soundtrack of Young Victoria, re-mixed)
