tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63626421835506328842024-03-12T18:01:54.028-07:00Imagine UsSylvia Rimathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15644807280716459484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362642183550632884.post-51647767205846600212011-10-23T09:17:00.000-07:002011-10-23T09:53:31.900-07:00a performance in public space by Sylvia Rimat<div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This site-specific project is a variation of Sylvia Rimat's studio performance <i><a href="http://sylviarimat1.blogspot.com/">Imagine Me To Be There</a></i>. The performance explores possibilities of interaction with the wider public by working with a Big Screen in public space.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s a woman sitting quietly on a bench in a busy city centre. She observes the passers-by and responds by typing on a laptop</span></i> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ll l lllll ll lllllll lll tt tt t t ttt tt t ttr rrrr r r r rrss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss</span></i></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The words appear live on a large screen.</span></i> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The woman wears <s>a brown fluffy full body bear costume and bright red high heels</s> a bright red top and blue jeans.</span></i> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A playful scenario starts to evolve, situated somewhere between the real and the imagined.</span></i> </span></blockquote><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please STAY just a little bit longer…</span></span></i></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <br />
</span>By addressing passers-by via text on a Big Screen, <b><i>Imagine Us</i></b> aims to heighten our awareness of the physical and thought spaces we pass through. Whilst exploring ideas of presence and mediation, the live encounter is also concerned with bringing public space alive.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"></span></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Imagine us is a wonderful imaginative and magical performance with the public effectively coming to a stand still to read the enfolding story on the black screen and join in the dance with the bear at the end. It demonstrates how an everyday public, that is not necessarily well-versed in contemporary art, is quite willing to engage with the unknown.</span></i></span> Edith Doove, Curator and Researcher at University of Plymouth</span></span></span></blockquote><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Sylvia Rimat succeeds in making Plymouth City Centre quirky and cool.</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span>Audience member<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></span></blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Imagine Us</i></b> was premiered in Sep 2011 as part of Plymouth Art Fringe accompanying British Art Show 7 and incorporated the BBC Big Screen in Plymouth City Centre. The show is available for touring, please contact <a href="mailto:sylvia.rimat@gmx.de">Sylvia Rimat</a> for more details.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: large;">Concept and performance: Sylvia Rimat</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: large;">Project Management: Ray White</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Supported by Arts Council England, Residence, The Basement and BBC Big Screen Plymouth.</b></span><b style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>Sylvia Rimathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15644807280716459484noreply@blogger.com