Bag of Joy was a demo try-out of the piece I want to create in the near-future. I made the demo in B-gallery’s Balonki’s opening, which was a group art sale exhibition.
In contrary to Bag of Hate, this time when I went inside a bag and I started laughing hysterically. The idea behind it is to see how this kind of laughter fits in a public space.
So the demo-version differs from the full version in a way that, I wish for the performance to last for the minimum duration of one hour. For the demo I was in the bag for ten minutes. The exhibition surely was open to all, but it is not the same as a public space, which would be ideal for Bag of Joy.
The outcome of the performance was contradictory, because the demo situation was not optimal. The fact that I had a time slot between artists made it so that I was the center of the attention, In a public space I could be passed if wished. The duration could make the laughter more natural, generate pacing and jo-ha-kyū. Natural rhythm, that as a concept is used in Japanese theater. Jo-ha-kū rhythms as the day: slow in the morning and it picks up the paste towards mid-day. Then it slows again in the evening.
The quintessential reason I want Bag of Joy to be in a public space is to discover the reactions it creates in the public. Curiously, the art sale exhibition opening did quite mimic the expected. Next step is to add duration.
Picture: B-gallery
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