Exquisite Situations
An Exquisite Zoom Performance
A site-specific dance and theater performance series made on and for zoom that explores the process of “exquisite corpse.” Exquisite corpse is a surrealist game where one person creates something then passes it on to another person who adds their creation and so on till a final product is produced.
While exquisite corpse is often played within the same medium (all drawings or all texts, for example), I designed a dance and theater collaboration that used the exquisite corpse method to create several “exquisite situations” or scenarios/vignettes created for zoom.
This series consists of four parts: two performances, a film screening, and a process workshop with audience members.
This project was funded by the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts.
2022 zoom, dance, theater, video, google forms
Artists
Director, Producer, Concept Designer: Xiomara Forbez
Performing Artista: Priscilla Marrero
Playwright, Actor: Esther Banegas Gatica
Film Editor: Kali Veach
Tech Host: Magnolia Yang Sao Yia
Performance 1
Various Mini Situations
12 dance and theater vignettes based on 12 different prompts. Performed live on zoom.
Videos
Video: Priscilla and Esther perform the exquisite situation "#5cb1ab"
Video: Priscilla and Esther perform the exquisite situation, "Dominant"
Performance 2
Audience Choice Situations
Using online polls, the audience remixed the original 12 vignettes, creating new exquisite situations that the artists performed live on zoom.
Esther performs "Color: #5cb1ab" and Priscilla performs "Place: Miami"
Esther performs "Sound: Punch" and Priscilla performs "Color: #5cb1ab"
Esther performs "Smell: Smokey" and Priscilla performs "Song: Canalla"
Performance 3
A Long Situation: A Short Film
Based on a prompt I devised, Esther and Priscilla created 3-5 min videos. Then Kali joined the situation. The first part of the film is a suturing together of the videos. As part of her turn playing exquisite corpse, Kali remixed and edited the videos for the second part of the film.
Click to watch our exquisite film!
Performance 4
Exquisite Method
With the help of audience members, artists created two exquisite situations live on zoom. Audience members watched and participated in both of the artists' creative processes.
Video
Piece created with the help of audience members based on the first minute of a music video.
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A little extra
Cotton candy word art created based on the one-word offerings audience members shared in the chat about their experience of Exquisite Situations. I sent this to each audience member as a thank you for witnessing and participating.