A stranger a day/ Project June ’09
I’ve launched on a new project called ‘A stranger a day’.
I’ve been having this idea for a while as I’m going to US after the summer.
This project is very very simple.
For a certain duration of time, originally for 6 months while I’ll be in US, I’ll take a photograph with a stranger everyday.
This sounds so easy.
I decided to start this project now.
I tell you, it’s not really easy to ask someone you have never met to take a photograph with you.
And I realize, after 3 days I started, that I have been missing out so many opportunities to speak to people. When this project in mind all the time, I look for an opportunity when I can talk to someone so that the strange request can take place a little smoothly.
I also tend to look for a person who I kind of like. (Obviously selecting is important)
So far so good, and people responded so kindly.
It’s 19:26 and I still haven’t taken one today……
It makes difficult when I’m at work all day.
When Did I draw last time?
I went to a life-drawing class at WASPS today.
I model there usually, but today went there to draw for a change.
I absolutely enjoyed it although it did bore me a little after 1 hour of concentration.
The model was quite creative with poses.
A couple weeks ago I went to Glasgow.
At Tramway I saw the performance of WAYN TRAUB, ”Maria Magdalene”.
The performance started with a huge screen with the moon projected over a woman’s shadow. There was immense eerie sound playing together.
I sat looking at the big screen and wondered what this performance was going to be. I read some description of this show beforehand, but it didn’t really tell me anything except it interested me and confused me.
The artist Wayn Traub makes performances using music, theatre style sets, digital images, dance, and digital equipments. He calls his such works ‘Cinema-Opera’.
Wayn Traub disguised himself as something like a devil, painted his face blue ,and wore fake, long nails. He appeared to the stage by being carried on a sliding stage. There was a loud singing voice in background, and I didn’t realize for a while that he was actually singing. Great voice, that’s for sure.
During the performance, many videos were shown on the screen. The main was the dance of beautiful Chinese nuns, and they appear many times.
It’s very difficult to explain this performance as there were so many going on. The quality was very high in many sense.
It was strange, funny, sad, and beautiful.
Wayn’s website
http://wayntraub.net/
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