After discussing our performance we decided that we want to make quite an impact on those in the gallery and be as dramatic as possible to emphasise this notion of smuggling London culture into Lincoln. We want to turn peoples heads and make them wonder what is going on, and hopefully grab their curiosity and attention. We want to do this with our actions but also our appearance. For example to incorporate London into our performance even more than just the construction of Big Ben we thought we could arrive at the gallery in a black taxi, just like those in London. We want to create quite a frantic atmosphere so our actions will be quick and energetic. In relation to our costume we thought to incorporate the era the gallery was built (the 20’s) we thought we could wear dresses from that era, for example a flapper dress but with balaclavas to emphasise this notion of smuggling and perhaps to show that it isn’t meant to be there.
I have been researching clips on YouTube and came across this video called ‘Press here for drama’ and in a way the atmosphere they create is similar to what we wish to create in the gallery. You see the spectators as quite baffled and confused as to what is happening but still very much intrigued and this is what we want from our performance…
Author: Fotini Efstathiou