Using pictures as stimulus

In this weeks lesson I have learnt how to use a number of different images of peices of art to create a peice of theatre. 

This week it was really Interesting to see when creating stories from 5 different images people would often latch onto creating a character and their story in which people had to follow. Most people also created a character that existed outside the pictures themselves. I have learnt that this in a conventual way of story telling to in experimental theatre we can challenge the conventional and create theatre with no characters or perhaps a peice which Is based on an object or place instead. 

In addition I have discovered that using art as a form of stimulus can create really interesting, dynamic theatre as you have multiple layers of meaning and opinions.

For example when you use a peice of art as stimulus you have:

The artists view: What they wanted the peice to say, their interpretation of the topic/event they are painting and what they wanted the observer to see.

The observers view: What the observer takes from the piece, what they see and what they believe is the meaning. 

This in itself creates an interesting dynamic because you can merge a multitude of ideas together to create a peice of theatre.