“Through light, space can be formed without physical material like concrete or steel. We can actually stop the penetration of vision with where light is and where it isn't. Like the atmosphere, we can't see through it to the stars that are there during the day. But as soon as that light is dimmed around the self, then this penetration of vision goes out. So I'm very interested in this feeling, using the eyes to penetrate the space” (Turrell, J www.gagosian.com, 2010)
When we went to France we learnt a lot about a company called 'Luc Amoros'. A lot of their work is based around lighting. They use a lot of shadow; silhouettes and puppetry, which wouldn’t work without specifically, correct lighting. We hope to take this idea to make a performance based on silhouettes and painting, much like Luc Amoros' work. We will need to use a light, which placed behind us, will cast our shadows on a plastic wall in front of us, much like Luc Amoros’s early work. Luc Amoros is famous for his use of a large screen that the artists would perform behind using silhouettes and other multimedia techniques. This would create an illusion of 1930’s style film, with black and white imagery and theatre based on historical and cultural happenings. We have adapted this idea, keeping with the silent-film style, yet creating a comedy piece based on a fairy tale, with a music and sound effect based soundscape to accompany the performance. There was originally a technique where a fixed light would be shone against a screen to create silhouettes but Luc Amoros invented the technique of moving the light throughout the performance to make the shadows seem more alive. We used a static light within our performance.
