Act 1: This room holds the tension of the family. I wanted to start the scene in a domestic space, implementing the climate they live in. Set into a colder climate, using tones of blue and the floor made from rust. An important element was light, where the source became a breathing body of its own.
Act 2: We move into the living room area where we move the lighting. The sealing will move and thus change where the light moves into the space. I thought to have a domestic element in each space. In this space, we see a couch suggesting the time Teresa spends here.
Act 5: In the final scene, I wanted to show a breakdown of Teresa's space. I do think that during the play we should have seen an introduction to her space or elements that were highlighted. Seeing this last scene, perhaps we could also break it down completely and have nothing in space just Teresa, the light shining from above and her papers.
Act 1: This room holds the tension of the family. I wanted to start the scene in a domestic space, implementing the climate they live in. Set into a colder climate, using tones of blue and the floor made from rust. An important element was light, where the source became a breathing body of its own.
Reading the script, I imagined the spaces where the dialogue happened were floating. Characters are bound to their ideals and beliefs. The vulnerability that came from the poetic lines inspired me to think about a way that makes the space the characters were living in alive. Were power dynamics and social structures move alongside shape and light.
I was looking for a way where the characters were lost in desolated spaces. Through light, charted the characters changing emotions and a reaction to the topic of the scene. Small movements and words have a direct impact on its surrounding. Yet, the hope that comes with the good and bad of people. Where mistakes and worries are shared and have the potential to transform a community. I was curious to find a way where I could make the surrounding breathing and could become a character itself.
