INTELECTUALLY INCORRECT

So scenofest is over, my trip is going to an end, London is a good place to be, but so expensive it is. As a result of the intellectual world of scenographers I decided after thinking alot about it which video would be the most propper and the most amazingly intellectual and intelligent!!! didn't come with much options , but then will came along and gave me this example of the educated and discipline way of living set design, thanks will, enjoy it

rod

try and get this in guadalajara!!!!, you fuckers!!!!!! why, i really mean, why can't we get something as good and bizarre as this piece of art. take a look seviche

AS PART OF THE SCENOFEST COLABORATORS i KIND OF MADE A PAUSE ON TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS ON EACH EVENT THAT I POSSIBLY CAN AND ENTER MYSELF IN A VERY EXQUISIT WORKSHOP. i REALLY WAS A LITTLE SCEPTICAL ABOUT SOME WORKSHOPS. i’VE HAD TALKED WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF IT, AND MOST OF THEM WERE REALLY DISSAPOINTED. BUT I TOOK MY CHANCES ANYWAY AND JOINED THE TEA PAVILLION. MY FIRST SURPRISE , WELL, ACTUALLY I WAS EXPECTING IT, WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF KUROTANI MIYAKO PUPPETEER, MASTER OF PRESICION, SO SIMPLE AND GREAT CHOW WITH A PUPPET. SIMPLE, PRECISE, THEY DONNT LEAVE CHANCE DECIDE FOR THEM ON THEIR PERFORMANCE. THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF USING WHITE COLOR ON THE SET OR ON THEIR CLOTHES. AMAZING.

AFTER THAT, WHAT REALLY TOOK ME OVER THE SKIES WAS THAT SHE WAS GIVING THE WORKSHOP , BUT INVITING EACH ONE OF US TO A TEE CEREMONY. JAPANEESE STYLE OF COURSE. THAT MADE IT GREAT BECAUSE RITUALISM WAS IN THE TEE, YOU COULD FEEL SACRED INSIDE YOU. THAT GAVE US THE OPORTUNITY TO START wORKING IN A PUPPET. ELEVEN OF US WHERE MAKING A PART OF THE PUPPET, WHILE THE MASTERS MADE THE TECHNICALL STUFF, THE PLANS, CREATING THE SHAPE OF THE HEAD, IN A WHITE PAPER, IT LOOKED LIKE FRANKESTEIN LABORATORY. . DURING THE WORKSHOP WE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT PUPPETRY, WE HAD TECHNICS ON HOW TO HANDLE A PUPPET AGAIN, JAPANEESE WAY, MR. MIAGUI STYLE (SEE KARATE KID).DURING THE WORKSHOP THERE WHERE A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO PUPPET MASTERS, ONE PRAG STYLE, THE OTHER TOKIO STYLE, THERER WHERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THE COSTUME OF THE PUPPET, IT WAS AN ACTUAL FIGHT , AND THE WORKSHOP SPACE SUDDENLY BECAME A RING, SO I REALLY IMAGINE THE PUPPETMASTERS FIGHTING TO SEE WHO MADE THE BEST PUPPET. MAN, THAT WAS GREAT.

SO AT THE END WE MANAGED TO PERFORM A REALLY BAD PERFORMANCE WITH THE PUPET, BUT WE DIDN’T CARE MUCH ABOUT IT, HAVING SAKE AT THE END OF A WORKSHOP MAKES THINGS EASIER.

my fouth day in prague, have seen alot of new ideas met new exiting people all over the worls, but the best is to come, my mind is going KABOOM!!!! of so many great ideas I have in my head, give you this imagages oF PRAG QUADRIENALLE]

SWIMMING TO PRAGUE QUADRIENALE

generating money on the last minute for benefit trip to to prag, I feel I have plan this trip for years, ironically I also feel I´m not prepared at all,but what the hell, as a scenographer it will be a dream come true, like islamists going to mecca, prag will be a great way of meeting otherscenographers, light designers and many characters. I´ll meet will, martin and nikos, hopefully they bring whiskey and ouzo, so i´ll bring my mexican tequila healing water too.

Gonna make two workshops, japanese puppets and video layers. Gonna make interviews all around for scenofest, mexican newspaper and haiti radio. Don´t ask me how I got that last one, But one of my tasks is to show the potentiallity of prag quadrienalle, and what it represents around the world to the mexican people, because unfortunatelly almost none knows about it, only the 4 set designers that always are chosen, the same old ones. anyway. I dont know if i´m gonna make TOWER OF BABEL exhibition because logistical problems with the local school. we where supposed to have tickets to fly there and three days later they cancelled our tickets because $$$$$$$problems, fortunately I have my own from another dealer, (i won this ticket because I could burped so hard) so I´ll see if i still can make it.

anyway, ill give you some pictures of babel tower and see you all there intelectualizing with a PIWO on one hand and a puppet on the other.

anyway, giving you some tunes as always:

common people-william shatner.mp3

sincearly

escenografito mexicanito

DAKOTA

Entering again the new theatre panorama in Guadalajara, After a series of opera productions it is nice to see again the young never dying theatre . Specially when young actors and directors are involved. This time we made a piece from catalan jordi galceran named Dakota, The concept of the set was a kind of a base ball field, along with voyeur views from the crowd to the actors

The story is abot a desntist that wants to go to the USA. to live, but he hits his head andthinks he can predict the future. If you can go and see it in guadalajara it will be on wednesday and thursday of june . Anyway on the 11th of june i´m going to prag!!!! to the prag quadrienalle.