Devising Galapagos: Day 1

Today I started devising, working with the text and many ideas that surround the play. It made me realise how difficult it is to work alone, not having the dynamic of a group to work through problems with. The majority of the work I did involved the placement of sound within and around various objects to give a sense of sound admitting from them. This worked quite successfully but I feel that the strength of such placement is within the number of tape machines used, having two or three admitting a similar sound, placed around the room in different objects creates a multiple and eerie presence. I liked working with the crude technology of cassette tapes as they are surprising loud and have a disturbing inevitability as once they begin they can't be easily skipped. They are much more tactile then digital formats and will be central to how the work progresses.

Reading through a lot of the text I had written it became clear that a lot of it has become inappropriate due to the reduced time I can work with the actors. I also realised how many different voices that existed within it, some quite arrogant and unfounded. As a result I have chosen just several sections to expand upon.