Dry storm

Abstract

The work Dry Strom, is the theoretical part of my thesis. It contains a theoretical frame work and a process description of my artistic part of the thesis, the piece Dry Strom. The theory of the work aims to create an understanding of how sound relates to the complex experience of thought and body. It uses theory of immersion, participatory creation, artistic work, human voice and phenomenology to do so. Within immersion it looks at how immersion within immersive theatre can be related to the experience of sound. The participatory theory is used to compare the theory of participatory theatre to an active listening experience. Within theories of artistic work, the text discusses how our subjectivity can be seen as problematic, and how it affects our experience of what we encounter. The human voice theory is used to bring a personal view of how voice relates to the experience of sound and silence, while a final phenomenological approach is used to tie together what has been discussed. Beyond this, there is a chapter aiming to give perspective on how we can relate to our body, in relation to our subjectivity, and through a more direct contact to our body, discussed throughout the text. The process description aims at opening up the process of creating the piece Dry Storm. Parts of the piece are opened up as part of the theory as an opening to comparison. Further, the process description discusses the process in relation to the participants of the process. The process description also looks into the sounds used within the performance and ends by forming a reaction to the process in relation to the theoretical frame. The text ends by introducing a theory for possible further studies.