Koye- Performance Project

    When thinking off performance, I thought of using something that would construct a lot of emotion from my viewer. I had to draw on the emotion of my viewer without necessarily narrating what the story line was about. So I thought of something that occurs everyday that we as people are not aware about. The video should draw on the empathy of the viewer because of the fact that they feel that they can't do anything about the situation but it would also be nice to see a range of reactions to the video. The video above is a short performance that has been readjusted from the original, which was of a birthday boy in tears from no one showing up to his birthday because he wasn’t cool enough. On the other hand the video above is more abstract and the whole subject of birthday has been taken out of it. It would illustrate the oppressed, the depressed and those who are put down. The idea is to show the things that happen behind closed doors and show the emotions of what the oppressed feel. Now that there is no more birthday aspect to the video, it would still be fun to see if the audience would still react with empathy for the character in the performance.