Efecto-Afecto
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Set & Setting
Affect-Effect is also a set of tools, comprised of six meditations and body and perception exercises (open scores), along with a charge platform and a user guide. With these elements, the users are invited to construct a setting for 1, 2 and up to 4 bodies to explore diverse sensations and stimuli, as well as developing creativity and imagination. The users experiment with the use of space, music, light, and temperature and observe how this can generate changes in the physical space and carry their bodies to different states of vibration. Every action on the charge platform, and every interaction between the bodies has a reaction and an effect. This is not a call for self-restraint, but instead to let yourself go in each exercise and experience how we can consciously affect. Photos by Bego Solís.
The Affect-Effect set includes: 1. Charge platform, 2. Set of blankets, 3. Brochure, 4. Guide to Exercises (posters). With these tools, users can construct a setting. The six exercises, as well as any part of the set, are a suggestion for possible ways to explore this system. The users can let their imagination carry them to create their own versions and adapt each exercise to the necessities of each couple, with or without the charge platform. Users are invited to create a setting and experiment with the possibilities of use, creatively organising stimuli such as: 1. Sound and music, 2. Lighting, 3. Temperature, 4. Modification of the physical space, 5. Use of props, 6. Time of use. Users are also invited to experiment with chance and improvisation.
Demonstration
The project was launched on the 27th of November at the
Centro de Residencias Artísticas Matadero Madrid with a public demonstration of
how to use the Affect-Effect system. Each session requires the use of diverse
stimuli, various technical requirements and the sessions are not documented.
However, this demonstration was documented, to give better audience access and
to promote the project to future users. This demonstration featured the special
participation of performers Jesús Bravo and Javier Rosa. Photos by Bego Solís.
