Monday, November 17, 2014

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” ― Cathy Guisewite


My title kind of relates to how I feel about this uncanny theatre. It can be the blossom of something great just like life handing you lemons however when something turns terribly wrong it can be the lemon juice squirting in your eye.
With the incredibly creepy things with how theatre is able to create the unimaginable is mind blowing. Especially the lesson where Dr. Fletcher showed us those videos about the robots. I went a researched a little bit more about the increasing technology for robots and found some interesting things. The man who created the segway also was the creator of the first animatronic prosthetic arm. This increase of knowledge to be able to create useful tools for those who truly need it. It was really cool to see these arms and legs that are controlled by technology that can detect signals from the brain to move muscles and fingers and toes. However this technology can get out of hand when actual robots are created and how a human being cannot detect the differences between if that robot is human. This theory is also scary because it's like technology is taking over the world! Surrogates  is a movie from 2009 that shows a glimpse into a very creepy future. It's practically uncanny to even think of something like this.
In performance terms it's like I first said the uncanny theatre can bring amazing unthinkable things to reality. Or at least a form of imitated reality because we are unsure if these things that are thought up can be made to be true. Like the animation movies are a drawn picture from our imagination. Performing this type of theatre is difficult but an experience.
This experience is incredibly valuable for us to experiment and continue to grow in our knowledge to see how these uncanny ideas can help towards the future. Just like the animatronic prosthetics  they can help us have the abilities to make dreams come true.

1 comment:

  1. It is really neat how you tied the uncanny with the potential of the vast imagination we can create. I have always been blown away with how animators are able to convey such strong feelings, emotions and movements with simply a pencil and paper, now a click away.

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