BECOMING A ROSE: A NEW BLOOM

VIRTUAL THEATER
Written By Guido Luciani

Becoming a Rose - Original Production - Secret, Sacred, Private Photoshoots scene - Guido Luciani Photography © 2021

A series of short virtual theater pieces inspired by Becoming a Rose: An Artist’s Survival Guide According to Jean Genet.

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT

Becoming a Rose: An Artist’s Survival Guide According to Jean Genet, was originally devised as a long-format virtual theater production and streamed live at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2021. Right after the original production, I thought about re-structuring the play and making the three acts in the play as separate shorter performances. Now, I’m proposing a complete new structure - a series of short scenes performed either live or pre-recorded videos - and, a re-devised, evolved concept reflecting my current stand as an artist.

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PROJECT DEVISING NOTES

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Thinking about the whole “gods and monsters” concept and how this might have been shaped by my catholic upbringing. In the original play (Becoming a Rose), a reference to “Incubus” was made in the “Dreams and Fantasies” scenes and, although the concept of how these - dreams and fantasies - are part of the “illusory world of theater”, I would like to explore further into how these “characters” are just “masks” that allow us to free ourselves in the theater.

Becoming a Rose was without a doubt an intimate and honest exposé of my personal and creative worlds. Every day since this virtual theater piece was streamed live a little over two years ago, I keep going back creatively or emotionally to a scene from the play. Revisiting this crucial moment in my personal and creative journey seems not only inevitable but also necessary.

 

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Guido Luciani

Sensory-Somatic Artist

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