7/ Final, stage 2, July 2024-Sep 2024
The Ocean Station,
combined the themes of the original Kitchen and Ocean Stations, drawing a clear connection between overconsumption and the pollution of the seas. It highlighted how the plastic and waste generated in kitchens ultimately find their way into the ocean, affecting marine ecosystems. The station emphasised the harmful impact on marine life, subtly addressing the dangers faced by creatures due to plastic pollution. Additionally, it referenced the textile industry’s role in polluting oceans, showing how everything from discarded food packaging to microfibres ends up in the waters.
However, beneath the cold facts of pollution lay a deeper, more emotional layer: a sense of sostalgia. This term captures a longing for a world untouched by human excess—a sorrow for the lost purity of oceans that were once symbols of tranquillity and natural harmony. The station’s portrayal of the ocean as a landscape of destruction evoked a haunting reminder of the irreversible changes brought about by human consumption. It wasn’t just the physical degradation of the waters but also the loss of an idyllic relationship humans once had with nature and with the humans themselves. The ocean, now overwhelmed with debris, became a symbol of what has been forsaken in our pursuit of progress, leaving behind a mournful, fragmented echo of a once-pristine world.
Scripts
DAY 2:
H: Hi, I’m helene how are you?
A: Hi,I’m Achuta.Im good.Thank you How are you?
H: good aswell, Nice to meet you achuta, I think I have seen you before, do you come often ?
A: Nice to meet you too.Yes ,I do.This is my favorite place!
H: I’m kind of new, so I don’t really come often
A: Oh no worries.I can show you around.
H: do you want something to drink?
A:No,Thank you
H: And to eat ?
A: oh yeah.yeah.Sure! ……….Hmmm…..delicious…
H: thank you, this is a very old family recipe
A:oh! Hmmmmm…
thats lovely
H: look I had a robe, do you want to play with me ?
A:Yeah sure.That sounds fun!
H&A: laughs and END
DAY 3
H: Hi achuta! What are you doing?
A:Hey hi ,Come join me .I’m building a castle.It might look weird but that’s my thing.
H: I will love to help you, do you usually do them?
A:Yeah,I love building them
H: btw I brought another game and food for us to enjoy, what do you want first?
A: hmmmm…..play ?
H: I have some fruits and scrips, and the new game is frisbee
A: oh I never played frisbee.Hwz that?
Play….
Wow..lovely
H: look and when you feel more confortable you can start doing tricks, like this ….. or like this … or like thi……..s OMG!! I’m sorry achuta
A:Oh no!!! You don’t know what this means to me ..
H: but wait
A: No sorry,I need some space ….
Wow Helene!!
H: do you really like it ?
A : wow!! You are a natural!..Thats fantastic.Thank you so much
The bathroom station,
Yuki and Yvonne adopt a more abstract approach by merging elements from the piano and bathroom stations developed during the interim presentation. Their goal is to deconstruct the activities further and blur the lines between human and plant life. They focus on conveying messages about power dynamics and spatial encroachment, choreographing a scene that reflects their vision without relying on traditional role-playing.
The exploration centers on two key activities: bathing and plant growth, with plastic reinterpreted as a resource. Throughout the performance, Yuki and Yvonne embody various roles. Yuki transforms into a plant growing within the bathtub, representing a human relic, then shifts into water vapor in the bathroom. She later becomes a showerhead, symbolizing control over water users, and ultimately represents a person using plastic in the ocean station.
In the resolution section, the performance depicts the lifecycle of plastic usage, emphasizing its aesthetic qualities and the loss associated with humanity’s inability to appreciate its beauty. This journey invites the audience to reconsider their relationship with plastic, encouraging them to see the value in what is often regarded as waste.
yuki 