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phase 2

DEVISING AND EXPLORING –
BODIES IN THE SOCIAL SPACE

The devising activities served
several purposes. Firstly, ideas
which were brought up during
the chit-chat sessions could be
explored. Secondly, memories
which might not have been easily
verbalised could be expressed
through actions. Thirdly, we could
?nd out how different memories
can be presented as an aesthetic
whole at the end of the project.

many stories of group gatherings
and dating experiences. A picture
of a family in the 1950s made one
male participant recall a walk with
a lady friend along a street market
after a visit to her family. He
recalled vividly their silent
awkwardness, the distance they
kept while walking and the supper
that he brought for her family
after the walk.

Sensorial activities such as the
use of pictures, songs and physical
objects were used to assist in the
devising process.

In Our Show, some seniors brought
toys that they made themselves, like
a skipping rope made of rubber
bands and ?ve stones. Some
played with the students and some
chatted about how they played
them in the past. The seniors also
re-enacted scenes of catching
birds, ?sh and rats. They told of
how they caught cockroaches for

In Letters to Aunty Worry, pictures
of Changi Beach, MacRitchie
Reservoir, Haw Par Villa, Queen
Elizabeth Walk, for example,
enabled the participants to share