The Human Faustus Project

2006-04-13T20:20:00.000-04:00

Here's specifically what I need and from whom they are needed. These are the people who have sent me or have posted only half of an assignment:

Joel: Dearest Transmundane image
Kyle Jean: Image to inspire your poem
Kyle: Image for OncoChrist?
James R: Image to inspire What We Are You, New generation, Old Generation poem
Permission to use this: "We were told to think of a Chimera (an entity mixed between multiple different species) that spawned from the picture we chose."

Magaret: Your three posters didn't open on my computer, so can I get them on a CD?
TCo: A CD (or 20) of all of the VBC pictures you've got
Dustin: Your baby rap and the picture
Zack: Your original Wagner drafts- back when he was male
Elliott: Your very first Guisewhite scene- back when he was male, too

If you're not on this list, STILL send me whatever you have. Here are the categories, if you have anything that could help out, ticket stubs, playbills from Chicago, or ANYthing you don't mind DONATING (as in not getting back), please please please send it to me or give me a card copy in class.

Chicago- Written critiques of any of the shows, notes from the museum, ticket stubs from shows... BE CREATIVE, people!
Chimeras- I need pictures, your "I wants", monologues
Characters- Your analysis of the characters you created
Monologues and scenes- All the work you did before we knew of what our show was going to consist
Poetry inspired by art- I'm pretty good on this- but if you haven't contributed anything and this is all you happen to be able to access, I'll take it
Scripts and Revisions- Written blogs or whatever about how you feel new drafts are coming along, hard copies of early scripts with your notes on them...
Posters- Not much room for creativity here, just the posters you ALL made when we were brainstorming our advertisement for the show
Logos- Any of the original logos you all toyed with...

Okay?? Is EVERYone clear?? Kate's not combing through blogs any more. Gimme yo' stuff!

THANKS!

2006-04-10T14:48:00.000-04:00

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!

I need EVERYBODY to send me ALL of the monologues and scenes that you wrote during those first few weeks. (This means, no scenes which were added after the first reading of the script.) I especially want the scenes and monologues which now seem completely irrelevent to our show. If artwork inspired the scenes or monologues please send me those images, too. (I don't need your poems or chimera work!)

If you know you don't update your blog very often then I can tell you right now I don't have very much of your work for the displays that will be set up in the Cabaret space so it's especially important for you to send me this stuff.

THANKS, GUYS!

emailto: hepburn1_2_b@yahoo.com

2006-03-22T10:11:00.000-05:00

The front of the shirt will say the human faustus project in the mixed text that t-co used for the website. Then the back will have all our names listed underneath whatever quote we all decide on.

Respond to the following T-shirt lines for on the back of the shirt. Either rank the five or just tell me your favorite.

1.) Life, it seems, is the greatest magic trick of all.

2.) Negotiate the grey areas.

3.) Let's begin.

4.)All people need is everything they want to be disappointed forever.

5.) Your sacrifice will save us all.

Cheers all and see you tonight!

2006-03-21T01:46:00.000-05:00

Just a quick question: Who is in charge of the Mephisto commercial with Forsythe? Is it still Dustin and James Roberts? Anyone know?

2006-02-22T01:19:00.000-05:00

Question/ survey for all. Kate and I reached a bit of a stalemate over what sort of picture we wanted to use for the singular eye. It's the one for "looking closer won't help." So here's quite a few to choose from and let us know via comment which you like best. Thanks!

2006-02-16T11:58:00.000-05:00

Interesting article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/opinion/16gazzaniga.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

I will also e-mail the link.

2006-02-14T10:47:00.000-05:00

I thought you all had to see this... and laugh!!!

2006-02-07T16:16:00.000-05:00

Cord Blood Registry, The Name to Trust in Cord Blood Banking

Just thought I would share this site with you all. One of my roommates was watching the Discovery Health channel and a commercial for this company came on. I was immediately reminded of stem cell research and saving things for you or your children for future use.

2006-02-07T13:42:00.000-05:00

Bible text messages article: http://www.biblenetworknews.com/europe_middleeast/092002_england.html

2006-02-07T11:37:00.000-05:00

Sorry one more thing!
Way cool Newsweek article about DNA testing and Genetic tracking of family history. The Feb. 6th week issue is all about DNA family testing and what not.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11080815/site/newsweek/from/RSS/

2006-02-07T11:34:00.000-05:00

Here is the other site I found. It has some cool stuff.

http://www.jacquesdeshaies.com/bienvenue/index2.html

2006-02-06T23:51:00.000-05:00

Hey! I am sure that we all have your artwork, but I stumbled upon this site and it has some interesting images. :-)

http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/categories/index/culture/art.php

2006-02-06T17:20:00.000-05:00

I found a site that kind of got to me. It's very slanted and yet it's presented in what appears to be a matter-of-fact almost news site.
http://www.impactpress.com/articles/augsep00/genetic8900.html

2006-02-03T00:42:00.000-05:00

So, I was searching for a more firm grasp of non-realism and what that would mean and I found this site. muse.jhu.edu/demo/theatre_topics/v013/13.1haring-smith.html

2006-02-01T22:54:00.000-05:00

Hey All!

So, Margaret and I were talking through our scenes tonight and we sort of ran into a dilemma. Genetically engineered is too long to type and say over and over again. It really gets some what boring and well, it just is bland. So, we were hoping that all you creative theatre types could help us come up with a new term that describes those that have been genetically engineered. And cyborg doesn't count. We have that one. :-) Words and other phrases would be great just to add in other slang that would fit into the world of the play. :-) See you all tomorrow!!

2006-01-30T17:01:00.000-05:00

An idea hit me today and I want to know what people think:

We talked the first week about what progress is and whether or not we can call technological change 'progress.' Here's the thought that hit me: what if 'progress' is the combination of consonant and vowel sounds we use to express increasing clarity? Granted, what we deem progress today brings up all sorts of new questions, but think of the clarity with which we can view those questions because of our progress thus far.

What do you think?

2006-01-24T16:08:00.000-05:00

I think the ideas proposed today in the discussion were of a very high caliber. Working as collaborators can be difficult. If you have ever directed, you know the feeling. Oftentimes, rejection feels like someone is trying to stamp on your child, who has suddenly been shunned by the world. It is not a pleasant thing to feel, but I'm sure everyone will experience it at some point during the process. Unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast. Even when you write alone, editing is often necessarily and can be brutal, especially if it is done by an outside source.

In relation to this notion of collaborative art, I was recently reading an article in The New Yorker about the gestation of a new opera by the artists Peter Sellars (not Clouseau!) and John Adams (not the ex-President!). The opera is relevant to what we are doing because it too is about science. Dr. Atomic takes as its subject J. Robert Oppenheimer and the detonation of the atom bomb at Los Alamos. Primarily, the opera is about the effects this experiment would have on the members involved, but it also hints at the impact it would have on the whole world. It was only after the bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that Oppenheimer understood the true implications of his findings and tried to take action to stop them. It is a sad story; Oppenheimer's security clearance was eventually revoked, and he was forced out of the prestigious position he had held in the scientific community. Of course, Oppenheimer was not the only person involved in the Manhattan Project, but we often associate his image with it. Sellars and Adams may not have been studying the Human Genome project, but they, much like us, were crafting a piece of theatre based around science. The article does not only shed light on this new project; it also documents the working relationship between Sellars and Adams. It is very interesting to read because the men are so different in their methods. They, however, were able to get along and craft a piece of art that hopefully would resound with its prospective audience. We, as members of this project, have the same responsibility to each other, as Sellars and Adams did, as we explore the issues of our topic and try to craft our own theatrical work. As I was saying yesterday, each of us has a responsibility, both for the research being done and its potential effects and for the art we create because of it. If we cannot respect each other in this rich environment, how can humanity even have a chance of working out its differences (which is a dream, but hard to see as a reality)? I expect great things from us all.

And now, Elliott steps down off his liberal soapbox, picks up his Dr. Pepper, and calls the police.

2006-01-24T01:53:00.000-05:00

If anyone is interested in reading a very interesting paper on cloning and the ethics involved, here is a link.

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v3n2/pdf/FERRE.PDF

I came across this when we were supposed to research the Human Genome Project, and I got wildly side-tracked. I thought it was extremely interesting, so I thought it would be worth sharing.

2006-01-20T22:41:00.000-05:00

I found this website online and I'm only sharing because we talked about the health care system today during the debates. It's a site that is having a contest about ideas from everyday citizens about how to fix part of the economy and encourage job growth. Anyway, one of the ideas is a solution to the health care system. The other ideas are interesting as well. Also, the idea that a contest like this can stir public debate and possibly effect change is something I had never thought of. I'm not sure how effective it is but anyway, here's the site: www2.sinceslicedbread.com

2006-01-19T20:20:00.000-05:00

This particular blog will serve as a discussion board for all of us. I will be doing much more with this after I figure out the program. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, everything that I've used so far is reversible.