tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660836203401990673.post4657489248248843378..comments2024-02-29T04:21:37.886-05:00Comments on Deconstructed City: Dance Like Everyone is WatchingJake Tobin Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13874289566119761965noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660836203401990673.post-30015274831207511912011-03-15T00:10:40.379-04:002011-03-15T00:10:40.379-04:00I LOVE this. So great.I LOVE this. So great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626684287222826900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660836203401990673.post-66488072565873100722011-03-09T14:28:05.864-05:002011-03-09T14:28:05.864-05:00What I find particularly interesting is the presen...What I find particularly interesting is the presence/viewpoint of the camera. It seems that with the presence of a camera person (who any unsuspecting 'audience' member views along side the dancer) it automatically sends out the message that this dancer is a part of 'something'. That 'something' being of course a film/video shoot. The viewer (consciously or unconsciously) may give permission to Phil to do what he does because of this. <br /><br />Does this mean that they are attempting to not 'interrupt' the film shoot process by their (lack of) response? Does this mean that they do not feel 'threatened' by him because they understand his intention? Or because they understand his physical vocabulary as something that is known as 'dancing'? What would happen if the camera (wo)man was not present? What would happen if the movements he did were not easily recognized as 'dance'? How would others feel about Phil? How would Phil feel? <br /><br />The public cannot hear the music that Phil hears (that he and we as youtube viewers hear) to put his movements into context but they still understand what he is doing. <br /><br />They also perform along side him. They perform the roles which the social codes of these particular places have become embedded with. They are masterful actors supporting him by pretending to look or not look, pretending to be busy, moving in the paths they have learned to move in, at the pace which is appropriate, pretending to be shocked, angry, annoyed or amused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com