Forum Theatre is a form of theatre where there are no spectators. The audience is invited to intervene in performances to stop or change a certain scene. The forum theater group I am working with is concentrating mainly on the issues surrounding all kinds of gender oppression.
For their performances I created a series of masks along with some belts and headbands. The masks I made were basically wire, fabric and embroidery thread. They were masks meant for only one half of the face. The concept I based these masks on was that, each situation we face in life never has only one side to it. Even our reaction to everything can be mixed. There is always a positive and a negative. We have our subconscience. Our alter ego. These masks can be used to depict the duality of the situation the character is a part of. |