Adapted for 9x9x9 Video Auditions, September 15, 2022
Preparation:
Setup the camera and lighting. No special equipment is needed. Use what you have, and reduce background noise and activity in your environment.
Remove all makeup, jewellery, and hair accessories.
Position yourself in front of the camera such that you are visible from the shoulders up. Experiment with your eye-line to find an angle at which it appears as though you are looking directly into the lens of the camera, making eye-contact with a viewer.
You can use the URL provided for tests in advance of the audition performance.
Entry:
Use the URL provided to enter the video call.
Enter as early as you like, and take time to breathe, focus your gaze, and make yourself available.
We will enter the video call at the time we have agreed upon, and leave exactly 10 minutes later, without speaking or acknowledging you.
Encounter:
When we enter, see us without greeting us.
Look directly into the lens of the camera as if we are making eye contact.
Just stay, letting moments pass between us, listening to our silence, sharing without speaking, holding space for each other, virtually.
Observe what emerges between us, without intentional reaction or interference.
Closing:
After 10 minutes we will exit the video call.
Close your eyes and stay for a while, focussing energy back on yourself.
When you leave the call, write a few notes about your experience to share with us the next day.
