Taking Off and Landing

This work explores the in-between space, the moment between taking off and landing during the act of jumping on a mound of bubble wrap. It is basically the sound of mini explosions caused by violent action, using energy to create movement. Whilst the action is seemingly random and futile, performing the action on a stage of a large music venue (Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent) both aggrandizes and gives authority to the performance but, at the same time, reduces it to the minute emphasizing the place of body in society. There is often a delay between the landing on a bubble and its popping, this creates an ambiguity that belies the action, which jump causes the popping? Which action, the landing or the taking off (which releases the air within), causes the sound? The sound of the piece is echoed due to the large empty space.