Initial Ideas

After being informed of our stimulus "Connect/Disconnect", my group and I began to discuss this topic and try to figure out ideas from these two words which we could eventually mould into scenes for our work.

There were a few key themes which we kept finding ourselves coming back to.


Technology.  We found ourselves talking a lot about the digital age and how people in our generation could find themselves lost inside their technological lives; yet, at the same time, have forged a system in which they can connect with people freely.  Such sites as Facebook and Twitter take away the personal aspect of human connection and replace it with a digital bond between people; where they can now talk with anybody they know within seconds; yet we are losing the face-to-face communication between people which we had before.  It's a bit sad.  We find that every day our lives are being lived online more and more, and there is no foreseeable end of it in sight.  It could/has cause(d) problems such as people having a lack of social skills in the future because without physical interaction, people can be left unknowing how to respond or communicate with actual human beings, and not AI screens.  The internet is making our generation lazy and unresponsive.

Reality.  What actually is reality?  It's hard to actually perceive what reality is and it's tough to put a finger on whether anything is real.  There are many examples; from ideas as simple as 'how can we be sure that the emotions we feel are real and if they are, are they worth it?' to confusing Matrix-eske speculation on whether the reality we see is actually a fake projection implanted in our memory.  It is very difficult to actually understand why we are on earth or what our purpose is; and many people spend their whole lives unknowing of what they were put here to achieve.

Escapism.  In the world we live in, it is clear that in fight-or-flight situations, people are much more willing to accept the latter nowadays.  In any given situation, whether it be work issues, family issues or anything, people would rather avoid or escape from it than tackle it head on.  People find solace to escape in such everyday things as music or sport/hobbies and tend to resort to using them rather than face their issues.