O pequeno canteiro das personagens espontâneas ou improviso de papel

Abstract

The small garden bed of spontaneous characters — or paper improvisation, is a composition of characters drawn and written by me, also documented in videos and read aloud readings accessible through the links provided throughout the dissertation. My working process was inspired by a single explicit reference: the autobiographical manual Impro, by Keith Johnstone, the prominent stage director and teacher of theatrical improvisation. What Johnstone proposes for actors on stage, through his practical inspiration, I sought to apply, in an experimental manner, to the characters by ink on the sheet of paper. An improvised character, which attempts to respect some of the basic tenets of the improvisation, like the spontaneity, the free association, and the consequent relaxation of the rational tension that blocks the grace of unconsciousness. I conclude the work with an account on the process of the small garden bed, which is also a reverie on the weight of writing — immense burden of my present —, to which Keith Johnstone's improvisation, I have found in practice, can work as a powerful elixir.