Play 1: investigating fabric and body relationship on stage

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The purpose of this thesis is to suggest a reading of Play 1, which is an outcome of many works created throughout 3 years period of time. The text grounds itself on two major subjects that are fabric and body relationship and Performative Acting and Staging Method. The first part of the study states the development and transformation process of personal practice beginning with the studio practice mainly exercised on fabric related experiments and the performances followed. The second part includes the crucial elements of methodology used for Play 1, which is Performative Staging and Acting Method. The third section of the text explains the relationships of the artists with fabric and their attitude towards fabric and body relationship through their works and statements. Lastly, Play 1 is described and defined in detail as a play taking the fabric body relationship as a base and by using a specific method stated above, disassociating the pre-determined meanings attached to fabric around human body.