GIBBERISHY ARGUMENT

I loved this experiment! We had to get into pairs and argue about a situation without using words, only grunts, howls, moans and facial expressions and body language. I understood straight away the purpose of this task and linked it back to the first week where my group performed a piece of non-verbal theatre regarding Sarah Kane’s poem. It was to display to the audience how emotions and messages could be portrayed without the use of language. Too many people rely on words in this century, especially for theatrical use, and it’s nice to see that it really isn’t imperative. It was interesting to see how people constructed their arguments and how the emotion was portrayed. At first I began to feel silly doing it but once you get past that it’s amazing to see how much fun you can have grunting about a pair of missing socks.

We then developed this exercise further by doing the exercise again but using just one word to express our anger and views within the argument. It was so interesting and amusing alone to see what words people chose; some went for the most obvious like words you are most likely to use in arguments (questions, swear words, insults ect) whilst others chose to go with colours or body parts. This really helped us explore different emotions and how one word can have a thousand meanings if you wish it to.