Performance Scenario(s)

I can envision a number of different performance scenarios for this project, and hope to have an opportunity to explore at least some of them in the future. Below are a few of my ideas, as well as some approaches suggested in critique, and by colleagues:

-Original concept: Traditional concert performance, with performer on stage, wearing PMC, and speakers surrounding the audience. The sounds would be composed of three layers of breathing sounds: a completely pre-composed layer, a highly manipulated layer, created with buffers recorded in real-time during performance, and a real-time amplification/modification of breathing sounds.

-Keeping the identical musical context, it was suggested that placing the performer in a small room, opposite a loudspeaker, might highlight the element of opposition/struggle between the performer and the instrument they are trying to control with their breath. Aside from technical issues of feedback, I find this suggestion very interesting, and may pursue this either in addition to or instead of the original concept.

-I would like to explore a context in which the breath itself is actually visible, whether this is in a temperature-controlled indoor space, or outside. I'm also interested in exploring the possibility of capturing this on film and manipulating it in real-time. Currently I don't have the background to explore this direction.

The following are not specific performance scenarios, but are other directions in which I may take this project:

-While I am currently working on the project as the performer, as well as the creator, I am interested in bringing the the PMC to other performative contexts. Specifically, I would like to continue my research with dancers and possibly actors. Also, I want to do some research with musicians (vocalists and wind instrumentalists, of course, but also string instrumentalists and others).

-I'd like to consider breath in people of different ages or stages of life. I'm interested in researching breath and illness as well as breath and healing. I would like to explore the breath and the invisible breathing patterns that emerge between two people together in a room, or in a whole room full of people. Finally I would like to look at ritual communal breathing, and possibly even explore a concerto-like context with an 'orchestra' or chorus of breathers and a soloist using the PMC.