This is intended to provide a space to share research and texts related to the workshop performance project by CTP2 students directed by Neil Mackenzie.
pictures of synapse http://www.georgiapainphysicians.com/downloads/m1_slides/6.%20Synapse.jpg http://tatfoundation.org/synapse2.jpg http://shp.by.ru/spravka/neurosci/synapse.gif got quite alot of information on how the brain looks and stuff like that which ill try and post up asa document but im not sure ill be able to do that so it may just get thrown up as a blog post but if anyone wants the document ill email it you
heres the information on the brain excuss some of the spelling
The humn brain weighs around 3 poinds in kilos that’s 1.4 kg It had around 100 billion cells in it
The brain is that complex that if we take an example of something complex that humans mad, such as the telephone systems. Thres over four billon people on the planet and most of them have a phone, so yor lookingat four billion phones with several billion or proberbly trillion wires sending messages all over the world in a day. And that still wont match up to the complexity that is the human brain.
Now let's take a "small problem"--break every phone in Michigan and cut every wire in the state. How long would it take for the entire state (about 15 million people) to get phone service back? A week, a month, or several years? If you guessed several years, you are now beginning to see the complexity of recovering from a head injury. In the example I used, Michigan residents would be without phone service while the rest of the world had phone service that worked fine. This is also true with people who have a head injury. Some parts of the brain will work fine while others are in need of repair or are slowly being reconnected.
The brain is made up of 100 billion cells, and the majority of these cells are called neurons. A neuron is a bog standard cell that has a couple of adaptations such as long finger like objects called dendrites, which connect to other neurons and then a really really long dendrite that iscalled an Axon. The axon has a a part at the end of it that shoots chemicals across a ap in the brain called a synapse, when the chemicals (which are called neuro transmitters) are across the synapse they stir the other neuron into life and the cycle begins agen.
The brain works by electro chemicals this means that there is a small electrical charge that then sends out a chemical which floods across the synapse. The electrical charge has been measured to the equivlent of a 60 watt bulb.
TWO BRAINS The brain is dived in half a right side and a left side, most people know that the left side of the brain controls the right side of your body and like wise for the left side of the brain and the right side of the body. But the sides of the brain do much more then that.
Right he right hemisphere deals more with visual activities and plays a role in putting things together. For example, it takes visual information, puts it together, and says "I recognize that--that's a chair," or "that's a car" or "that's a house." It then also organsise information into groups
Left The left hemisphere tends to be the more analytical part; it analyzes information collected by the right. It takes information from the right hemisphere and applies language to it. The right hemisphere "sees" a house, but the left hemisphere says, "Oh yeah, I know whose house that is--it's Uncle Bob's house."
If the rightside of the brain gets injured in anyway then the person can not put information together, for example if a man injured the back right side of the brain (the back of the brain deals with all visual information) this person wouldn’t be able to see out of his left eye but only because it’s the right side of the brain that processors all the information, and without the prossesing then no meaning can be applied to it by the left side, now that doesn’t mean that they cant totally see they can still see its just he right side of the brain doesn’t regester the information coming in from the left eye.
And if the left side of the brain gets damaged the people tend to be more depressed, because they know tha somethings wrong due to the rightside of the brain processing the information but they cant articulate what they know into words as the left side of the brain deals with all the language skills that we use and need. They would also have poorer organisational skills.
can you (guess what I am going to say) reconfigure this information as an answer to the question - what is happening now, either for my brain (in the audience) or yours (as a performer)?
These are my speeches, i tried to keep in the question "what is happening know?"
I Am I am standing within the performance space and my mind is only focused on the dim stage lights glaring up the darkness. I am taking a journey within my mind of what is going to take place in the next 30 minutes. I am relaxed, I am calm, and I am breathing steadily. I begin to walk across, into the space. My tread is soft, silent and intended. I am telling a story through my body, I am a performer and I am showing our achievement through movement.
They Are They are waiting patiently and quietly. They are awaiting orders. They are questioning why, what, when. They have no idea, no knowledge of what they are about to experience or what there eyes are about to witness. They are reading, they are staring, they are watching, they are learning. They are moving in the darkness showing one and other the story on which we tell. They are nervous, their fists clenching, they prepare to embrace the unexpectable, they are unknowing but yet they enjoy.
We Are We are beginning to bond, hands touching skin. We are telling a story together using our bodies to move around the darkened performance space. We are becoming one with the darkness. We are teaching each other the ways in which we move. We are giving energy yet we are receiving energy, we are creating a piece on each others expectancies to lead follow. We are not alone, we are moving as a whole and breathing as one.
What is happening now: The heliosphere; which is a magnetic field surrounding our universe, is shrinking due to lack of solar rays that act like helium in a balloon, also last year a energy field on the outside of our universe was found penetrating the heliosphere letting cosmic rays through to attack the planets within.The energy field; which is in the shape of a ribbon with a not in, changed dramtically within a year, the not that was identified originally has un-tied releasing a wider spread of energy over the the heliosphere bubble that protects us.
What is Happening Now: scientist are examining a planet named gliese 581g. It orbits around a star but has exactly the same habitable conditions as Earth. Scientist reckon that one day, if not already life could exist on the planet.
What is Happening Now: An instrument on board the International Space Station has discovered an X-ray nova. Astronomers say the outburst is likely to be from a binary system with a black hole. X-ray novas appear suddenly in the sky and dramatically increases in strength over a period of a few days and then decreases, with an overall lifetime of a few months. Sometimes, these elusive novas have an optical counterpart. Unlike a conventional nova, in which the compact component is a white dwarf, an X-ray nova may be caused by material falling onto a neutron star or a black hole.
Hey guys, the pictures of the miners' faces wouldnt copy into the blog but they came from the BBC website so anyone can see them on there, as im sure most of you have done anyway, but if we need them for lessons they can easily be printed, I hope this benefits us in many ways :D x
Grupo 105 Raul Bustos - Leader Age: 40 Job: Hydraulics engineer Left Talcahuano after earthquake to work in mine. Has been given job of setting up water supply system. He told his mother he was hungry and wanted to eat her seafood empanadas.
Daniel Herrera Age: 27 Job: Lorry driver Has role of paramedic's assistant. In a recent letter to relatives he says the miners are unhappy with the psychologist in the rescue team, La Tercera reports: "Don't ask me any more about how I am feeling, because in the letter that I read... it felt like you were advising me via this 'doc'."
Florencio Avalos Age: 31 Job: Driver Member of Grupo 105. He has been filming videos to be sent up to the rescuers and relatives on the surface. Brother of Renan Anselmo Avalos Silva who is also trapped in the mine.
Jorge Galleguillos Age: 56 Job: Miner On medication for hypertension and said in one video he had been feeling unwell.
Jose Henriquez Age: 54 Job: Drill Master Member of Grupo 105. He is an evangelical preacher and has the role of keeping spirits up. He has worked in mines for 33 years.
Juan Illanes Age: 51 Job: Miner Member of Grupo 105. Former corporal in Beagle border conflict between Chile and Argentina. Celebrated his 54th birthday in the mine.
Juan Aguilar Age: 49 Job: Supervisor Member of Grupo 105. From mining town of Los Lagos. His wife says he was in good spirits when she spoke to him.
Luis Urzua Age: 54 Job: Leader of shift - topographer Known as Don Lucho among miners on his shift. Has been drawing up plans of the area of the mine where they are trapped.
Mario Sepulveda Age: 39 Job: Electrical specialist Member of Grupo 105. He has become a familiar spokesman on the videos from the miners. "Thank you so much to the government. Thank you so much to the business leaders and to all those who have been working their tails off for us," he said.
Osman Araya Age: 30 Job: Miner One of palomeros for Grupo 105. In one message, he said: "I'm sending my greetings to Angelica. I love you so much, darling. Tell my mother, I love you guys so much. I'll never leave you, I will fight to the end to be with you."
Renan Avalos Age: 29 Job: Miner One of palomeros for Grupo 105. Four months ago decided to come to work in the San Jose mine with his brother Florencio Avalos Silva - who is also trapped.
Richard Villarroel Age: 23 Job: Mechanic Has worked in San Jose mine for two years.
Grupo Rampa Carlos Barrios - Leader Job: 27 Job: Miner Shift leader of Grupo Rampa. His mother Gricelda Godoy told La Tercera newspaper her son had said he did not want any more to do with the psychologist who has been working with the miners. She said the psychologist seems to have been putting pressure on the men.
Alex Vega Salazar Age: 31 Job: Heavy machinery mechanic His wife Jessica Salgado spoke to him on 4 September: "He is worried about some of his debts. But I have told him not to worry, that I have already cancelled them. You can see his face has changed, that he's better. I told him that I love him," El Pais reported her as saying.
Claudio Acuna Age: 56 Job: Miner One of the palomeros for Grupo Rampa. He celebrated his 56th birthday in the mine on 9 September. His wife hopes to send him a signed t-shirt from his favourite football team Colo Colo for his birthday.
Claudio Yanez Age: 34 Job: Drill operator His long term partner, Cristina Nunez, proposed to him in a letter sent down to the miners. He says they'll get married as soon as he is out. The couple have two daughters. After seeing a video of her fiance, Ms Nunez said: "They're much better. They're cracking jokes, they have their own things, and they're good."
Jimmy Sanchez Age: 19 Job: Miner Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of checking the temperature and humidity in the mine. He is the youngest of the 33 miners and has only worked as a miner for five months.
Jose Ojeda Age: 46 Job: Master driller On medication for diabetes. Asked niece for 10 t-shirts with Grupo Rampa printed on - corresponding to which part of mine he is in.
Samuel Avalos Age: 43 Job: Miner Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of checking air quality in the area where the miners are living. He has worked in the mine for five months.
Victor Segovia Age: 48 Job: Electrician Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of giving daily report on situation in mine. In letter to family said: "This hell is killing me. I try to be strong but when I sleep suddenly I dream we are in an oven and when I wake I find myself in this eternal darkness, that wears you down day by day. I will be strong for you all until the end."
Victor Zamora Age: 33 Job: Vehicle mechanic One of palomeros for Grupo Rampa. Not normally in the mine but went inside on day of accident to repair a vehicle. Came to the mine after February's earthquake destroyed his workplace in Talcahuano. He joked to his mother that he was happy in the hole because there was no-one to tell him to have a wash.
Yonni Barrios Age: 50 Job: The "Doctor" Member of Grupo Rampa. Knowledge of first aid from helping diabetic mother as a child means he has been given responsibility for monitoring health of colleagues. In his letter to his wife he said he felt like he was in hell in first days after cave-in.
Grupo Refugio Omar Reygadas - Leader Age: 56 Job: Bulldozer operator Leader of the Grupo Refugio. Has been working at the mine for years.
Ariel Ticona Age: 29 Job: Miner His wife Elizabeth Segovia gave birth to a baby girl on 14 September - 40 days into the miners' ordeal. Ariel Ticona asked his wife to name their daughter Esperanza - the Spanish for Hope. Although Mr Ticona could not be at the birth, he was able to watch a video of his daughter's arrival.
Carlos Bugueno Job: 27 Job: Miner He is one of the palomeros in his group - the miners taking it in turns to look after sending and receiving packages nicknamed "palomas" or "doves" sent via the supply pipes. He is a childhood friend of fellow trapped miner Pedro Cortez, who joined mine at same time.
Carlos Mamani Age: 23 Job: Heavy machinery operator Only Bolivian in the group, had been working in the mine only five days before accident. His father-in-law told reporters that Mr Manami had been shocked and traumatised by what had happened and would not work in a mine again.
Dario Segovia Age: 48 Job: Drill Operator Dario's sister, Maria, has been dubbed La Alcaldesa - the Mayoress - for the leading role she has taken at Camp Hope. His elderly father, Dario Snr started taking his son down the mine when he was eight. Dario Snr, was himself trapped in a mine for a week and suffered serious injuries in two mining accidents.
Edison Pena Age: 34 Job: Miner Member of the Grupo Refugio. He has openly expressed his desperation in letters and videos to his girlfriend. In one he said: "I want to be free, I want to see the sun." Among the music down sent to the miners is the complete works of Elvis Presley after a request from Mr Pena, who is a life-long fan.
Esteban Rojas Age: 44 Job: In charge of maintenance One of the palomeros for Grupo Refugio. He told his girlfriend of 25 years: "When I get out of here we'll buy you a wedding dress and get married in church."
Franklin Lobos Age: 53 Job: Driver Member of Grupo Refugio. He is a former footballer in a local league. He received one of two signed t-shirts sent to the mine by Barcelona player David Villa, whose father and grandfather were miners.
Mario Gomez Age: 63 Job: Miner Oldest of the miners. Has worked in the mines since the age of 12 and was thinking of retiring in November. He wrote the message that alerted rescuers: "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 - All 33 of us are safe in the shelter."
Pablo Rojas Age: 45 Job: Miner One of the palomeros for Grupo Refugio. He has worked in the mine for six months.
Pedro Cortez Age: 24 Job: Miner Member of Grupo Refugio. Childhood friend of fellow trapped miner Carlos Bugueno, who joined mine at same time
Whilst you as the audience sit there watching this performance on what is happening now, do you infact know what is happening now in your own body? In your own brain? No? well let me tell you, the human brain has a weight of around 3 pounds, which is 1.4 kilo in weight. Also it contains over 100 billion cells, the majority of cells are called neurons neurons pass information on to other neuorns by sending electro chemical signals down the axon and over the synaptic cleft. To another neuron starting the cycle again.
Also the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, and that it also has control over dealing with visual information and piecing it together, for example there is a chair or that is a chair. On the other hand the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, but it also deals with language skills and putting meaning to things like, this car, turns to this car is bobs.
some of your 100 billion brain cells are sending out electrical signals triggering the release of chemical transmitters which themselves are triggering other brain cells to send out electrical signals - etc
Try to keep all verbs in the continuous present - don't describe what's there, tell me what's happening.
Me and Abi wrote this 'We are regretting the freeing of the Chilean miners...' speech this week:
We are regretting the freeing of the Chilean miners as it has disabled some of our ideas of what is happening now. We cannot portray their entrapment as what is happening now because they have been freed and the now during which they were trapped has passed. Therefore, our performance has had to adjust to the present and the now for it to make sense. Things that we could do before, we are unable to do today because they are no longer happening 'now'. In order to talk about what is happening in the world now, we cannot talk about the miner's past situation, so we can't perform our piece about their suffering and entrapment because that is not happening now. The rescuers have ruined our performance about now, therefore we should not talk about it as the miners are in the past, that's enough about them, back to now.
These are the 'you are' and 'we are' sections that I wrote:
You are reading this projection and wondering why we are showing you a projection that is telling you what you are doing.
We are sharing the experience of a piece of theatre which we are each interpreting and experiencing differently to one another because we all have different personal histories and viewpoints.
Whilst you watch this piece, in your brain some of a billion brain cells are sending electrical impulses faster then the speed of sound, these cells are what cause memories to be remembered, so its thanks to these cells in your head that mean you can recall every single thing about this performance.
i am currently experiencing flashing lights on the right side of my vision. i can only describe is as pulsating blury lights, getting slightly larger now. Taking up nearly all of my right side vision. Now, a slow, painful thud echos above my left eye. At this moment, the blood vessels and nerve surrounding my brain stem are swelling, and the chemicals in my brain are imbalanced. im feeling faint and fragile. My stomach contracts, as i try to keep the violent vomiting happening.
Kellys and Seans speech on "The Philosophy of Now and Time", enjoy...
Right now, what's happening right now? This is a question that could last a lifetime, time, how do you measure “now” in time? When now is happening right now, now is present, the present is a time that is associated with the events perceived directly, not as a recollection or speculation. It is often represented as space time, and to no surprise it’s often called now. Now is now in the past, and the past has gone, so no longer in the present moment, moment of time how long is a moment a second? this suggests that now is not now at all but a present time, but how long does time last for now has gone, time has passed, are we still in the present? Time in context of the present is a bit difficult to localize. Where is "now"? What time is "now"? What is the essence of "now"? What makes now, well now "Here" and "is" are fleeting "momentless moments" that are shorter than moments. Qualities of long or short or fast or slow do not apply. One cannot categorize "now". The "now" has no perceptions, for the now, is happening. The present is objective as one cannot bring a perspective to it, until the moment has past…. Now is a fluctuation within the moment. Now is objective. There cannot be "have been" (past reflection) and "or will be" (future speculation) conditions placed upon "now", or simply put; "now" is then not "now". These are all before or after the fact. Perhaps "now" is "timeless time", in that it has potential for everything, but in itself is nothing; void of all. "Now" is. When more is brought to it, it is no longer is, it is something else. Yet it cannot exist, without having past…
pictures of synapse
ReplyDeletehttp://www.georgiapainphysicians.com/downloads/m1_slides/6.%20Synapse.jpg
http://tatfoundation.org/synapse2.jpg
http://shp.by.ru/spravka/neurosci/synapse.gif
got quite alot of information on how the brain looks and stuff like that which ill try and post up asa document but im not sure ill be able to do that so it may just get thrown up as a blog post but if anyone wants the document ill email it you
heres the information on the brain excuss some of the spelling
ReplyDeleteThe humn brain weighs around 3 poinds in kilos that’s 1.4 kg
It had around 100 billion cells in it
The brain is that complex that if we take an example of something complex that humans mad, such as the telephone systems. Thres over four billon people on the planet and most of them have a phone, so yor lookingat four billion phones with several billion or proberbly trillion wires sending messages all over the world in a day. And that still wont match up to the complexity that is the human brain.
Now let's take a "small problem"--break every phone in Michigan and cut every wire in the state. How long would it take for the entire state (about 15 million people) to get phone service back? A week, a month, or several years? If you guessed several years, you are now beginning to see the complexity of recovering from a head injury. In the example I used, Michigan residents would be without phone service while the rest of the world had phone service that worked fine. This is also true with people who have a head injury. Some parts of the brain will work fine while others are in need of repair or are slowly being reconnected.
The brain is made up of 100 billion cells, and the majority of these cells are called neurons. A neuron is a bog standard cell that has a couple of adaptations such as long finger like objects called dendrites, which connect to other neurons and then a really really long dendrite that iscalled an Axon. The axon has a a part at the end of it that shoots chemicals across a ap in the brain called a synapse, when the chemicals (which are called neuro transmitters) are across the synapse they stir the other neuron into life and the cycle begins agen.
The brain works by electro chemicals this means that there is a small electrical charge that then sends out a chemical which floods across the synapse. The electrical charge has been measured to the equivlent of a 60 watt bulb.
TWO BRAINS
The brain is dived in half a right side and a left side, most people know that the left side of the brain controls the right side of your body and like wise for the left side of the brain and the right side of the body. But the sides of the brain do much more then that.
Right
he right hemisphere deals more with visual activities and plays a role in putting things together. For example, it takes visual information, puts it together, and says "I recognize that--that's a chair," or "that's a car" or "that's a house." It then also organsise information into groups
Left
The left hemisphere tends to be the more analytical part; it analyzes information collected by the right. It takes information from the right hemisphere and applies language to it. The right hemisphere "sees" a house, but the left hemisphere says, "Oh yeah, I know whose house that is--it's Uncle Bob's house."
If the rightside of the brain gets injured in anyway then the person can not put information together, for example if a man injured the back right side of the brain (the back of the brain deals with all visual information) this person wouldn’t be able to see out of his left eye but only because it’s the right side of the brain that processors all the information, and without the prossesing then no meaning can be applied to it by the left side, now that doesn’t mean that they cant totally see they can still see its just he right side of the brain doesn’t regester the information coming in from the left eye.
And if the left side of the brain gets damaged the people tend to be more depressed, because they know tha somethings wrong due to the rightside of the brain processing the information but they cant articulate what they know into words as the left side of the brain deals with all the language skills that we use and need. They would also have poorer organisational skills.
Great Ben!
ReplyDeletecan you (guess what I am going to say) reconfigure this information as an answer to the question - what is happening now, either for my brain (in the audience) or yours (as a performer)?
These are my speeches, i tried to keep in the question "what is happening know?"
ReplyDeleteI Am
I am standing within the performance space and my mind is only focused on the dim stage lights glaring up the darkness. I am taking a journey within my mind of what is going to take place in the next 30 minutes. I am relaxed, I am calm, and I am breathing steadily. I begin to walk across, into the space. My tread is soft, silent and intended. I am telling a story through my body, I am a performer and I am showing our achievement through movement.
They Are
They are waiting patiently and quietly. They are awaiting orders. They are questioning why, what, when. They have no idea, no knowledge of what they are about to experience or what there eyes are about to witness. They are reading, they are staring, they are watching, they are learning. They are moving in the darkness showing one and other the story on which we tell. They are nervous, their fists clenching, they prepare to embrace the unexpectable, they are unknowing but yet they enjoy.
We Are
We are beginning to bond, hands touching skin. We are telling a story together using our bodies to move around the darkened performance space. We are becoming one with the darkness. We are teaching each other the ways in which we move. We are giving energy yet we are receiving energy, we are creating a piece on each others expectancies to lead follow. We are not alone, we are moving as a whole and breathing as one.
What is happening now: The heliosphere; which is a magnetic field surrounding our universe, is shrinking due to lack of solar rays that act like helium in a balloon, also last year a energy field on the outside of our universe was found penetrating the heliosphere letting cosmic rays through to attack the planets within.The energy field; which is in the shape of a ribbon with a not in, changed dramtically within a year, the not that was identified originally has un-tied releasing a wider spread of energy over the the heliosphere bubble that protects us.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Happening Now: scientist are examining a planet named gliese 581g. It orbits around a star but has exactly the same habitable conditions as Earth. Scientist reckon that one day, if not already life could exist on the planet.
What is Happening Now: An instrument on board the International Space Station has discovered an X-ray nova. Astronomers say the outburst is likely to be from a binary system with a black hole. X-ray novas appear suddenly in the sky and dramatically increases in strength over a period of a few days and then decreases, with an overall lifetime of a few months. Sometimes, these elusive novas have an optical counterpart. Unlike a conventional nova, in which the compact component is a white dwarf, an X-ray nova may be caused by material falling onto a neutron star or a black hole.
Hey guys, the pictures of the miners' faces wouldnt copy into the blog but they came from the BBC website so anyone can see them on there, as im sure most of you have done anyway, but if we need them for lessons they can easily be printed, I hope this benefits us in many ways :D x
ReplyDeleteGrupo 105
Raul Bustos - Leader
Age: 40 Job: Hydraulics engineer
Left Talcahuano after earthquake to work in mine. Has been given job of setting up water supply system. He told his mother he was hungry and wanted to eat her seafood empanadas.
Daniel Herrera
Age: 27 Job: Lorry driver
Has role of paramedic's assistant. In a recent letter to relatives he says the miners are unhappy with the psychologist in the rescue team, La Tercera reports: "Don't ask me any more about how I am feeling, because in the letter that I read... it felt like you were advising me via this 'doc'."
Florencio Avalos
Age: 31 Job: Driver
Member of Grupo 105. He has been filming videos to be sent up to the rescuers and relatives on the surface. Brother of Renan Anselmo Avalos Silva who is also trapped in the mine.
Jorge Galleguillos
Age: 56 Job: Miner
On medication for hypertension and said in one video he had been feeling unwell.
Jose Henriquez
Age: 54 Job: Drill Master
Member of Grupo 105. He is an evangelical preacher and has the role of keeping spirits up. He has worked in mines for 33 years.
Juan Illanes
Age: 51 Job: Miner
Member of Grupo 105. Former corporal in Beagle border conflict between Chile and Argentina. Celebrated his 54th birthday in the mine.
Juan Aguilar
Age: 49 Job: Supervisor
Member of Grupo 105. From mining town of Los Lagos. His wife says he was in good spirits when she spoke to him.
Luis Urzua
Age: 54 Job: Leader of shift - topographer
Known as Don Lucho among miners on his shift. Has been drawing up plans of the area of the mine where they are trapped.
Mario Sepulveda
Age: 39 Job: Electrical specialist
Member of Grupo 105. He has become a familiar spokesman on the videos from the miners. "Thank you so much to the government. Thank you so much to the business leaders and to all those who have been working their tails off for us," he said.
Osman Araya
Age: 30 Job: Miner
One of palomeros for Grupo 105. In one message, he said: "I'm sending my greetings to Angelica. I love you so much, darling. Tell my mother, I love you guys so much. I'll never leave you, I will fight to the end to be with you."
Renan Avalos
Age: 29 Job: Miner
One of palomeros for Grupo 105. Four months ago decided to come to work in the San Jose mine with his brother Florencio Avalos Silva - who is also trapped.
Richard Villarroel
Age: 23 Job: Mechanic
Has worked in San Jose mine for two years.
Grupo Rampa
Carlos Barrios - Leader
Job: 27 Job: Miner
Shift leader of Grupo Rampa. His mother Gricelda Godoy told La Tercera newspaper her son had said he did not want any more to do with the psychologist who has been working with the miners. She said the psychologist seems to have been putting pressure on the men.
Alex Vega Salazar
Age: 31 Job: Heavy machinery mechanic
His wife Jessica Salgado spoke to him on 4 September: "He is worried about some of his debts. But I have told him not to worry, that I have already cancelled them. You can see his face has changed, that he's better. I told him that I love him," El Pais reported her as saying.
Claudio Acuna
ReplyDeleteAge: 56 Job: Miner
One of the palomeros for Grupo Rampa. He celebrated his 56th birthday in the mine on 9 September. His wife hopes to send him a signed t-shirt from his favourite football team Colo Colo for his birthday.
Claudio Yanez
Age: 34 Job: Drill operator
His long term partner, Cristina Nunez, proposed to him in a letter sent down to the miners. He says they'll get married as soon as he is out. The couple have two daughters. After seeing a video of her fiance, Ms Nunez said: "They're much better. They're cracking jokes, they have their own things, and they're good."
Jimmy Sanchez
Age: 19 Job: Miner
Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of checking the temperature and humidity in the mine. He is the youngest of the 33 miners and has only worked as a miner for five months.
Jose Ojeda
Age: 46 Job: Master driller
On medication for diabetes. Asked niece for 10 t-shirts with Grupo Rampa printed on - corresponding to which part of mine he is in.
Samuel Avalos
Age: 43 Job: Miner
Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of checking air quality in the area where the miners are living. He has worked in the mine for five months.
Victor Segovia
Age: 48 Job: Electrician
Member of Grupo Rampa. He has role of giving daily report on situation in mine. In letter to family said: "This hell is killing me. I try to be strong but when I sleep suddenly I dream we are in an oven and when I wake I find myself in this eternal darkness, that wears you down day by day. I will be strong for you all until the end."
Victor Zamora
Age: 33 Job: Vehicle mechanic
One of palomeros for Grupo Rampa. Not normally in the mine but went inside on day of accident to repair a vehicle. Came to the mine after February's earthquake destroyed his workplace in Talcahuano. He joked to his mother that he was happy in the hole because there was no-one to tell him to have a wash.
Yonni Barrios
Age: 50 Job: The "Doctor"
Member of Grupo Rampa. Knowledge of first aid from helping diabetic mother as a child means he has been given responsibility for monitoring health of colleagues. In his letter to his wife he said he felt like he was in hell in first days after cave-in.
Grupo Refugio
ReplyDeleteOmar Reygadas - Leader
Age: 56 Job: Bulldozer operator
Leader of the Grupo Refugio. Has been working at the mine for years.
Ariel Ticona
Age: 29 Job: Miner
His wife Elizabeth Segovia gave birth to a baby girl on 14 September - 40 days into the miners' ordeal. Ariel Ticona asked his wife to name their daughter Esperanza - the Spanish for Hope. Although Mr Ticona could not be at the birth, he was able to watch a video of his daughter's arrival.
Carlos Bugueno
Job: 27 Job: Miner
He is one of the palomeros in his group - the miners taking it in turns to look after sending and receiving packages nicknamed "palomas" or "doves" sent via the supply pipes. He is a childhood friend of fellow trapped miner Pedro Cortez, who joined mine at same time.
Carlos Mamani
Age: 23 Job: Heavy machinery operator
Only Bolivian in the group, had been working in the mine only five days before accident. His father-in-law told reporters that Mr Manami had been shocked and traumatised by what had happened and would not work in a mine again.
Dario Segovia
Age: 48 Job: Drill Operator
Dario's sister, Maria, has been dubbed La Alcaldesa - the Mayoress - for the leading role she has taken at Camp Hope. His elderly father, Dario Snr started taking his son down the mine when he was eight. Dario Snr, was himself trapped in a mine for a week and suffered serious injuries in two mining accidents.
Edison Pena
Age: 34 Job: Miner
Member of the Grupo Refugio. He has openly expressed his desperation in letters and videos to his girlfriend. In one he said: "I want to be free, I want to see the sun." Among the music down sent to the miners is the complete works of Elvis Presley after a request from Mr Pena, who is a life-long fan.
Esteban Rojas
Age: 44 Job: In charge of maintenance
One of the palomeros for Grupo Refugio. He told his girlfriend of 25 years: "When I get out of here we'll buy you a wedding dress and get married in church."
Franklin Lobos
Age: 53 Job: Driver
Member of Grupo Refugio. He is a former footballer in a local league. He received one of two signed t-shirts sent to the mine by Barcelona player David Villa, whose father and grandfather were miners.
Mario Gomez
Age: 63 Job: Miner
Oldest of the miners. Has worked in the mines since the age of 12 and was thinking of retiring in November. He wrote the message that alerted rescuers: "Estamos bien en el refugio los 33 - All 33 of us are safe in the shelter."
Pablo Rojas
Age: 45 Job: Miner
One of the palomeros for Grupo Refugio. He has worked in the mine for six months.
Pedro Cortez
Age: 24 Job: Miner
Member of Grupo Refugio. Childhood friend of fellow trapped miner Carlos Bugueno, who joined mine at same time
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ReplyDeleteand heres the one on the brain
ReplyDeleteThe human brain=
Whilst you as the audience sit there watching this performance on what is happening now, do you infact know what is happening now in your own body? In your own brain? No? well let me tell you, the human brain has a weight of around 3 pounds, which is 1.4 kilo in weight. Also it contains over 100 billion cells, the majority of cells are called neurons neurons pass information on to other neuorns by sending electro chemical signals down the axon and over the synaptic cleft. To another neuron starting the cycle again.
Also the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, and that it also has control over dealing with visual information and piecing it together, for example there is a chair or that is a chair. On the other hand the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, but it also deals with language skills and putting meaning to things like, this car, turns to this car is bobs.
So, what is happening now is...
ReplyDeletesome of your 100 billion brain cells are sending out electrical signals triggering the release of chemical transmitters which themselves are triggering other brain cells to send out electrical signals - etc
Try to keep all verbs in the continuous present - don't describe what's there, tell me what's happening.
Me and Abi wrote this 'We are regretting the freeing of the Chilean miners...' speech this week:
ReplyDeleteWe are regretting the freeing of the Chilean miners as it has disabled some of our ideas of what is happening now. We cannot portray their entrapment as what is happening now because they have been freed and the now during which they were trapped has passed. Therefore, our performance has had to adjust to the present and the now for it to make sense. Things that we could do before, we are unable to do today because they are no longer happening 'now'. In order to talk about what is happening in the world now, we cannot talk about the miner's past situation, so we can't perform our piece about their suffering and entrapment because that is not happening now. The rescuers have ruined our performance about now, therefore we should not talk about it as the miners are in the past, that's enough about them, back to now.
These are the 'you are' and 'we are' sections that I wrote:
You are reading this projection and wondering why we are showing you a projection that is telling you what you are doing.
We are sharing the experience of a piece of theatre which we are each interpreting and experiencing differently to one another because we all have different personal histories and viewpoints.
had another crack at the brain speech here it is
ReplyDeleteWhilst you watch this piece, in your brain some of a billion brain cells are sending electrical impulses faster then the speed of sound, these cells are what cause memories to be remembered, so its thanks to these cells in your head that mean you can recall every single thing about this performance.
Migraine,
ReplyDeletei am currently experiencing flashing lights on the right side of my vision. i can only describe is as pulsating blury lights, getting slightly larger now. Taking up nearly all of my right side vision. Now, a slow, painful thud echos above my left eye. At this moment, the blood vessels and nerve surrounding my brain stem are swelling, and the chemicals in my brain are imbalanced. im feeling faint and fragile. My stomach contracts, as i try to keep the violent vomiting happening.
That's great jess - thanks (should there be a 'from' before the last word?)
ReplyDeleteKellys and Seans speech on "The Philosophy of Now and Time", enjoy...
ReplyDeleteRight now, what's happening right now? This is a question that could last a lifetime, time, how do you measure “now” in time? When now is happening right now, now is present, the present is a time that is associated with the events perceived directly, not as a recollection or speculation. It is often represented as space time, and to no surprise it’s often called now. Now is now in the past, and the past has gone, so no longer in the present moment, moment of time how long is a moment a second? this suggests that now is not now at all but a present time, but how long does time last for now has gone, time has passed, are we still in the present?
Time in context of the present is a bit difficult to localize. Where is "now"? What time is "now"? What is the essence of "now"? What makes now, well now "Here" and "is" are fleeting "momentless moments" that are shorter than moments. Qualities of long or short or fast or slow do not apply. One cannot categorize "now". The "now" has no perceptions, for the now, is happening. The present is objective as one cannot bring a perspective to it, until the moment has past…. Now is a fluctuation within the moment. Now is objective. There cannot be "have been" (past reflection) and "or will be" (future speculation) conditions placed upon "now", or simply put; "now" is then not "now". These are all before or after the fact. Perhaps "now" is "timeless time", in that it has potential for everything, but in itself is nothing; void of all. "Now" is. When more is brought to it, it is no longer is, it is something else. Yet it cannot exist, without having past…