Before seeing The Hysterical Alphabet, I had never been to a multi-media performance let alone have any idea of what to expect. Overall I would have to say that I enjoyed watching the performance even though it took me awhile to realize what the subject matter was, but whether I understood the material or not, I thought that the information was displayed in a very creative way by combining different mediums. I also really liked hearing about how the performance had been constructed from all the way from its inception to the final product.
One aspect of the performance that I really liked was how it started with the beginning of the alphabet alongside with the first theories of hysteria and then chronologically going through the alphabet and the history of hysteria. One thing that caught my attention was when the performers were talking with the audience and Terri mentioned how certain parts of the performance had just fallen into place such as getting to the letter V for Vienna and Freud. In some of my previous projects, I too felt that some things just fell into the right place at the right time event though I had not planned for it to happen that way. Another thing that stood out for me was how the project started with Terri’s research and then it branched out and added Corbett’s audio and then later Danny and his video. After seeing the performance I would have to say that after learning about the theories of montage and working on our montage projects, Danny’s video gave the performance a whole new dimension to work with along with being a performance rather than just a video to watch. I really liked how Danny was able to pull all sorts of stock footage and make a comprehendible video from it all. Danny’s work kind of reminded me of Ed Wood where he would be able to create stories and make films if not solely based on stock footage then primarily based on stock footage.
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