Parade - Thoughts as of 26.3.15

It seems that I have attached myself to the idea of recreating Parade from a futuristic perspective. I am still exploring exactly what that means and where I could go with this idea. I feel I need to look into stage design and backdrops to see how they are constructed and the relationship between the design and the performance and how one affects the other.

To achieve a futuristic feel to my designs I am looking at work created by artists such as visual futurist Syd Mead, recognised for his ability to create stylised work that looks as though it has been pulled back through time for us to see what our future will be like. Syd is known for his designs in films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Another artist that I have studied in the past is surrealist Hans Rudolf Giger, who worked on and designed the original Alien. His work tends to be very dark and moody and heavily focused on the female form.