On May 3rd i went to Zippos Circus in London in order to see what a modern circus is like. while i did observational drawings of the performances my dad took films of the shows. There are more films however i have yet to get them off of my dad because my memory stick has run out of space.
The Circus was amazing to go see i was very impressed by the contortionist and the clowns as well as an act called Galaxy Duo (which i will put a film up of in due time). I fail to understand why people find clowns creepy, i found them to be very funny, it might come down to the make up as well as the medias portrayal of them in thriller movies. I do think that wether something is seen as creepy depends on one of two aspects; the appearance and the situation. I want to try and create a situation that can be seen as fascinating or inviting like the circus performance was for me while the being performing could be seen as off putting creating that contradiction as well as disproving the misconception that beings such as clowns or contortionists are scary. I want other people to also enjoy the circus and see its not as scary as one might think so id also like to go to zippos circus again sometime in the future.
Clowns performance by the Rastelli Brothers
Diablo act
Contortionist fires a bow and arrow
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