In the summer of 2006, my collaborator and I concieved a show, Ariel View, that compiled all types of texts that discussed Sylvia Plath. The texts included biographies, the work of her and her family, criticisms, and other poetry and songs. The peice began to be about how we assemble these differnt bits of information into our idea of an artist and thier work. Different people coming from different diciplines view the work in completely different ways and therefore developed completely contradicting conclusions about it. The one thing they could agree on is that it was of some worth, and that she herself was very fascinating.
We are reformulating the script in order to perform it once again in the FringeNYC festival this August.
What do you find fascinating about Sylvia?
What do you know about her or her work that most people don't?
What poem or story touches you personally and why?
How do you feel about her estate's tight reign over her work?
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