Improvisation

The centre piece of Maya's making process is Improvisation. She sets up a video camera in her studio to record improvisations. In the early years, she would play recorded music that attracted her, yet was not too familiar to her. In later years, different kinds of musicians have collaborated with her. Music plays a big part in triggering her imagination. For comedy, however, she relies on dressing herself up in clothes that are way-out to trigger the imagination. It could also be headlines in the morning papers that becomes the inspiration for a comedy episode.