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Information about the solo performance night done by Kristin after our collaboration went south is here. I didn't get notice and just found out it took place June 18; I hope it went well!
Points of difference (no hard feelings meant):
"Reacting to the space" vs "Not reacting to the space."
"Incorporating the Austin scene/community into the art" vs "Involving the Austin scene as audience/viewers/listeners"
"Installation that employs fiction or artifice" vs "No installation (other than sound equipment, projectors, etc.); no fiction or artifice"
"Focus on live, real time activities" vs "Focus on the internet and blogging"
"Lab" vs "Lounge"
I have a group performance idea to propose.
[preface: Tom, you do not have to perform]
Do you remember the blogging performance idea that I proposed for the two of us? This is an adaptation of that idea.
Background:
Consider that Austin is known for its stitch n' bitch groups, slang for sewing and craft circles. Austin is also known for its hanging out lifestyle with backyard bbqs and bands, a lifestyle which I quickly mindmelded to, moreso as the weather gets warmer. [Sidebar: New York City tends not to breed the hanging out at friend's apartments lifestyle - precious precious space - and social engagements tend to happen in more strict time slots].
Setting:
Laurence's home (living room, dining room, or both).
Performance proposal:
Several persons in everyday outfits sit in a circle with keyboards on their laps, wearing helmets with single antenna attachments. (Optional... every other person's antenna is connected to the next.) There are intervals of people typing and pauses of staring into space as if receiving information or formulating thoughts. Depending on how this would be best suited to the rooms (I would have to go over and investigate) there could be two separate groups in two separate rooms, or couples paired together, or covering one or both rooms in a more internet cafe style cluster. // I first came up with the idea of wires between antennae as I imagined 2 persons seated on the sofa with a line of tape between them - the wire crossing that line, giving the wireless somewhat of a physical (wired) form. //
Variation on performance idea:
The same group of people wearing helmets with single antennae crochet one large thing amorphous thing with the pretense that they are sharing information about what it is by way of wireless networking. They occupy the room in the furniture configuration that is already predetermined.