CANALEGRANDEINSEQUENZA (o TRICOLORE)


first published on FLUXLIST around August 1999 - to little response I'm afraid - but hey I like it.


"CANALEGRANDEINSEQUENZA" has not as yet (14/12/1999) been performed.



CANA E AN E N EQUENZA Alan Bowman 07/1999
L GR D I S (o TRICOLORE)

see the animated gif performance here



Room - dark

20 performers

20 music stands + score sheets

20 caving lamps (or other lamps that can be worn on the head)

20 red torches

20 green torches

conductor/metronome
bell/horn

scoresheet consists of a square grid 20x20


Each performer has a number corresponding to a line of the score, this line is their starting point

Where the score indicates green, green torch is flashed on and off (or for a variation - "on" on the first green, off on the second and so on)

Where the score indicates red, red torch is flashed on and off (or for a variation - "on" on the first red, off on the second and so on)

Where the score indicates white - nod head (or shake, tilt - to be decide beforehand)

Where nothing is indicated - do nothing!

Each performer begins with their own line and works through the score until all lines are done (or for a specified time - e.g. the length of time it take the #1 vaporetto to go from Piazzale Roma to Santa Maria Elisabetta)



How the score is generated

All the vaporetto stops on the Grande Canal are listed

Where the letters LGISRD C and Z
(Left, Links, Guache, Izquierda, Sinistra, Right, Rechts, Droite (à), Derecha, Destra, Centre, Zentrum, Centre, Centro, Centro)[English, German, French, Spanish, Italian]- [more languages ca be used]
appear in the names of the stops they are marked with either red for LGIS, green for R and D, or a white circle for C and Z

These coloured marks correspond with a certain position on a grid (20x20)

e..g. PiazzaleRoma (spaces are omitted) has a green at position 2 and 7, and a red at position 9 (I,L,R)

Piazzale Roma is the 1st stop on the Canale Grande and therefore is line 1 of the score - so, squares 1, 7 and 9 on line 1 are coloured accordingly.

The process is repeated until the grid is complete

VAPORETTO STOPS:

1. PIAZZALE ROMA = -I----L-R---
2. FERROVIA = --RR--I-
3. SANTA MARCUOLA = S------RC--L-
4. RIVA DI BASIO = RI--DI-I--I-
5. SAN STAE = S--S---
6. Ca' d' ORO = C-D-R-
7. Rialto = RI-L--
8. SAN SILVESTRO = S--SIL--S-R-
9. SANT' ANGELO = S-----G-L-
10. SAN SAMUELE = S--S----L-
11. Ca' REZZONICO = C-R-ZZ--IC-
12. ACCADEMIA = -CC-D--I-
13. SANTA MARIA DEL GIGLIO = S------RI-D-LGIGLI-
14. SALUTE = S-L---
15. SAN MARCO = S----RC-
16. SAN ZACCARIA = S--Z-CC-RI-
17. ARSENALE = -RS---L-
18. GIARDINI = GI-RDI-I
19. SANT' ELENA = S----L---
20. SANTA MARIA ELISABETTA = S------RI--LIS------


SCORE. L=LEFT, R=RIGHT, C=CENTRE


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K
1. - L - - - - L - R - - - - - - - - - - -
2. - - R R - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3. L - - - - - - R C - - L - - - - - - - -
4. R L - - R L - L - - L - - - - - - - - -
5. L - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6. C - R - R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7. R L - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8. L - - L L L - - L - R - - - - - - - - -
9. L - - - - - L - L - - - - - - - - - - -
10. L - - L - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - -
11. C - R - C C - - L C - - - - - - - - - -
12. - C C - R - - L - - - - - - - - - - - -
13. L - - - - - - R L - R - L L L L L L - -
14. L - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15. L - - - - R C - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16. L - - C - C C - R L - - - - - - - - - -
17. - R L - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18. L L - R R L - L - - - - - - - - - - - -
19. L - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20. L - - - - - - R L - - L L L - - - - - -


ALTERNATIVE TO 20X20 GRID = JUST PLAY ONE AFTER ANOTHER - OVERLAP OR ROUND STYLE


CANALEGRANDEINSEQUENZE (o TRICOLORE)

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