TEN MINUTES
IN FANELLI'S -Unedited
(a ten minute, probably less, scribble whilst sat at the
bar in Fanelli's, corner of Mercer and Spring, NYC, Spring 2002 - copied
directly from the notebook for no real reason:)
to mic up a space in which every surface is 'active' and amplified so that
when struck it produces its 'own sound. all vocal sounds are amplified (mics),
personal radio mics (2 persons, poss. 4 per performance). amplified to a point
where breathing is amplified to a v. loud degree. talking in anything more
than a whisper is almost unbearable and speaking in a normal conversational
level is unbearable.
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to make a normal environment
and its sound over obvious. ambient sound becomes like a rock concert
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provide acoustic/percussive
instruments
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play the room
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expanding heating pipes
opening/closing of windows
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footsteps - floor expansion
contraction
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external sounds are captured
Microphones on the outside of the building bring the outside inside - but
loud. as if it is inside
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an aural version of Roloff's
piece
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Sounds from another area
are activated within the space e.g. 2 rooms miked but speakers are in opposite
rooms
so you can hear what's going on next door not what's in the space in which
you are
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Connection of various surfaces by wire(?) to make acoustic bass instruments from the space
wall - wall wall - floor
floor - ceiling wall - ceiling
floor - floor ceiling - ceiling
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Through wall/floor projection
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Record the sound of the
comments book
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Falling Object Music
pockets contents
purse contents
body
clothes
drinks (in glass, poured)
hard
soft
found
furniture
great height
low height
thrown up
" across
body fluids (spit, blood
tears, piss)
dangerous
inflammable
explosive
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To do when told in a bar/café/restaurant to take a table/seat
take it somewhere
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Exhaustion event
become exhausted
1 function as normally as possible
2 give up
3 force yourself to stay awake for as many hours as you have years
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Pocket/Purse/handbag event
count the numbers in your
pocket/purse/handbag
-do something for that length of time
write, speak, run, dance, fight, argue, hop.
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IMAGINE ALL WALLS ARE MADE OF STEAM
believe all walls are made of steam
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Take on all characteristics
of your star sign - human + animal + object
e.g. leo = lion libra = scales etc
