Most People Don't Know About Confetti
(made in collaboration with artist Max Melvin)
The performance features a man and a woman having a conversation about the dividing lines in the earth/sea/water/cake
10 minutes, 18 seconds
July 2nd 2022, Hartslane Gallery, London
March 18th 2023, Hartslane Gallery, London
(extract)
Man
Woman
Wooden table (small, circular)
Chairs (placed behind table, facing forward)
Circular cake (on table top)
Kitchen knife (next to cake)
Written paper scripts x 2 (in both performers hands)
Introduction (in one performers hands)
Performer note: Stand
Performer note: Look outwards, ongoing perspective fills the face, goes further than the wall it hits in front. e.g. the back garden behind, the walls, the road, the lampposts, east, your flat
Performer note: and back
Performer note: Perspective hits only the walls
Performer note: Stand in front of audience
Performer note: Lift paper, read paper written introduction
Performer note: Pause
Performer note: Begin
Performer note: When sink water is mentioned in the introduction. There is sink water in the introduction. It is not a central focus of the introduction but this part should be made bolder, clearer. How this is done is down to personal discretion
Performer note: Once the introduction has been read. Return to chairs. Let body withdraw then look at you then withdraw
Performer note: Remove the crowd from the room
Performer note: Gesture to another room
Performer note: If crowd will not move. Gesture to another room, wider room
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