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dear
all,
honoria
asked for details of my canale grande event (thank you) and I thought hey if
youre going to bore one person, might as well go the whole hog and bore a
great bunch of people, so here goes.
the
following is a small collection of scripts which lead to the canale grande
idea, Im not overly happy with them at present, but it might be interesting to
hear other peoples opinions (grits teeth, braces self nothing happens, issues
sigh of relief, then realises that this is an e-mail and responses may come
later, experiences moment of extreme self-doubt, nothing new there then, adopts
a false cavalier attitude and types on, inspired by the fact that he does not
have to hit the send button)
theyre
fairly self explanatory and were written as you see them, with no real
alteration except a half-arsed spell check, if effect they are draft versions
(honoria)
as for performance I have no plans.
I have a small problem, I produce the scripts and instruction pieces in
the vain hope that someone else may want to perform them. I do suffer from a real confidence problem
re: my work its a long story but it stems from my tendency for depressions
and associated problems (sorry if this is a bit personal but its the only
way I can explain why I work in the way I do) as a result I tend to produce
things intended for other people to execute. I like to stay in the shadows.
to
be honest, to organise and carry out such a performance here is beyond my
ability at the moment I dont really know which way to turn hence the
animation.
anyway
this is them is those
Light read 1 Alan Bowman 07/1999
Dark room
26 performers
52 torches (battery
powered)
Performers hold a torch in
each hand, one on, one off
Performers
read by torchlight, when s/he reads a certain word s/he changes torches (left on, right off = left off right on)
Continue until all have
finished reading
you and me he she
they it we the is
to are or at am
an on by of in
Light read 2 Alan Bowman 07/1999
Dark room
26 performers
52 candles
26 boxes of
matches/matchflaps
Performers read by
candlelight, when s/he reads a certain word s/he blows out lit candle and
lights the other
Continue until all the
matches have been used up
Light read 3 Alan Bowman 07/1999
as for LR1 +/or LR2
Performers change
torches/candles when they read words that:
rhyme with left of right
or
begin with l or r
or
sound like/rhyme with left right
links rechts
gauche (ΰ) droite
izquierda derecha
sinistra destra
(a certain amount of
license may be aloud for personal interpretation of the pronunciation of these
words)
or
begin with l, g, i, s, r, d,
CANA E
AN E N EQUENZA Alan Bowman 07/1999
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
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
(ΰ), Derecha, Destra, Centre, Zentrum, Centre, Centro, Centro)[English, German,
French, Spanish, Italian]
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
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