venue:
castle keep no facilities (roof windows heating seating) access only
via long flight of steps (keep off the bank)
weather:
cool and breezy outside cold and breezy inside
interventions:
uv lighting to window niches dual slide projector onto suspended
translucent sheets in the centre of the space 15-20ft high fixed with
stones mixing desk and pa system step ladder
what happened:
andrew was wearing a big top hat got us to look at the moon (it was
very bright and just on the wane) quick glance noticed two maybe
three cassette players played tidal tones/drones varying intensity
abrasiveness pitch and resonance the sheets were projected upon with
cross fading slides on top in colour bits of body hands limbs some
with injection marks and sores one slide was of a sunset below
abstract black and white squiggles lines and spirals the sheets were
arranged radially and billowed in the breeze so walking around gave
different overlapping dimensionality effects after that we were
escorted out of the keep with andrew wisecracking and now wearing a
cape too and we went down the steps by which time andrew had
disappeared awaiting us was blue dyed vodka and tonic and chanson
dada lyric sheets were distributed by a woman in a top hat and
waitress/hostess dress about three minutes later someone said he's
round the other side and about six went round to find andrew at the
top of the mound halfway through the second verse of the song which
was ohped onto the keep wall three of the audience sang the third
verse by which time the rest of the crowd appeared andrew stood there
for about two minutes in silence and left the more intrepid of the
audience went back to the entrance where the drinks had been packed
up and a blue transit van sped off into the distance
overheard:
is that what it's going to sound like you can't tell if they're just
testing the equipment it's just like being on tour again let's go to
the soiree cagey applause for evol curious silence for h3o where are
we going oh great there's wine that's the least they could do after
that where's he gone i don't know i just hand out these you'll see in
the morning i think it's going to make your piss blue haha what the
fuck's that about what are they doing look ghost tours haha oh your
tongue's gone blue so did you enjoy that um yeah it was good that's a
nice outfit yeah but surprisingly it doesn't keep cold out yes it's
over
incidentally:
before the son et lumiere got started there was a single cloud in the
sky that looked liked a mediaeval representation of an angel
trumpeting at the moon
review by rfaith
v v
