Tuesday 4 December 2007

Predictive text

In this predictive text we are gathering new histories for objects, for performers, for the show itself. Mole now says 'We are using the microphone as a gun' before we use it as a gun. Mole moves a ladder for Tim to throw across the stage later in the show. Tim says 'He'll be back in a minute and then we will move on' and after Mole goes out he comes back in a minute. Literally. We predict the show will be 58, 59, 60 minutes long. We say it takes about a third of this for us to warm up. And it does. And it's happening as we say it. There is always this notion of us being stuck somewhere between past and present, the rehearsal and the performance or the performance at one venue and the performance at another. Wherever and whenever it takes place this show is a work in progress. The text is evolving to involve previous occurrences and accidents. The Pilots is gathering histories as it goes.

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