[spectre] Fw: Banalities for the Perfect House

[Snagglepussy]

Hi,

You can find a response to Banalities for the Perfect House at RealTime 
online

http://www.realtimearts.net  click on Visual Arts  in the top frame.

Direct link (without accompanying frames) 
http://www.realtimearts.net/rt70/brickhill_perfecthouse.html

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regards

gail priest


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On 10/12/2005, at 6:54 AM, Gordana Novakovic wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I believe some of you might be interested in the recently premiered 
> work by
> Australian artists Ruark Lewis and Rainer Linz. Please have a look at:
>
> Banalities for the Perfect House
> http://www.rainerlinz.net/NMA/articles/perfecthouse/
>
> Banalities for the Perfect House is a collaborative installation &
> performance work premiered at Sydney's Performance Space theatre on 
> Sept 9
> 2005.
> The work proposes the house as a condition through which we perceive 
> the
> world - the city an extension of grid-like structures viewed through 
> the
> "frame" of an open window.
>
> Performance texts are distilled from everyday sources including 
> newspapers,
> cookery books, and snippets of overheard conversation. They consist of 
> seven
> Banalities: Banalities for the Perfect House, Banalities for Napoleon,
> Banalities for the Modern Kitchen, Banalities for Solid Mandala, 
> Banalities
> for Newspapers, Banalities for the Times and Misreading Barricades.
>
> The texts are inscribed on all architectural surfaces, and take the 
> form of
> performance scripts as well. These include cards, looseleaf and bound 
> pages,
> and word sequences printed on ticker tape.
>
> The sound is performed on five computer terminals and distributed 
> through a
> 4-loudspeaker sound system. It is performed using real-time computer
> processing of original vocal samples, in turn derived from the written
> texts. The computer sound-generating software was purpose-written for 
> the
> piece.
>
> The performance space is arranged with wooden frames, boards and 
> barriers
> resembling, in abstract form, a housing construction site. Each 
> surface is
> rendered with text creating an immersive environment that can 
> literally be
> read, and heard as speech.
>
> The work is built around a series of duet and solo performances. Each 
> is
> based on an individual text, which is the common basis for both the 
> computer
> and vocal renditions.
>
> The Perfect House is a construction site for ideas, with performers and
> audiences traversing it as if through rooms made from words whose 
> meanings,
> too, are still under construction.
>
> Best wishes, and happy holidays
>
> Gordana
>
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