Tria Partio Voki
written by you nakai
premiered at yelena gluzman’s first performance party
25 May 2008, 4-5 am
ABSTRACT
Lead-In:
At a party, the operator will casually chat with each person, asking for their phone numbers. Having assembled a list of all phone numbers, the operator will go to another room.
Part 1:
Using the phone numbers given to him, the operator will start calling people, one by one. The receiver of his phone will act as a microphone, and the speakers of the other 3 phones will be the sounds sources used to make music. The solo listener will hear any combination of jingles, phone information, telephonic radio programs, telephone story lines, weather forecasts, and noise, as the operator mixes the sounds of several phones.
Part 2 (variant a):
If the listener remains on the phone for a certain length of time, they will suddenly also be confronted with a voice. The voice will be of another person who, having been called, will engage in a conversation with the listener. The speaker will be in another time zone (country), and will be a reluctant participant; that is, he or she will not know the structure of the piece. The listener may engage in conversation or not. If he does, he becomes a solo performer for the other people at the party.
Part 2 (variant b):
The speaker will be another listener, so at the party, two solo listeners/performers, in the same room, are connected momentarily through the telephone.
The piece ends when all the people at the party are called.
Post-Fin:
If the listener and/or speaker doesn't answer the phone, the voicemail or answering machine will record the piece, leaving a record for the person to find out next day.
Tokyo, 24 May 2008
