Mapo de la Spuroj de Yu
written by you nakai
premiered at loop-line, tokyo
23 January 2009
INSTRUCTIONS
Mapo de la Spuroj de Yu is a solo music performance.
To perform this piece, the following are required:
A: one wireless headphone
B: a long-time delay system
C: one wireless microphone
D: headphone extension cords
E: one speaker-performer
F: several chairs
G: several people sitting on chairs
H: two telephones
I: one interpreter
J: several listeners
1: All sounds occurring within the performance space and time are delayed for the length of three minutes.
2: The delayed sound is played from the speaker’s headphone.
3: This sound from three minute past is used as a map to guide the performance.
4: After the initial three minutes of first mapmaking, all the lights in the venue go out.
5: The performance consists in: a) the reading of this instruction, while, b) moving through the performance space; both of which will create a map of its own.
6: The speaker-performer will also use the people sitting on chairs as instruments by dragging them around one by one.
7: The sound map instructs the performer: a) the volume and timing of sounds to be produced, b) the speed and timing of movement (i.e., the dragging of people/chairs) within the performance space.
8: For every action made, the speaker performer will choose one person sitting on a chair as a microphone. The volume of the sound to be produced is determined according to the distance to the given microphone (reading will therefore include yelling and whispering).
9: The speaker-performer will also choose one audience member as an interpreter and telephone that person during the performance.
10: The assigned interpreter must translate the words heard through the receiver (i.e., the sound map) to a second language.
11: All sounds and therefore all actions generated during the performance must first follow, and then become, the map.
12: The performance ends and lights are turned on when this instruction is read until the end.
Tokyo, 13-23 January 2009
