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TYPEWRITER PIECE |
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A man sits in relative darkness before a typewriter. Behind him is another man on stilts. The man on stilts holds marionette crosspieces, with strings leading down to the hands and arms of the seated man. The seated man begins to type. Upstage a large projection displays the mouth of the typewriter, with the hammers flying, and the text coming out as it is being written. A dense sound collage builds, and the typing becomes faster and more frenzied. The marionette controller struggles to maintain balance on his stilts. Wrestling for position, he eventually drops the crosspieces and falls. With no one to move his arms the seated man remains seated, unmoving, having ceased typing, breathing. [Lights fade to black] |
FILM ELEMENT
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SCREEN TEXT I am free. I am free to love my country and fear others. I am free in my fear of things outside myself. I am free to take solace in my faith my religion and despise the religions of others. I am free to have faith in the companies from whom I buy products. I am free in my faith in the government for which I did not vote. I believe in the way in which I was educated in the justice system and in the punishment system. I am free in my rejection of those who live in poverty - both far away and in my immediate environment. I am free to maintain a liberal position on things. I am free to export my values. I am free to protect my interests to defend my family to prioritize the lives of those whom I love and am close to over those I do not love and am distant from. I am free in my love of my wife and children. I am free in my choice of media and reading material. The chains that sell to me are guided by my interests. I think freely. I am free to write to create and to associate. |
PERFORMANCES 15 December 2002 14 & 21 April 2003 17 May 2003 June 2003 Original Cast: Quinn Comendant, Adrian Hornsby |