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If Only (2021)

Texts

The following page is an overview of the developed text material used in the performance.

voice

multilinear

indeterminacy

potentials

fragments

weaving

Text from Introducing the elements

-Based on definition of key words, fragmented, working with the timing between, building and accumulating through repetition.

 

To suddenly give way              to imploding

Top, bottom, on the side of, over, under, through, below   (play with directions)

 

                  If one falls from within              separating selections of many

Into a knot,         a complex system of      co-dependance        as one

 

But if      the       in      a      as a

 

As the

Fall to gravity

 

In an uncontrolled

 

System of classification         inner contents      in fixed boundaries

Floating between the             difference

 

Time to dive deeper

Text from Introducing the elements

- CK sounding words as starting point in text, adding the collection of C words + in between words to create new meanings and associations. The combinations are explored during the performance and new occurrences may arise.

 

separating the interior contents from category

 

if only 

a container contains

 

if only

a container constrains 

 

if only 

a container collapses 

 

container contains

contents

of contained categories 

collapsing

 

constructed categories contain

ir—regular expectations

of controlled contents

 

 

Compare, collaborate /collaborator, connect, con, collection, coerce, collapse, communicate, co-operative, co-dependant, common category, collective, community, cat, create, corpse, coral, coming, cool, chameleon, creative , captivate, capture, control, collect, curse, cops, cunning, competitive, contain  /container, contour, continue, collide, compress, catalyst, catastrophe, captivity, captivating, culminate /culminating, cube, clock, click, clack, cat in a hat, calibrate /calibrating, capitalism, confusion, cut, coalition, contemporary, computing, contaminating, correlating , consuming, calculating, complicated, campaign, curriculum, culture, cover, call, catapulting, co-producing, canteen, corporate, companion, cupboard, continuum, concept, coincidence, collisions, concrete

Time text from G. Score

Playing and exploring aspects of time, adding associations and words to create new meanings. 

 

time time tame 

time times 

to times to three times 

take the  time to 

to time there, there time if there time 

in time in time over this this time taking the timings out of time 

 

to time to surround by two times

 

endless time creates time to lose time after time over time under time last time 

to time to time to time to to to time  tot to to to to to tu tu time TO TIME

(rhythmic play of sounds, based on too/to/tu/ti -- very fast play of staccato)

 

 

over time over line 

 

crossing time

Taking time 

Time lasts

 

next time

No time 

times up 

 

Time´s up

If Only text from G-Score

 

If Only

                        the symbol that stands for (                     ) represented something else

                        (Repeat several times, fill inn a K sounding words spelt with C)

 

 

 

Container - Cant tame her - Cunt haim err -

(Exploration task: using the word structure, fragment it, shorten and explore words that sound similar or alike, associations. Exploring how the word transforms)

 

Limits

Restricts

Belongs inside a structure

 

 

Align - a line - lines align, a lining align - lines a line, align 

(Exploration task: using the sound of the words to generate new meanings, collective act)

Family Portrait texts

Based on mapping of definitions to keywords. Fragmentations and selections.

Manifest(ting)ed

(in) current Thought(s) or actions. ?

Stuck in / structure

Captive

(ated)

 

 

Building words

Don't break the rules

Rules are made to be broken

Class

Classic

Classy hierarchy

Connect the dots

(a large drawing of dots in circular shape spreading outwards)

 

GOOD                                                                                            BAD (to categorise)

 

Dead 

Dying

Quiet

What

Please, let me swim

(tiny swim)

 

Footnotes explaining in detail, expanding of the limitations of being placed in a category

 

 

Surrounded by composition

Composed in structures 

Categories of separations

Classifications of qualities

The smallest parts possible

 

 

Manifest(ting)ed

or actions. ? 

Through bones 

In my bones

Groove

Disappearing into

A past of words that swallow you

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