17th May Sunday 12-2pm
ROB FLINT/AMONG OTHERS:
ALISON BALLARD, SAM MERCER, KATHERINE FISHMAN, ALIA PATHAN
I DO DECLARE! ADVENTURES IN THE FIRST PERSON
ITS TRUE! NOW THE ‘I’ THAT SPEAKS DECLAIMS ITSELF ANEW! THIS OPENED ‘I’ BEGINS THE SENTENCE THAT YOU GET FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE. THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, THE TESTIMONY OF THE VICTIM & THEIR KIN, THE PROMISE OF THE SELLERS OF OBJECTS AND BELIEFS, RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LUMPEN FAMOUS, HOW MANY OTHER DELUSIONS PREFACED WITH THE UPRIGHT SINGLE LINE THAT SHOUTS THE SELF INTO THE WORLD?
ALL THESE WILL BE OUR FUEL FOR TWO SHORT HOURS IN MAY!
OUR PROPOSITION IS A SIMPLE FACT: TWO HOURS SPENT SPEAKING IN THE VOICE THAT’S NOT OUR OWN, INHABITING A HUNDRED ‘I’S’, SENTENCE BY BRITTLE SENTENCE, ONE FAST UPON THE OTHER, A TAG TEAM OF THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR, NON-STOP, UNMEDIATED, TURN BY TURN FROM PRINTED SHEETS WHOSE CONTENTS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN BY US FORM THE IMAGINARY HABITATION OF OUR MINDS IN VIRTUAL PLAYBACK OF THE WRITTEN WORD, ACTUALISED IN SPEECH.
(ALL DISCUSSION WITHIN THE TWO HOURS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST PERSON)
Contact: Rob Flint
rob.flint@ntu.ac.uk