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practices in the imaginary: each day i must think of 20, 50 people [Somerville recordings, solo, 2019]

by Luke Martin

supported by
Rod Ganiard
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Robert Bresnan
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2 19 19 / 815 PM / somerville apartment, living room 06:56
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2 21 19 / 420 PM / massasoit community college, adjunct faculty office 14:51
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2 22 19 / 336 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 19:36
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2 24 19 / 326 PM / somerville apartment, living room 10:28
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2 26 19 / 610 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 14:30
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2 28 19 / 410 PM / massasoit community college, adjunct faculty office 15:17
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3 3 19 / 1241 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 17:09
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3 5 19 / 836 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 12:35
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3 8 19 / 434 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 21:21
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3 14 19 / 728 AM / sedgwick maine 09:17
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3 17 19 / 252 PM / somerville apartment, kitchen 14:49
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3 23 19 / 456 PM / washington street art center 17:36

about

this is a collection of recordings done as part of this piece.
the score is below.







(with thanks to manfred werder)

a practice; an activity—
mutually undertaken by any number of people
(perhaps, with friends)

in any shared time and place
usually for a long time

with an openness to (stumble onto)
space tra(ns)versed between and within

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_each day i must think of 20, 50 people_

at regular intervals over a (long) period of time—
take any amount of time and
transcribe onto one piece of material
(which is consistent throughout the activity, e.g., index cards, transparencies, paper sheets)
a list of people who come to mind.

the people should be represented in the list efficiently and briefly
taking up no more than one ‘line’ of space.

the manner of representation, within these bounds, is up to the transcriber.
it may use things like the person’s name (first, last, both), an associated thought, shared experience, quote from a conversation, quote from a writing, date of past activity together, time, location, and so on.

with each list, record at the top the date, time, and location of transcription.
the sheets may be stored, layered, in any order (however, the most recent must appear on the top).

the activity process—regardless of performance context or not—is as follows:
i. record audio for all steps
ii. for any number of lists (including none), either:
read aloud (in a speaking voice) the full sheet, slowly and with ample silences
reading aloud (in a speaking voice) the list date, time, and location; followed by silence
make one quiet to somewhat quiet sound for a fairly long duration
remain silent for a fairly long duration
after completing an action, rearrange the stack and either repeat the above or move to step iii.
iii. in silence, and for any duration, make another list. when done, place on the top of the stack.

the audio recordings (along with the lists themselves) are a growing genealogy or archive.
if with multiple people, the division of work, archiving, and/or performance is best decided by the group.

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released February 20, 2019

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