Daniel M KarlssonRigs are a kind of sculptural expression. We are invited to view a collection of objects, arranged in a certain way, on stage. This is an understated, subtextual thing in comparison to the performance itself, but still, it is there. It is present on stage. This other reading, is possible. It is easier to see in the moments when the lights are lit on stage but the performer has not yet entered. We try to catch a glimpse of these objects, peering over each other's shoulders. What will happen next?
Mattias Petersson@t36s i would argue that it’s not only the rig but the patch that is the actual sculpture. But I guess it depends on how you define a rig.
@emp Sure. The stuff needs to be patched up to work, but can the people in the back make any sense of that via quick optical inspection? I think they can only get a general sense from way back there. An outline, or a contour.
“Big box with wires hanging out the side of it. Intermittent blinkenLights”.
@t36s yes, but my point is that there might be many ways to patch up the same rig, and that is what defines how it works. The people in the back might of course be equally interested in both the modules of the rig and their potential as how they convey poetry by means of their interconnections and performance. Maybe it’s not so different from when we see a traditional instrument being used in a new and unexpected way actually?
@emp Beautifully put.