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Sounding the Archiv

look through what is there feel the paper, images, items… think of what is not there hum it

Listening to the Archive

Look at the material gathered feel its surface with your fingertips touch your hands to your ears

Tap

Go around the building Inside and out while tapping and knocking the wall Tell others what you hear

Dead kittens (for Mark Peter Wright)

Take a recording device Go outside and record with and without a windshield Listen to what is on top and underneath

House Score 14

Sit in the middle of the street listen to the rain touching your skin and smell the asphalt cool

House Score 13

Sit in a box Create holes with your ears Reach through them with your hands

House Score 12

Lean against a wall Pretend you are a bookshelf Start reading anything Out loud

House Score 11

Curl into a ball Pretend you are a snail Hit your shell Until you fall into a rhythm

House Score 10

Make a rhythm with your hands Touching everything in the room Take it into your mouth And continue it with your voice

House Score 9

Make a rhythm in your head Include everything in the room Until the sound inside your head is on the outside

House Score 8

Make a loud sound Listen to where it drops off Enter into that drop

House Score 7

Stay indoors Listen to where that space extends to Breach that boundary

House Score 6

Make a durational sound Follow it around the space You want to make

House Score 5

Go outdoors Decide where your space extends to Make that boundary sensible

House Score 4

Draw a space Write instructions how we are to move in it What to do Where to go What sounds to make

House Score 3

Find a space you like Bring everything that is in that space into contact Stage the conversation between things Sing/Sound their in-between

House Score 2

Imagine a space Generate everything in that space Move into its entanglements Preform its expanse

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