CH27

. . . watch what you are doing. Do nothing.
Occasionally raise your head and watch someone. If they raise their head and watching you,
play for a short time,
watching what you are doing. If while you are
watching what you are doing, doing nothing,
you feel that someone is watching you,
play for a short time,
watching what you are doing, or
raise your head and watch the person who is
watching you. If someone is watching you,
play for a short time.
If no-one is watching you . . .

Notes

Christopher Hobbs. F: CCTG22. Grandma: 'The Rite' (Igmar Bergman). Grandad: 'Film' (Samuel Becket). This rite is circulat (on reaching the end, return to the beginning. Commentary: An audience often looks, sometimes watches and rarely perceives.

Glossary 1. 1) Always watch what you are doing. 2) There are three kinds of activity, all of fair short duration. a) Play b) Watch someone else c) Do nothing (ie. anything that is not a or b). 3)Begin with periods of c) alternating with periods of b). If, during b), the person you are watching looks back, go to a). If, during c), you get the impression that someone is watching you, either go to a) or look up and check. In your impression was correct, go to a). If incorrect, resume c).

Glossary 2. Do nothing - watch someone - no response from the person you are watching - do nothing.
Do nothing - watch someone - the person you are watching looks back - play - do nothing -. Do nothing - you feel someone is watching you - - do nothing -.

CCAOR23

Part 1: Consideration of an object absent from the performance space (either individually - a private affair - or communally, in which case, decide on an object with which all are acquainted). Make seven sounds (named North, South, East West, Space, Earth, Shadow respectively) as follows: The first sound describes the object from the front. The second sound describes the object from behind. The third sound describes the object from the right. The fourth sound describes the object from the left. The fifth sound describes the object from above. The sixth sound describes the object from below. The seventh sound describes the object as it exists in you (your regard for it, its shadow in you, what it means to you). Bear in mind the possibility that the sounds may not only describe the object but define it too. Part 2: Departure from the object.

Notes

Absent Object Rite. Conceived originally as introductory to CCGT22

CCTG22

Commence improvising discontinuous music. In the gaps in your playing: without masking their expression, allow your eyes to wander amongst your fellow players. On meeting the eyes of a fellow player: play in accordance with their expression.

Notes

Tender Glaces

F: Janet Robertson

Ode:

On receipt of a tender glance, play melodically, straight from the heart.
Look around. What does your eye light on?
On receipt of a glare, protest dramatically and waste no time.
Look around. What does your eye light on?
On receipt of the straight gaze, gaze back and keep in tune.
Look around. What does your eye light on?
On receipt of an enquiring look, answer as best you can.
Look around. What does your eye light on?
On receipt of a surreptitious glance, look the other way and keep moving.
Look around, etc.
(space for more lines)

CCR76

It's not music. It's my heart beating.

CFIRT146

Page one of the Evening Standard current on the day of performance. Each performer has a copy which he will use as his score. Performers decide individually how they wish to interpret the score and perform accordingly for a given length of time.

Notes

Improvisation Rite 3. Suggestions for playing: Play it straight through as if one was actually reading it. Play the pictures only. Play the headlines only. Play the captions only. Play the punctuation only. Play one news item only. Play the white space around the print only. Etc, etc.

Alternate version: Each player has a previously agreed distinct part to play (eg. one of the above, etc.). Ending can still be at a given time or whenever players feel they have finished.

Notes from 2015

The author of this rite, Carole Finer, has stated that the Evening Standard has changed a lot since 1969. This should be performed with a 'serious' broadsheet newspaper, with several stories on the front page, such as the Sunday Times.  It is acceptable for an ensemble to use the business section in addition to the main news section.  It must be the front page only of these sections.  Not everyone need use the same front page.

CCCSR18

An elected soloist undertakes to repeat an action over and over again. The electorate accompanies it. A changeover of soloist may or may not be attempted during a performance.

Notes

Soloing Rite

CHSTBOR15A

Having completed the above rite, the members of the group play, using their objects, until the objects are broken or in some recognizable way different from how they were before. The rite ends when all the objects are broken or damaged. Be careful not to break anything other than the objects (this rite is better performed out of doors, in a large open space).

Notes

Supplement: The Broken Object Rite

Typist note

 'The above rite' refers to CHTHOR15.