This is an earlier rant done in June of 2001. It's a bit creepy because 2 months later 9/11 happened. What's even stranger is how the underlying messages haven't changed that much. The piece was done for palm pilots. I had the idea for creating a series of news rants back then and shipping them to PDA's. Now this is possible with rss, iPods and cellphones.
This is a performance of Rant/ Rant Back/ Back Rant (12 minutes) performed in September of 2003 for the Split Festival of Film and New Media in Split, Croatia.
The performance is G.H. Hovagimyan and Peter Sinclair.
The keywords are all gathered from news items. They become the raw material for a psychotic information rant. Peter samples GH's voice and throws it back into the sound mix. He adds effects and layers creating a new type of word/ slam/ information performance.
The roads are jammed. This is a nightmare.
Don’t ask for help. There isn’t any.
The police want us to leave. Maybe we can hide from them.
I don’t want to leave my home.
The thieves’ll take everything. Oh God. Look at the wind.
The police are just as bad. Damn them. Damn. Don’t ask for help.
I’m not ready for this. That was jes the first wave.
For Ash Wednesday this is the reality rant. Whatcha gonna do now's ya lost ya home.
Where ya gonna go
Where ya gonna got to
To where, to where
Where to, where to
Where you wanta go
What ya gonna do now now
Ya cant stay here
Ya cant you know you cant
Ya cant stay where ya cant stay
What ya gonna do now
Its ma home you know