Work
A Quiet Walk
Maker Thomas Darknell · Perspicuum Immersive · Work date 2025-04 · Medium telephone + other · Role work
Description
"Will you walk with me?" The participant corresponds with a character named Logan by social-media message and then takes a live telephone call, and is encouraged to choose a walking destination about thirty minutes away and to pretend the two of them are side by side. Written and performed by Thomas Darknell. Application required; spots extremely limited; a post-show decompression call is offered.
Source. https://freaksofhhn.com/2025/04/23/take-a-quiet-walk-with-perspicuum-immersive-productions/
Roughly three to four hours in total, though the participant is not on the line throughout. One published first-person account describes only the messaging and never mentions a call, so the phone leg is attested by press rather than by every account — treat the medium as well-sourced but not unanimous.
Anatomy
Thirteen criteria after Lauren R. Beck. Each carries a source grade: M maker-confirmed, P published, F first-hand, I inferred by the compiler, ? not yet established. Definitions are on the anatomy page.
- Participants listen through headphonesnoI
A phone call and social-media messages.
- Participants move through space as part of the worksometimesP
The participant is encouraged to choose a destination about thirty minutes away and walk to it, but the walk is optional.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
A live telephone conversation is one substantial leg of the delivery.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificSituationI
Asks the participant to be somewhere they can walk, and to imagine company beside them.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
No documented past of a real place.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
No urban dependence.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoP
An immersive theater company.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesI
Presented as an immersive performance work.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Not addressed, though an optional outdoor walk invites it.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesP
The participant asks and answers questions throughout.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesM
Darknell performs it live, one to one.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules, objective or resolution state.
- Uses props other than the listening devicenoI
Nothing is handled but the phone.
1 of thirteen are still unknown for this work. If you experienced it, you can settle them in a minute.