Work
A slow dance
Maker Candle House · Work date 2026 · Medium telephone · Role work · Experienced by the compiler 2026-07-09 at 19:51
Description
Candle House asks the participant for a song they would like to slow dance to. The song is interpreted into an immersive conversation and discussion. Participants generally report feelings of love and euphoria.
Source. No published description found.
RECONSTRUCTED, NOT RECALLED. This describes the form, from Candle House's general practice and from what Cameo learned afterward. Her own session of 9 July 2026 is not retained and cannot be described from memory. Do not grade any cell on this row F.
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
Structural: it is a phone call. Safe inference, no source.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
Structural: a call to wherever the participant is.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
Structural: the call is the work.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
Nothing in the form requires a place or circumstance.
- Engages with the history of a siteunknown?
No evidence either way. The description is reconstructed and thin.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created for an urban environmentunknown?
No evidence either way.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created as an artwork other than theaterunknown?
Candle House's framing of this piece specifically is not documented.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Intended to be understood as theaterunknown?
Same. Do not infer from the company's other work.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
No evidence, and the session that would have supplied it is not retained.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
"An immersive conversation and discussion" — participation is implied but not attested.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
The operator listens to the song, calls, and improvises. Live, per Candle House's general practice.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules, objective or resolution.
- Uses props other than the listening devicenoI
The song is sent beforehand; no physical object is handled.
5 of thirteen are still unknown for this work. If you experienced it, you can settle them in a minute.