Work
Crossed Wires
Maker Candle House · Work date 2018-11-06 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
No maker-published synopsis exists. candlehouse.org/work lists credits only: "Crossed Wires, 2018, phone. Performed by Evan Neiden, Harrison O'Callaghan, Jonathan Connolly, Jack Drummond, Katy Murphy, and Natalie Welber. Created and directed by Evan Neiden." Maker's only descriptive words, from a later Neiden interview: "In the past, other projects we've done like Moonlight Serenade or Crossed Wires, were both single-ticket experiences that provided continuous engagement either with a single narrative or an anthology of connected narratives over the course of three days." Everything else in circulation is reviewer-written.
Source. https://candlehouse.org/work
Credits only — no maker synopsis published.
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
Delivered by phone; a handset is not headphones and no headphone instruction exists.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
Nothing in the credits or the maker’s one descriptive quote instructs the participant to change location.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
The listing gives the medium as “phone,” so removing the phone would end the work.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No location, circumstance or language requirement appears in the credits-only record; telephonic default applies.
- Engages with the history of a siteunknown?
No synopsis exists, so nothing establishes whether content references documented history of a real place.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created for an urban environmentnoI
A telephone delivery presupposes a phone, not city infrastructure, and no urban material is recorded.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
The only maker framing is theatrical credits language; no non-theatrical discipline is named.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Maker’s site and interview use “performed by,” “created and directed by” and “single-ticket experiences.”
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
No description of the work’s content exists, so its treatment of surroundings is unknown.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
The maker calls it a single-ticket experience providing “continuous engagement” over three days, which implies participant action throughout.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
Six performers are credited on a phone work, indicating humans performing rather than a recording, though real-time delivery is not stated outright.
- Involves game playnoI
The maker describes narrative and an anthology of connected narratives, with no objective or resolution state.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
No synopsis exists, so any required physical materials are unrecorded.
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