Work
Lovers Anonymous
Maker Candle House · Work date 2021-06-04 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
On behalf of the Amet Community, thank you for volunteering for our “Call-an-American” Initiative. Your cultural contributions are critical to the afflicted parties as they weigh the available options. A romantic dramedy for the industrial age, this 3-day experience for one is an exploration of purpose, recovery, and the distance between head and heart. "Lovers Anonymous" is written by Katy Murphy ("NEXT TIME") as part of Candle House's FireStarter Initiative – an incubator for new/upcoming immersive creators.
Source. No published description found.
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
Telephone delivery with no headphone requirement stated.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
A three-day call-based experience with no instruction to change location.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
Framed around a 'Call-an-American' initiative delivered by phone.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No required site, circumstance, or language is named.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
The 'Amet Community' is fictional and 'the industrial age' is period flavour, not site history.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
Nothing presupposes urban surroundings.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
Described as a romantic dramedy by an incubator for immersive creators; no non-theatrical discipline invoked.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Listing uses 'dramedy', names a writer, and situates it in an immersive-creator incubator.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Nothing is said about the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
The framing thanks the participant for 'volunteering' and calls their 'cultural contributions... critical', implying required input.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
A three-day one-on-one call initiative implies a performer on the line, though liveness is never stated.
- Involves game playnoI
No rules, objective, or resolution state described.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
No physical materials are mentioned either way.
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