Work
Remote Retrocheiromancy
Maker Parker Sela · Work date 2026-01-23 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
Part palm-reading session, part whimsical reflection, Remote Retrocheiromancy is for all the former summer camp kids who wondered why everyone stopped writing them back. Tickets are PWYW, with a suggested price of $10. Remote Retrocheiromancy is proud to be presented as a part of the 2026 From Home Fest! Please check out the other amazing performances and art pieces at this year's fest.
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
Delivered by telephone; a handset is not headphones and none are requested.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
A remote palm-reading session with no instruction to change location.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
The work is a remote session delivered by phone, so removing the phone ends it.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
Nothing in the listing requires a named site, circumstance or language.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
Summer camp is invoked as a generic memory, not a specific real place with documented events.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
A remote phone session presupposes a phone, not a city.
- Created as an artwork other than theaterunknown?
The fest blurb mentions "performances and art pieces" generically without framing this work in a named non-theatrical discipline.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Ticketed (PWYW) and "presented as a part of" a fest of "performances."
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
The listing does not address the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
A palm-reading session conducted remotely requires the participant to describe or offer their hand and converse.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
A one-to-one reading session presented under a maker's name reads as live, though no listing text says "live."
- Involves game playnoI
A reading with no rules, objective or resolution state.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
No physical materials are mentioned; whether anything beyond the participant's own hand is handled is unestablished.
Did you experience this? Tell us
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