Work
The Mouth, part II
Maker é boylan · Work date 2026 · Medium telephone · Role work · Experienced by the compiler 2026-06-26 at 19:30
Description
A poem, requiring minimal participation. Partly set in 1974: a person named Harper is sending poems and messages forward into the future. Second part of the pair.
Source. No published description found.
CAMEO WOOD'S OWN ACCOUNT. No published description exists.
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 the account mentions none.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
A phone poem with no instruction to change location recorded in the account.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
The work is a poem delivered over the phone, so the sound device is the work.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
The account records no required site, circumstance or language; 1974 is a period setting.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
The 1974 framing is a period setting, which the rubric excludes, and no real place is named.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
A phone poem presupposes a phone, not city surroundings.
- Created as an artwork other than theateryesI
The account describes the work as "a poem," a literary form, though the maker's own framing is unrecorded.
- Intended to be understood as theaterunknown?
No published listing exists and the account records no theatrical vocabulary.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
The account does not address the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
The account says it requires "minimal participation" — minimal but not none.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
A phone poem requiring participation reads as delivered by a person on the line, but the account does not state it.
- Involves game playnoI
A poem with no rules, objective or resolution state.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
The account mentions no physical materials either way.
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