Work
The Program
Maker SF Neo-Futurists · Work date 2021-05-14 · Medium telephone · Role work · Experienced by the compiler 2026-07-15
Description
In this 45-minute interactive performance, you'll dive into a telephonic wormhole that takes the universal experience of navigating an automated phone tree to its most absurd and hilarious extremes. But don't worry: there's an operator standing by. We have a special $10 discount available for artists, students, and low-income individuals. Use the code COMMUNITY when selecting your tickets to gain access to the discounted ticket price! As a reminder, this is a one-on-one immersive performance. We will email you a phone number and access code the afternoon of your scheduled performance. You will only be able to access the phone line at your appointed start time. Please also note that The Program can only be accessed via US phone numbers. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out! You can contact us at TheProgramSF@gmail.com We look forward to your call.
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
Accessed by dialling a phone number and access code; no headphone requirement stated.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
A 45-minute phone-tree call with no instruction to change location.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
The work is a telephone line accessed by number and access code.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
US-phone-number access is a technical restriction, not a required site, circumstance, or language.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
The content is an absurd phone tree, referencing no real place's documented past.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
A phone line presupposes a telephone, not a city.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
Framed by the maker as an interactive and immersive performance; no non-theatrical discipline named.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
Listing says 'interactive performance', 'one-on-one immersive performance', and sells tickets.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
Description says nothing about the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesP
The work is navigating a phone tree, which requires the participant to make selections.
- Has live performers other than the participantssometimesI
The premise is an automated phone tree but the listing promises 'an operator standing by', pointing to a hybrid of automation and a live human.
- Involves game playunknown?
Navigating a phone tree implies choices, but no objective or resolution state is described.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
An emailed access code is not a physical object, and no other materials are mentioned.
Did you experience this? Tell us
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