Work
The Telelibrary
Maker The Telelibrary · Work date 2020-04 · Medium telephone · Role work · Experienced by the compiler 2026-07-10
Description
A constantly changing catalog of selections and features, a system designed to adapt to your needs and preferences, and something new awaiting you on every page. Part Theater, part game, part self-care and all just a phone call away. No further details will be provided. Reserve a session and find out for yourself!
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
"all just a phone call away" — a handset, with no headphone requirement stated.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
A reserved phone session with no instruction to change location.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
The work is delivered entirely as a phone call.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
Nothing in the listing requires a named site, circumstance or language.
- Engages with the history of a siteunknown?
"No further details will be provided" — the content is withheld, so site history cannot be established either way.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Created for an urban environmentnoI
A phone call presupposes a phone, not city infrastructure.
- Created as an artwork other than theateryesP
The maker frames it as "part game, part self-care" alongside theater.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
The maker frames it as "Part Theater."
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
The listing withholds all detail about how the session works.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesI
A "catalog of selections," a system that "adapt[s] to your needs and preferences" and "something new on every page" implies the participant chooses.
- Has live performers other than the participantsunknown?
"a system designed to adapt" could be automated while "reserve a session" suggests a person; the listing settles neither.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Involves game playunknown?
"part game" is asserted, but no rules, objective or resolution state are described.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
"Pages" and "catalog" are metaphors; no physical materials are established.
Did you experience this? Tell us
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