The Dreamer of Ants The dreamer of ants, whispers And the night walkers enter. The house opens, unfolds – enfolds – doors close and our dream eyes open: The only way out is in. There is no time-trace-place, so we must go deeper. Even deeper. Ever deeper. In the boy’s haunted room, there’s a blindfolded girl reading from a book of dreams She kneels in the dark in so many ways While oceans crash against her skirted cliffs And we stand breathless; deathless. In a Moorish castle on stilts at the crossroads of all worlds Strings pluck the paths of the dreamers’ dreams. We hear, fear, feel and see everything, yet remember nothing. There is no time-trace-place, so we must go deeper. Ever deeper. Onward, sleeper. Upon our knees in a Shinto temple, wind whistles enchantments through us While red ribbons and bows tie us to our selves And all our dark reflections. As above At the office window trumpets play a serenade to those who scramble As below In the cold of a leafless Irish garden. In a cabin in the woods, voices creak their messages – A discordant wilderness – Brought from the mouth of the Canadian wilds. There is no time-trace-place, so we must go deeper. Ever deeper. O nightmare keeper. The red man floats in a sea of memory with an Origami bird pecking at his chest Because time is different here. So different. So: Hear! The dreamer of ants, whispers And the night wakers remember. Just a week to go now before the first shows for Time is different here... After a year of working on the project - exploring the extraordinary place that is Talliston, finding our own path through its spaces & stories, developing our concept of Talliston as a dreaming place - we are putting the final touches to the event.
Over 2 hours of soundscapes have been created for the rooms (this will form the basis of an album for our guests to take away & enjoy after the show), which forms the background, activating the spaces while the live performer-musicians interact with the audience. A wealth of texts & materials has been gathered, clothing found, voices recorded, dreams explored & shared. Now all that remains is to arrive in the space & release our dreamworld of sounds & other materials to mingle with all that Talliston offers, & awaken our characters to greet our guests. We look forward to seeing you soon! |
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