“Someone, let’s say, a baby, is born; his parents call him by a certain name. They talk about him to their friends. Other people meet him. Through various sorts of talk the name is spread from link to link as if by a chain. A speaker who is on the far end of this chain, who has heard about, say Richard Feynman, in the marketplace or elsewhere, may be referring to Richard Feynman even though he can’t remember from whom he first heard of Feynman or from whom he ever heard of Feynman. He knows that Feynman is a famous physicist. A certain passage of communication reaching ultimately to the man himself does reach the speaker. He then is referring to Feynman even though he can’t identify him uniquely. (...) a chain of communication going back to Feynman himself has been established, by virtue of his membership in a community which passed the name on from link to link, not by a ceremony that he makes in private in his study: ‘By ‘Feynman’ I shall mean the man who did such and such...’”
(Note: In either one of the venues, this will be a strictly punctual event. Late arrivers to that venue will not be allowed to enter)
(Note: This performance takes place in two venues simultaneously. The audience may choose which one to attend):
A: The Woods Cooperative
1826 Palmetto #1
Ridgewood, New York 11385
B: Panoply Performance Laboratory
104 Meserole St
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Conceived and performed by No Collective as part of the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival
FREE