Saturday, April 18, 2009

Objective of the Game #1

1. The understandable objective is to break a world record.

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Proposal Submitted to Guinness World Records for consideration
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Summary Claim Details


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Claim Title: Longest Continuous Theatre Performance
Country: United States
City/Town/Village: Owensboro, KY
Date of attempt: 06/ 05/ 2009
Record Details: Action Potential Arts Experiment (APAE), an artist collaborative, will be performing "The Radiator Game" directed by Jeremiah D. Reeves on June 5th, 2009 in Owensboro, KY. The play which takes the form of a game, where theater and reality are one, seeks to explore our relationship with time while presenting an image to the phrase "life is a game." The play will take place in an alternative theater space, whose set is constructed as, and modeled after, a zoo vivarium. The play, like a game, completes itself when all of the rules set out in the script have been played out to their final conclusion by the cast of characters. The set will be under continuous video surveillance for the entire duration. It will be open to the public and free of charge. However the script will be for sale at the performance. All aspects of “The Radiator Game,” including: the characters, costumes, the setting, props, objective of game, rules for playing, rituals/moves and some lines spoken are accounted for in the script. Since the play is a game, which is played in real time in front of an audience, it has the potential of lasting for a long time. We are assuming the game will be performed anywhere between 12-72 hours straight; affording it a candidacy for some kind of world record. The script is an original written by APAE. It is self published in book form and will also be made available publicly on our blog (actionpotentialarts.blogspot.com). Since the event is being sponsored by a local magazine (VENT Magazine), there is a potential that it will be published in the following months (July 2009) issue. A short description of the piece: The Radiator Game presents the collision of life and theatre within a vivarium; exposing the spectacle as a game in all its frivolity and seriousness, where ingenuity and absurdity are intensified and time stretched - a fusion of science and culture, psychology and art, dreams and reality. APAE is an artist run collective/collaborative founded in 2009. It operates as a conceptual gallery curating exhibitions and performances for alternative and public spaces. APAE seeks to engage the local community with original, inspiring and thought provoking forms of contemporary art. They are currently seeking non-profit status. This theater piece bears a likeness to the work of Robert Wilson; a Brooklyn based theater director, who may hold a similar world record for the one proposed.

Adjudication Information requested
Media: Local and national news and magazines. The event is being sponsored by VENT magazine and may include others.
This event is not in aid of Charity

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx

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