The Musical Condition of Reasonable Conspiracy

<p><i>The Musical Condition of Reasonable Conspiracy</i> is a discussion-performance from the “discussion in a room” series I’ve been developing since 2011. My phone interview with the Australian composer Chris Mann discussing ‘composer’s conspiracy’ is transcribed into a script and reenacted by two performers while a group of Rome-based composers intervene throughout the conversation. Here, “discussion” means something simultaneously organized and performed by re-enactors, speakers, listeners and beholders, all of whom become conspirators in a shared unfolding process.</p> <p>Re-enactors: Michael Fitzpatrick, Gaby Ford (The English Theatre of Rome)<br /> Interlocutors: Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Daniele Del Monaco, Matteo Nasini & Fabio Rizzi</p> <p>• Chris Mann, composer and performer. “Language is the mechanism whereby you understand what I’m thinking better than I do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required)”. He is currently based in New York City.</p> <p>Meseo Pietro Canonica, Rome, Italy<br /> 24 May 2012</p> <p>– HKW</p>