GONGPONT.SAT: Text Scores / Art Clay Version 1.1.
These are text pieces which are optional, but can be used when there more variety is needed in a performance and when there are performers without telephones to play with.
Perform any of the below text pieces as you wish and when you wish. Don’t play too much but don’t play too little. Try to connect to others as you perform.
Piece 1a (1 Player)
1. Walk to a place of your choice
2. Wait
3. Hit the gong ONCE at a red light
4. Wait
5. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 1b (1 Player)
1. Walk to a place of your choice
2. Wait
3. Chose a number between 2 and 10
4. Hit the gong on red light for that number of times
5. Wait
6. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 2a (2 Players)
1. Give someone one of your two gongs
2. Walk to a place of your choice together
3. Wait
4. Hit the gong ONCE at a red light together
5. Wait
6. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 2b (2 Players)
1. Give someone one of your two gongs
2. Walk to a place of your choice together
3. Wait
4. Chose a number between 2 and 10
5. Hit the gong on red light for that number of times together
6. Optional: Leave a beat out on occasion
7. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 3c (2 Players)
1. Give someone one of your two gongs
2. Walk to a place of your choice together
3. Wait
4. Chose a number between 2 and 10
5. Hit the gong on red light for that number of times in alternation
6. Optional: Leave a beat out on occasion
7. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 4a (3 or more Players)
1. Walk to a place of your choice with as many players as possible
2. Wait
3. Let everyone hit their gongs to your red light.
4. Chose a number between 2 and 10
5. Hit the gong on red light for that number of times together
6. Stop & Wait
7. Leave one player behind and move with the others to another place of your choice.
8. The player left behind begins repeats the above to his/her own red light.
9. Do this until all players are alone.
10. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 4b (3 or more Players)
1. Walk to a place of your choice with as many players as possible
2. Stand in a circle.
3. Wait
4. Let everyone hit their gongs to your red light but only one after another (clockwise)
5. Stop & Wait
6. Repeat but in counterclockwise direction.
7. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 4c (3 or more Players)
1. Walk to a place of your choice with as many players as possible
2. Stand in a circle.
3. Wait
4. Let everyone hit their gongs to your red light but only one after another (clockwise)
5. Stop & Wait
6. Repeat but in counterclockwise direction.
7. Wait
8. Leave one player behind and move with the others to another place of your choice.
9. The player left behind remains silent until the above action is completed.
10. Repeat ad lib.
Piece 5 (All Players)
1. Take two gongs.
2. Walk to a place of your choice where you can stand without another player around.
3. Wait
4. Hit their gongs to your red light consecutively for a longer time lenght.
5. Stop & Wait
6. Repeat ad lib.
Optional: At one point change switch your gongs.