Single Copy

At the heart of SINGLE COPY is a set of rules that puts the relationships between the artist, the piece, and the audience to the test, while alluding, in real-time, to loaded questions regarding the value and even the real existence of the piece. During the work, the artist struggles with the clash between his wish to create the best piece of work, and the timeframe allocated to do so, as well as the sense of mourning he feels each time he sends the only copy of his creation to an unknown future. He is deprived the pleasure of performing live, because he only gets to share the creative process with the audience, never the completed piece. He must always continue to move forward, in a seemingly endless cycle. His victory is manifest only in his ability to maintain a creative spirit on the assembly line. The only complete copy of the piece will be given to a random member of the anonymous spectators. What will the person receiving the free piece by surprise do with it? Would the manner in which he or she has received it reduce or increase its value in their eyes? Would they throw it away when they exit, or will they decide to keep it? Would they share it with others? The person receiving the piece has now become a part of the piece. He or she has now become responsible for its fate. They will be the ones to determine what sound a tree falling in the woods makes.