What is particularly amazing about this performance is the complete credibility of the performer, who in this case is not so much 'acting' as sharing his courage and his insights that come as the result of a life-long battle against a debilitating disease. 4 May 2001 14.30 Audio description in theatres has been used in England for at least 15 years, but many people only have a vague idea of what it entails. A tape with this information, describing the set, the costumes, the movements of the actors and so on, is then sent to the visually impaired theatre-goers before the performance in a theatre. Lesley Adams, a senior lecturer in animation at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, has only recently completed his film, which will run continuously for the duration of the Kipufestivaali at Kiasma. The film forms part of the Kipufestivaali, which will also feature the brilliant performance PAIN , and a talk by Andrew Holland on audio description.
Magnetic tape is wound around the pins.
Then the audio-tape that constitutes the drawing is put on rolls and through a cassette player that is fitted to the wall. When the tape starts spinning to release its part of a global story, the whole becomes a device that juggles media, images, sounds and messages. The viewer can see an image, a vibrating line drawn on the wall by a moving tape, and at the same time listen to sampled or specially recorded sound. Together the media trigger a multitude of possible story lines and images far beyond the factual material on the wall. The images and sounds that travel around the world via the media are short-circuited into a condensed polysemic icon.