Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello everybody!

I'm preparing a play called The Human Condition, which will have its=20
premiere early December in Helsinki, Finland.=20
The play is kind of a high tech phantasmagoria set in a distant future.=20
It's a collection of stories about alienation which are presented as a=20
technological ritual. The storylines are told as a traditional dialogue and=
=20
monologue but also as audiovisual illusions, data visualization and a=20
datastream which the audience can browse with their personal phones or=20
tablets. I believe that this is the first time that anyone is trying=20
something like this in a live performance. At least in these parts of the=
=20
world.
The reason I'm approaching the international Lojban community is that I'd=
=20
like one of the characters on stage to speak only Lojban. The character's=
=20
name is Godot and he/it should speak a language which is not recognizable=
=20
to the general public. Encrypted information, if you will. We could of=20
course just make up some kind of jibberish ourselves, but somehow that=20
doesn't feel right. It has to be a real language to give the audience the=
=20
chance to recognize repetitious words or sentences as he/it speaks.=20
Lojban is the perfect language for this. Not just because of history of the=
=20
language, or because it's designed for possible future human-computer=20
interaction, but also because I like the sound of the language. It has=20
character!
I would very much like to write Godot's lines in lojban myself, but since=
=20
I'm writing the pllay in Finnish and English, directing, designing,=20
producing, coding, building & painting the set, sowing the costumes etc. I=
=20
have to admit that I just don't have time to learn enough Lojban in one=20
month that I could do it all by myself. So I'm asking the help of the=20
Lojban community. Would anybody (or a group of people) be interested in=20
helping me out? The original is written in English, it's five pages (about=
=20
1000 words) with lots of repetition.
Some information about the play here:=20
http://www.korjaamo.fi/en/event/jyrki-pylvas-ihmisen-tila-%E2%80%93-human-c=
ondition
and here (in Finnish):=20
http://www.circusmaximus.fi/arkisto/ajankohtaista.html
but mostly here: (in Finnish with lots of photos & videos):=20
http://ihmisentila.tumblr.com/

Hope to hear from you!

Jyrki Pylv=E4s
Circus Maximus
http://www.jyrkipylvas.fi

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Hello everybody!<br><br>I'm preparing a play called The Human Condition, wh=
ich will have its premiere early December in Helsinki, Finland. <br>The pla=
y is kind of a high tech phantasmagoria set in a distant future. It's a col=
lection of stories about alienation which are presented as a technological =
ritual. The storylines are told as a traditional dialogue and monologue but=
 also as audiovisual illusions, data visualization and a datastream which t=
he audience can browse with their personal phones or tablets. I believe tha=
t this is the first time that anyone is trying something like this in a liv=
e performance. At least in these parts of the world.<br>The reason I'm appr=
oaching the international Lojban community is that=20
I'd like one of the characters on stage to speak only Lojban. The character=
's name is Godot and he/it should speak a language which is not recognizabl=
e to the general public. Encrypted information, if you will. We could of co=
urse just make up some kind of jibberish ourselves, but somehow that doesn'=
t feel right. It has to be a real language to give the audience the chance =
to recognize repetitious words or sentences as he/it speaks. <br>Lojban is =
the perfect language for this. Not just because of history of the language,=
 or because it's designed for possible future human-computer interaction, b=
ut also because I like the sound of the language. It has character!<br>I wo=
uld very much like to write Godot's lines in lojban myself, but since I'm w=
riting the pllay in Finnish and English, directing, designing, producing, c=
oding, building &amp; painting the set, sowing the costumes etc. I have to =
admit that I just don't have time to learn enough Lojban in one month that =
I could do it all by myself. So I'm asking the help of the Lojban community=
. Would anybody (or a group of people) be interested in helping me out? The=
 original is written in English, it's five pages (about 1000 words) with lo=
ts of repetition.<br>Some information about the play here: http://www.korja=
amo.fi/en/event/jyrki-pylvas-ihmisen-tila-%E2%80%93-human-condition<br>and =
here (in Finnish): http://www.circusmaximus.fi/arkisto/ajankohtaista.html<b=
r>but mostly here: (in Finnish with lots of photos &amp; videos): http://ih=
misentila.tumblr.com/<br><br>Hope to hear from you!<br><br>Jyrki Pylv=E4s<b=
r>Circus Maximus<br>http://www.jyrkipylvas.fi<br>

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