Instructions

• SSD is written for 12 performers of any instrumentation or medium. Each player is assigned one square on the screen and all read from the same screen that is projected in the space. Player 1 is the top-left most square, with Player 2 being the bar to the immediate right of that, and so on for each player like the direction of reading a book. The players can all be placed in one central place on stage, or throughout the concert space.


• The score follows these rules:
  1. The piece is for any instrument of any type. Players are to stay in their square.
  
  
  2. Players circulate between three distinct actions that appear in their area, they are indicated by three shapes, defined as:
     - Circle = SAME
     - Circle with X = SIMILAR
     - X = DIFFERENT
     
  
  
  3. The context of the current action is based on the performed action that preceded it. For example, if a piano plays a Middle C at forte, and a CIRCLE appears, then that player does the SAME thing. If a CIRCLE WITH X appears, meaning SIMILAR, that could be something like a G above Middle C at forte, or Middle C at mezzo-piano. While an X indication, meaning DIFFERENT could be a chromatic run up and down the piano.
  
  
  4. Players circulate between SAME/SIMILAR/DIFFERENT. And it is encouraged that all performers meditate on this idea within their instrument.
  
  
  5. As the action assignments circulate, players can carry over actions or continue an action that is in progress until they wish to stop, temporarily ignoring the score and/or more seamlessly blending actions together. For example, if a violinist is sustaining on an open A string, they may keep that gesture in effect and overlapping into the next assigned action, even if an X appears in their area.
  
  
  6. Additionally, players may opt for silence during an assigned action, however it is asked that they should be cognizant of how they choose silence in the context of their previous action(s).

*** There also exists a variation for any number of players, where they can access their score/square individually on their mobile devices; allowing for greater mobility throughout the space and a more asynchronous performance. ***

There is an approximate ten second wait before the piece begins to vary, players do not need to enter immediately and may meditate on their actions before starting.