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A two-day, uninterrupted performance installation created and conceived by the Harvard Generalist* masquerading as… (for the purpose of catching ourselves in the act of being the most)

Eric's feed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aworldrecordattempt

A two-day, uninterrupted performance installation created and conceived by the Harvard Generalist* masquerading as a world record attempt.

Two students from Harvard University inhabit two separate performance spaces, carrying on a conversation over the phone. The artists subject themselves to rules that a Guinness World Records official has mandated, and ordained referees are there to officiate, about what makes an authentic conversation. They are only allowed to pause for ten seconds between comments. Each performer must make a "meaningful contribution”, consisting of more than "yes" and "no". They are not allowed to read or cite or script. They must never return to the same “topic” twice. They must address only each other. But the biggest rule is… the conversation has to last.

For two days.

The Generalist maps one absurd, hilarious commercial institution (super-low art) onto another absurd, hilarious, commercial institution (super-high art) in managing to play by both of their rules at once.

Drop in and out of the Adams Pool Theater (or online!) anytime on January 19th or 20th to watch two people -- and a discourse -- deteriorate intellectually, emotionally, and finally, physically, over the course of at least 43 hours, 8 minutes, 55 seconds.

[*The Generalist is an art collective founded by undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We work as a platform to collaboratively produce playful installations and interventions with the Harvard community as our medium.] More