A Note on Gapping - Tom Trevatt

For Consideration in regards to the presentation on 26th Feb

Indeed a certain requirement is that we present a body of research/information that is as communicable as possible to an audience/public. What, of course, is inherent in communication is the very communication of communication's lack of absolute communication. The gapping always already produced by communication is, I believe, the interesting part of what we are dealing with, not necessarily producing a performance piece that represents non-communication or lack of communication. Of course the presentation becomes performative, in JL Austin's sense, in that its saying performs the presentation of it. The question is, how do we present, pass on, speak, whilst also speaking of the lack inherent in the very act itself? I think this is how the performance of the presentation should go. If however, there is a move towards a 'highjack' of this form with a performance element, as suggested in a previous comment, then i'm all for it... In the name of difference. The highjack, or whatever it comes to be known, the antagonism, whatever, needs to be fully theoretically realized too, otherwise it could just look bad, theatrical etc.

Also, its 2.50 in the morning and i need to sleep now.