Pretentious bollocksPossibly the worst event I ever went to was an evening of turntablists in London. The lights went down, the first guy put a cymbal onto a turntable, dropped the needle on it and left it making screeching noises for ten minutes.
When the lights came up, half the audience had snuck out.
What's the most pretentious rubbish you've ever been to see in the name of art?
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chthonic, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:19)
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Random FunctionI went to the opening night at Bristol's Watershed of Random Function, which apparently was a 'laptop jam' where people would play with sound and vision. Tickets were free and it filled time until the film I had paid to see. They even gave you free wine.
Then the lights went down. Some scuzzy interference and white noise appeared on the screen. Ten minutes later, that was still what was going on. The three of us looked at each other, slightly scared, because getting up and leaving would have made whoever did it look very conspicuous.
Eventually I whispered instructions to the other two. A quick whisper of '3... 2... 1...' and we got out and ran for it. Only the other two misunderstood me so I got up and ran out by myself. They followed a minute or so later.
Insufferable. They repeated the night a couple more times I think, but it's no longer going. I hope.
(, Thu 29 Sep 2005, 22:31, Reply)
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