nanopolitics handbook - Minor Compositions

part iii: offering and ritual8. action/intervention: The disguised group moves out into the street, withmusical instruments and offerings. The group chooses a place to perform theritual and does so by offering small gifts to the street and passersby.part iv: celebration9. return to the site of the workshop: eating, drinking and sharing images andsounds of the collective work done.description of the elements:blindnessA simple way of changing the pathways of perception. Vision is one of thesenses people usually rely on the most, to the extent that if it is obstructed, thebody feels vulnerable and responds by sharpening the other senses. A simpleblindfold across the eyes changes the modes of interaction between peopleand the environment. Bodies generate new meanings in relation to externalstimuli, and register new forms of perception. With no vision of physical space,nor of the physiognomic representation of the other, the participants undergoa kind of bodily and subjective suspension. The mode of reality is changed,and this could lead the participants to a change of frequency, that is, a changein her or his state of concentration.noisecracyThis moment is crucial for the creation of an immersive scene. It is themoment when participants start making noises, change their voice, producea soundscape with varying timbre and different degrees of intensity andintentionality. This is reinforced by the use of microphones and guitar pedalsthat, connected to a computer, instantly return the sounds to the environment.The recorded sound is altered by the pedal’s features: reverberation,amplification, distortion, delay, tuning, repetition, etc. All this is preferablyemitted with a constant base sound, which can be recorded prior to themeeting or during the meeting itself. The idea is that noise is made at thispoint of the process, generating an unintelligible environment.autobiographyTo talk about yourself in a noisecratic environment changes the sense of selfreference.A confusion is produced between your own voice and the voice of83