Very Very Far Away

Radio Play - "What Were you expecting" - (an ode of post-work imaginaries) Written the didactic style of past workers-theatre . Featuring the voice of Ruth Urquhart and the Natural Readers ensemble. (14 mins 40 sec) The embodiment of expectation is joined by a neural network and 3 chat-bots on a journey of transformation and song. In a distant parallel desert reality, a fortune teller working in a job centre suffers a moment of clarity. The arrival of a new piece of hardware begins a process of critical consciousness, examining the expectations and design of future job roles. Musical Interlude : "5 to 9" - Vocaloid song with Neural Network assisted lyrics derived from job advertisements and proposed network conditions for sustainable lifestyles. Featuring Gno the wet computer. (5 mins 30 secs) More information at nicholasmortimer.net