(doors at 6) featuring live performances by sunatirene, m

ichael stephens & nikki lee.

opening round: thursday, september 1st, 7pm

the stamp gallery is located at 1220 adele h. stamp student union, university of maryland, college park, md 20742.

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T h a n k y o u f o r p i c k i n g u p t h i s P a r a d i s e N o w p l a y e r m a n u a l . B y p i c k i n g u p t h i s m a n u a l , y o u h a v e t a k e n t h e f i r s t s t e p t o b e c o m i n g a n u n l o c k e d p l a y e r i n t h e g a m e .

P a r a d i s e N o w i s a g a m e o f u n e q u a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s a n d v a r y i n g o b j e c t i v e s t h a t i n v i t e s u n l o c k e d p l a y e r s t o a l t e r a n d r e d e f i n e t h e g a m e ’s S c o r e b y p a r -t i c i p a t i n g i n v a r i o u s r o u n d s o f t h e g a m e . T h e S c o r e i s a s e r i e s o f d i r e c t i v e a c t i o n s t h a t h a p p e n o v e r e a c h 6 0 m i n u t e r o u n d o f t h e g a m e . U n l o c k e d p l a y e r s m a y a l t e r t h e S c o r e b y n a v i g a t i n g t h e s p a c e w i t h t h e i r b o d i l y m o v e m e n t s , a l -t e r i n g t h e v a r i o u s g a m i n g m e c h a n i s m a t p l a y , a n d b y a d d i n g d i r e c t i v e p h r a s e s t o i t s s t r u c t u r e . A l t h o u g h m a n y p l a y e r s m a y b e a c t i v e i n t h e g a m e s i m u l t a -n e o u s l y , e v e r y p l a y e r m a y c h o o s e t o f i l l t h e r o l e o f p l a y e r 1 o r p l a y e r 2 a n d r e s p o n d a c c o r d i n g l y t o t h e i r s e t o f d i r e c t i v e a c t i o n s i n t h e S c o r e t h r o u g h o u t e a c h r o u n d p l a y e d . E a c h r o u n d o f t h e g a m e p l a y e d t h r o u g h o u t i t ’ s o c c u p a -t i o n o f S t a m p G a l l e r y i n S e p t e m b e r & O c t o b e r o f 2 0 1 6 w i l l b e d o c u m e n t e d , a r c h i v e d a n d a n a l y z e d b y o u r t e a m , w h o w i l l c o m p o s e a n a c c u m u l a t i v e S c o r e . T h e a c c u m u l a t i v e S c o r e w i l l r e p r e s e n t a c o l l e c t i v e o f p l a y e r m o v e m e n t s f o u n d t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e t y o f t h e g a m e ’s s t a y a t t h e S t a m p . Yo u p a r t i c i p a t i o n i s h i g h l y v a l u e d b y o u r t e a m a n d w e h o p e y o u e n j o y t h i s r o u n d o f t h e g a m e .

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T h e P a r a d i s e N o w t e a m

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impeccable restraints only at arms length

pick a player follow a lead 7 8 9 10 11 12 when the stages are stacked rolling the fruit and flowers

your task yellow balls edges of the space 13 14 15 16 17 18

stop starting to silently wait

collect and hold on to any moving object move and do not stop moving 19 20 21 22 23 24

facing the windows reverse an announcement

how did we recoil to your left 25 26 27 28 29 30

allowed to but only sometimes and only for some

stop look up down at the ground fill 31 32 33 34 35 36

kissing the concrete foam on top of foam have you ever closed your

place them if the buckets are needed 37 38 39 40 41 42 for there is a queue an infinity of

we a hunger to know things for certain 43 44 45 46 47 48

let go of your yellow balls some things cannot be learned or granted to you for your hard work

scream 49 50 51 52 53 54 like a bad habit pause

we as an authority repeat 55 56 57 58 59 60 silently now collect a toe for every flower

your body inwards the freedom to

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T h e S c o r e i s a s e r i e s o f d i r e c t i v e a c t i o n s t h a t h a p p e n o v e r e a c h 6 0 m i n u t e r o u n d o f t h e g a m e . B e l o w , y o u w i l l f i n d a m e r e s k e l e t o n o f t h e S c o r e , w h i c h y o u a r e i n v i t e d t o a l t e r b y a d d i n g d i r e c t i o n i n - b e t w e e n e x i s t i n g d i r e c t i v e a c t i o n s .

Yo u m a y a c t i v i a t e t h e g a m i n g m e c h a n i s m s b e l o w .

* A g a m i n g e v e n t b y K i m i H a n a u e r f e a t u r -i n g t h e w o r k o f S y d n e y S p a n n , M i c h a e l S t e p h e n s & N i k k i L e e o c c u p y i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d ’s S t a m p G a l l e r y t h r o u g h o u t S e p t e m b e r & O c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 . T h i s p r o j e c t i s c u r a t e d b y C h r i s t o p h e r B u g t o n g , G r a c e D e W i t t a n d S h a y T y n d a l l .

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- Judith Butler, Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street, 2011