Loopool
Chloe Cooper and Jenny Moore
Performed at Loop-The-Loop Five Years, London
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LOOPOOL THIS IS IT from Chloe Cooper on Vimeo.

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So we save it.
We save this gorgeous thing
...and we shake it down
and bits will fall off
and we'll let them
and we'll meet again.

We'll bury the bits that fell
and we'll work with the rest,
these ideas which are still in their infancy

But oh man,
they are everywhere,
i think it's ok to say
and in time we'll come out with something different that can work
with a knowledge of that's what we're doing
because i believe we can
and i believe it can be interesting and angry and demanding

or
we don't.

but if we did
it could be good

OK

a pool of blood and the artist is dead,
lifted over everything in the room
with elasticated sphincters sewn in for heads to squeeze through,
bobbing up and down in the artist's blood.

but if we did
it could be good

OK

a pool of blood and the artist is dead,
lifted over everything in the room
with elasticated sphincters sewn in for heads to squeeze through,
bobbing up and down in the artist's blood.

we need to make sure that everyone can see.

but don't panda to them
did you mean pander?
because you said panda

Let's go with panda.
it is the irrelevant,
the random,
it is the non-sequitur,
the only thing we could agree on.

why did you sew raisins on your shirt if you weren't hoping they'd notice?
[look down at your stripy shirt with raisins sewn on.
they've clearly been added for performative reasons].

i mean,
[look down at your stripy shirt with raisins sewn on.
they've clearly been added for performative raisins].

i'm a broker in this
It doesn't just happen you know
BANG!
It unravels
gradually falls in

ok so what's gonna happen is i'm gonna say
"do you wanna sit on this bean bag?"
and i'm gonna hold up my hands

like don't shoot

and everyone's gonna see that i have these gloves on
that are covered in bean bag beans
and i'm gonna ask someone

"do you wanna sit on this bean bag?

but what they can't see is that on the side of the bean bag ....
near the bottom .....
is this blue light .....
like that really piercing blue light on electrical appliances ....
but not blinking or twinkling or throbbing

no

it's SOLID
a solid blue light.

and it's coming out of two holes on the side of the bean bag
the exact width of my hands
(maybe a little bit more so i can get them in and out)

it doesn't look amazing right now
but the light coming out is amazing if you switch all the lights off
[go on, GO ON!
oh forget it i know you can't]

and someone's gonna say
"yeah ok i'll sit on your bean bag"

and i'm gonna hold up my hands

like don't shoot

like we were negotiating.

But the lines are always drawn before the negotiations begin:
the statistics show it,
the probability outlines it,
the artists draw it,
the teachers mark according to it,
the bread costs £3.50 to keep up with it,
the pavement cracks with it,
the tube strikes for it,
the lawyers fight for it,
the police reinforce it,
the nannies abide by it,
ghosts stay ghostly for it,
the emails appreciate it,
BT relies on it,
the bank charges for it.

and as they're walking over to the bean bag
… as they start lowering themselves onto it
i'm gonna put my bean bag hands in
through the holes
and they'll only realise once they've sat down.

…

can we revisit this?
i see what you're trying to do
but can we revisit this?
it wasn't what i was imagining.

let's discuss it
can we talk about it?

i just want what's best for you
i can hear you

what do you want?
i want you to be positively satisfied.

we've done it!
we've reached the summit!
this is it!
we've got it!
[no we haven't]
we can see everything clearly now!
[no we can't]
there's no further to climb!
[yes there is! what are you talking about?]

why are you asking me?
i don't want anything
i would not want anything
i have never wanted anything
in my life.

BASICALLY.

i really…
i really wanna feel like a lava lamp.
is it working?
just switch it back off and on again
press reset
I would love you to make me a lava lamp.

Not like the thing
not make me a thing
but make me into the thing.
Can you do that?
Can we revisit this please?
Because it's actually sort of what I imagined.

hold me
just hold me
i literally have no idea how you're going to react
can we revisit this please?
it's too fragile
put it down, give it to someone else

it's madness
they're gonna ruin it
they're gonna ruin it for everybody
don't they realise how it hangs in the balance?
the show it
the draw it
the mark it
the keep up with it
the crack with it
the strike for it
the fight for it
the reinforce it
the abide by it
the stay ghostly for it
the appreciate it
the rely on it
the charge for it

it's gonna fall off
and when it does
it's gonna knock into his and hers will fall off
and hers will knock into hers and his will fall off
and his will knock into his and hers will fall off
and hers will knock into yours and everyone's will fall off.

…

it's quite serious, i think you should think about it.
no, actually i have thought about it
that's why i'm calling you...

"The carrots are cooked!"
"The situation can't be changed!"

*[DESPAIRING BREATHING]*

you want it to happen but not like that?
well let me know.
you see it more as a conversation
it's important to you

hey look over there
it's
it's a live stream
[gasp]
it's beautiful
it's happening right now.
...
can you hear it?
no
can you?
no.
what are they saying?
can you turn it up?

you're really not ok with this are you?
relax, we're going to get somewhere if we
….just
….keep
….talking...
flick the lights on and off
go on
i know
i know you can't

you're right, there's definitely some social commentary here,
we like to bring that to all our events
...we need to work on this struggle more, though
as if the language is enough...
but whatever you do don't try to resolve it

they'll only realise once they've sat down.