And Counting... creates a parallel reality in which six disabled artists land on the moon in Manchester. Reproducing the conversation between Mission Command and the Apollo 11 Landing Module during its descent to the Moon in 1969. And Counting... raises questions about what is an accessible environment, the relationship between the body and technology, and the pull of gravity.
The six performers listen to a specially recorded score combining the dialogue between the astronauts with sounds from deep space objects. As the performers hear this live over their earpieces they reproduce it as best they can both replaying and rewriting history. The route that each of the performers takes is the same pattern as the Apollo astronauts took on the moon’s surface during one of the six lunar landin
Each performer hears different fragments of the original conversation and in the final minutes of the piece they come together and try to fit each of the pieces of this aural jigsaw together and successfully land on the moon.
Performers: Kevin Donellon, Dawn Foster, Martin Geddes, Jimmy O'Brian, Mandy McKeown, Chantelle Rea-Bradley. Due to illness Jimmy O'Brian was unable to perform so Chris Fitzsimmons stepped in.
Thanks to: Hazard team, Dada, Fullcircle Arts, Rules & Regs and The Bluecoat