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Man: (UpBeat โ Game face on โ might have already done some Gas) We are getting faaast tonight. We are going hard. Going to have a little buzz. A little laaaaugh... No one is going home! We are celebrating. /
Man: We are going to have some laaaaaaughs.
Chorus: Laugh it off! (Beat) Laugh it off.
Man: Come on...Oi - Laugh with me. Put it behind you. (Beat) Just put it behind you. (Beat) Put it behind you, Mate.
Chorus: Or...fake it. Fake it. Fake it till you... (Breath) Feel it. Man: No one likes a cry baby.
Chorus: J So stop fucking crying.Man: Just get light with me.
Chorus: Or go home.
Man: (Man breaths in and out into a ballon) Forget about everything... for like... 10 seconds. /
Chorus: Your wife. Your husband. Your lover. Your job. Your belly. Your hair. People mugging you off. Your dad, dicking around. Your mum - hitting you. Cut it all off. Freeze it out. Man: You're not a kid anymore. Forget about wetting the bed. And if you cant... โ
Chorus: At least shut up about it. (Beat). You sound like broken record... A wet fucking blanket. / No good to anyone.
Man: Get out of your head, Mate. Its your birthday. Get fuuuuucked. Get light with me. Cut everything off. Forget about...everything... For like....another... 15 seconds.
Chorus: Go hard. (P) Go fasssst. (J) Or go home. Keep up. Shhhhhhut up... (J) Or leave. (P)
Man: (Beat) Just don't spoil the mood. All: Just don't spoil the mood. Man: (Breaths in/out) Keep that personal shit to your self, Mate. (Breaths in/out) /
Chorus: Mate. Mate. Mate. (P) No one want to hear about it. How you fucked up. Got dumped. Got fired. Got kicked out. Got beat up. (Breath)
Man: Keep it light, tonight. Keep it light. Keep it light. Relax โ Calm down. (Breaths in/out) Breath...Breath. Breath. Breath it in... (Indicating the ballon) Pass it on...pass it on. (Repeating deep breaths and fake laughs) Take it easy โ Get Whizzy (Long breaths breaths in/out) // Ditch the Can. Leave it in the street. By the curb. Next to the trees. In the middle of the alleyway. At the entrance of the park. By the swings. Kick the Cans into the bushes. By the brook. Out the way. (Beat) Don't want that shit in my car.
Chorus: Out of sight โ Out of mind...
Man: Going to have a laugh. A little joyride. Burn some tires. Eat a couple of Happy meals. / By the end of the night, we going to be so looooose. You wont remember what all the fuss was about. / I better see a fucking smile on your face. I want to hear you laaaaaaaugh!
Chorus & Man: Laaaaaugh Laaaaaaugh Laaaaaugh (Everyone fake laughing) /
Man: Fucking laugh with me. / /
Chorus: I am laughing. This is laughing. Is this laughing?
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SURPLUS: The Rat, the Tampon and the Laughing Gas
When waste is a reflection of our social psyche, discarded life and consumables - become one of the same.
'Surplus: The Rat, the Tampon and the Laughing Gas' is a short form, moving image digital art project, depicting three anthropomorphised discarded things - real found objects from the streets of Enfield. 'Surplus: The Rat, the Tampon and the Laughing Gas' is an Augmented Reality sculptural triptych, presented as individual microsites with multiple entry/ access points. The films will be presented as separate files: audio, text, film, AR. The sculptures, seen and manipulated using Augmented Reality via smartphones or/and web browsers. DYSPLA makes high end experimental narrative based digital art, using performative monologues and innovative technology.
SPECIFICATION
Artist: DYSPLA
Title: SURPLUS: The Rat, the Tampon and the Laughing Gas
Year: 2025
Digital Sculpture: 3 x .gITF, 12-40mb
Films: 3 x 3-8 min, 4k, .mp4
Audio: 3 x 3-8min, .WAV
Text: 3000 words (approx)
Credits:
Writer: Lennie Varvarides
Digital Artist: Kazimir Bielecki
Produced by DYSPLA
Cast:
โThe Ratโ, played by Alex Forman
โThe Tamponโ, played by Daisy-May Parsons
โThe Laughing Gasโ played by Jacob Fleming, Joanna Pope and Paul Croft.
Commissioned by Unlimited in partnership with Cultura Inglesa Festival
Developed at SurgeryScript
Thank you to Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for rehearsal room space.
Artist: DYSPLA
Title: SURPLUS: The Rat, the Tampon and the Laughing Gas
Year: 2025
Digital Sculpture: 3 x .gITF, 12-40mb
Films: 3 x 3-8 min, 4k, .mp4
Audio: 3 x 3-8min, .WAV
Text: 3000 words (approx)
Credits:
Writer: Lennie Varvarides
Digital Artist: Kazimir Bielecki
Produced by DYSPLA
Cast:
โThe Ratโ, played by Alex Forman
โThe Tamponโ, played by Daisy-May Parsons
โThe Laughing Gasโ played by Jacob Fleming, Joanna Pope and Paul Croft.
Commissioned by Unlimited in partnership with Cultura Inglesa Festival
Developed at SurgeryScript
Thank you to Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for rehearsal room space.
CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN THE MUSEUM OF THE NEURODIVERGNET AESTHETIC...
