The Lonely Sailor Weather Report

An exploration of amphibious living. Anchored on stories of dissolving, shifting and stillness: far out to sea, where land-based networks begin to crackle and skip on the boundaries of their limited existence, our lonesome sailor sits, moderate at first, then rising slowly. The gust, unsettled and at times cyclonic, blows knots into his porous skin, as he rebuilds his identities in a North-easterly direction. He is good, occasionally poor, becoming lighter in the evening.

EXPERIENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

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WEATHER BULLETIN FOR THE HIGH SEAS FOR METAREA VII.
ISSUED BY A LONELY SAILOR WEATHER BROADCAST
ON THE 29th of June 2020 AT 08:30 UTC.

FOR NORTH-EAST SECTOR OF METAREA. VII, PREPARED BY THE EMPTINESS OF A HOLLOW VESSEL, SEE AREA 2 BELOW.

NOTE: WX OBSERVATIONS.
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COULD ALL VESSELS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED, SEVERE WX/SEA STATE PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPORT THIS TO THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SILENCE BELOW.

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The Lonely Sailor Weather Report

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The creative team

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Performers : Ukwanda Puppets and Design Art Collective (Luyanda Nogodlwana, Sipho Ngxola, Siphokazi Mphofu)

Filming : Robin Kirsten

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