directions: multi-vocal speech performances

During the past years I developed a series of performances where I call the names of the wind directions in the relevant directions. A sort of small rituals or games around this system, developed by human beings in order to deal with the consept of space.
For reason that in speech everything folows in time, It is obvious that in these solo performed works, the words north east south west are pronounced one after the other. 
With more voices, however, those words could sound simultaneously in the relevant directions.

Departing from the idea that each of us can read and pronounce words, I invite you
to perform these works with me, in your own language and with only a brief instruction.
The preferable location for this is someone’s living- or work room; a place which is adeptable for a small group of people, with an acoustics in which also untrained voices can be understood.
On the location chairs will be placed in four directions. I invite four people to perform one of the works. For another work this can be other people present.
Basically the performances need 4 voices, although with some extra voices it is possible to switch. Everyone present (10 max.) is both performer and listener.
Duration is about 45 minutes.

If you are interested in performing these works with me in your own living/work space, please invite me: toine@toinehorvers.nl

- I offer the works to friends and interested people and ask them to propose a location and a date for the performance.
- For the performances basically three or four participating speakers are needed, in addition to myself.
- For each work I give a brief explanation and instructions for performance.
- Each work is to be performed once. There will be no rehearsals and try-outs: the work is only performed when the instructions are clear for the performers.
- Foreign speakers are welcome.
- I ask the performing speakers to adhere to the instructions and not to improvise.
- I ask the performing speakers not to react on their mistakes or slips of the tongue: all
characteristics of the performer are part of the execution of the work.
- The work exists by- and for those who are performing. Other people present can experience it.
- I ask other people present not to applaud after the performance of a work.

works sofar:
names: meridians 9:48  (source: world map Robinson Projection)
We depart, each in one of four directions, for a journey around the world, starting and ending at the north pole. In a given time schedule we pronounce the names of countries, cities, seas, mountains and rivers that the assigned meridian passes.
A fifth voice indicates the passage of time: the distances/silences between the names.
names: wind directions appr. 10 min. (source: Google Translate)
We pronounce the names of the wind directions in various languages.
One of us gives the name of the language, after which we pronounce the name of our assigned wind direction in the relevant language.
panorama north east south west. 9:00
We describe our view in the wind direction assigned to each of us.
The description starts at the bottom, after which the gaze focuses furthere away in an upward movement expressed in the hours of the clock: the bottom is 6 o'clock, the view straight up is 12 o'clock.
A fifth voice gives the changes of the viewing-angle in 1.5 minute steps.

places and data sofar:
may 28 may ieke Trinks Rotterdam, june 8 at studio Katrin Jaquet Berlin, june 9 Eva-Maria and Hannes Berlijn, june 14 Myriam and Marcus Brussels, june 15 Jos and Geerten Dordrecht, june 23 Marinus and Agnes (Block-C) Groningen, june 29 Guus and Willem Rotterdam, november 2 Geerts studio Tilburg.