INTERRUPTED INTENTIONS — DECISION, RESET & RESPONSIBILITY

INTERRUPTED INTENTIONS — DECISION, RESET & RESPONSIBILITY

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Days 3–4: Chain of Interrupted Intentions.

The performer gives themselves a clear intention and performs it. They continue until another real intention appears. Only then do they change. The structure creates a chain: intention → action → new intention → interruption → new action.

The performer should not invent constant arbitrary movement or change merely to keep things visually active. Mart's instruction was: “Don't change before you have another idea. Stick to what you are doing.” When the new intention arrives: change.

The exercise becomes a study of decision-making. Performance is treated as a continuous chain of decisions. Day 4 adds a crucial principle: when something collapses, pause, reset and continue. Do not artificially force continuity.

Mart insists that structure is not the performance itself. Structure prepares you to deal with unpredictable situations. Inside a collective composition, everyone contributes to the situation, but each performer remains responsible for their own decision. Defend your decision. No one else onstage can save a weak choice.

What the protocol trains

Real-time composition, decision-making, commitment, the ability to reset, the ability to remain active without panic, and responsibility inside collective work.

Artistic problem

How can a performer remain available to change without confusing activity with composition? Mart investigates the point at which interruption becomes necessary, and how a structure can support freedom without replacing responsibility.