ROCK
Scenario for photograph no. 1
by Richard Allen
A rock is a rock is a rock…
(After Stein)(1)
A re-enactment for 1 – 1000 + performers (the number of participants is dependent on ambition and resources).
Instructions:
1.)Find a rock.(2)
2.)Observe the rock in its natural habitat.
3.)Re-enact the rock in a different context.
1 Gertrude Stein’s oft quoted line “A rose is a rose is a rose” was rumored to have been parodied by Ernest Hemingway after a brief stay in Paris seeking editorial suggestions for his writing: "a stone is a stein is a rock is a boulder is a pebble."
2 The definition of ‘Rock’ can be interpreted liberally but must be concerned with an object (See Stein’s Tender Buttons). According to the concise OED the definition of Rock (noun) is 1 the hard mineral material of the earth’s crust, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil. 2 a mass of rock projecting out of the ground or water. 3 a boulder. 4 Geology any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals. 5 Brit. a kind of hard confectionery in the form of cylindrical peppermint-flavoured sticks. 6 informal a diamond or other precious stone.
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