THE REPUBLIC · EPISODE TWELVE · SIMULATION ALPHA · ALL EPISODES
RED BRISKET / BLUE BRISKET
A narrator tells the story. The characters are figures cut from archival films, each first shown where the archive found it, then lifted onto one stage to speak the screenplay's lines. The archive speaks as the Republic's citizens, in their own pictures and voices.
THE CAST, AS FOUND
S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S.as found in Robot Reality · 1990
SOCRATES-117as found in Cycle Logic, Cycle Safety · 1967
KANOas found in Towers, The · 1957THE SCORE · D-A-E · HONED FOR FILM, CHOSEN BY WHAT EACH MOVEMENT SAYS AND SHOULD FEEL
Wai Lana Layover (Anakena Tuning) · tension and suspense, triumph
Solar Wind Boogie · triumph, tension and suspense
Odin Above the Breakers · country western, folk acoustic
Cedar Tank Splash · dub reggae, glitchy electronic
Compass Spin in Heavy Fog · dreamy ambient, lonely desert
The Geezer's Stride · dreamy ambient, glitchy electronic
Salvaged Room, Traveling Light · melancholy guitar, ritual and ceremony
Jerry's Mutron & Solar Wind Boogie · marching drums, something breaking apart