1001 nights cast

Artist Statement
In her durational performance, 1001 nights cast, Barbara Campbell cast a story into the ether every night for 1001 nights from 21 June 2005 to 17 March 2008. Each story had been written for her during the day by a pool of (by the end) 243 writers scattered across the globe. With only a few hours to write and a limit of 1001 words, each writer was responding to a writing prompt Campbell had extracted from one of that day's newspaper stories about events in the Middle East. At sunset (according to Campbell's location), she opened the live webstream on the 1001 nights cast website and told the new story to unseen audiences in unknown locations. The stories, as spoken, could only be witnessed in real time, but in text form, they remain on the website as ghosts of their one-time voicing.
Source of Artist Statement

Campbell, Barbara

2005-8

Brennan, Anne

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Performed distributed work

Webcast

1. Barbara Campbell, writing prompt for night 164 of 1001 nights cast (live version), 1001.net.au. Image courtesy of the artist.

2. Barbara Campbell wearing silver tongue stud for night 1001 of 1001 nights cast, 1001.net.au. Image courtesy of the artist.

3. Barbara Campbell, a selection of tongue studs used in her online durational performance 1001 nights cast. Image courtesy of the artist.