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imagine walking through a film, but it’s happening on the streets you walk down everyday.
‘as if it were the last time’ invites you to take part in a secret event this November. You’ve seen the people freeze in train stations and the mass pillow fights, well this will be a more subtle experience…
If you register to take part in this event you’ll be invited to download an MP3 and turn up at a secret location to listen to the track at a specified time.
When you put on the headphones you’ll find yourself immersed in the cinema of everyday life. As the soundtrack swells people in the crowd around you will begin to re-enact the England of today.

Sometimes you’ll just be drifting and watching, but sometimes you’ll be following instructions or creating the scenes yourself. Don’t worry, there will be nothing illegal or embarrassing, sometimes you might be re-enacting moments you’ve seen in films, sometimes you’ll just be playing yourself.
This is no requiem, this a celebratory slow dance, a chance to savour the world you live in, and to see it with fresh eyes.
What you need to do to take part : You need to come along with a partner (a friend, a relative, a lover.. or maybe just someone you want to get to know better), each of you will need to have your own device that can play MP3s (an iPod, a mobile phone etc.), two days before the event you’ll receive an email with a map of the location, the time of the event and a link to the sound file. Then you just turn up and press play at the same time as everyone else.

Credits
‘as if it were the last time’ by Duncan Speakman
[ soundtrack ] Sadie Anderson, Duncan Speakman,
[ voices ] Steve Owen, Jess Marlowe, Jess Hoffman
[ additional musicians ] Leo Smee , Laura Groves ,
[ developed with ] Gemma Paintin, James Stenhouse, Uninvited Guests, Ed Rapley, Lucy Cassidy, Alex Bradley, Sita Calvert Ennals, Becky Hall
[ production assistants ] Helen Bentley, Keira Blakley, Steve Owen,
[ web design ] Thought Den

Duncan Speakman is a member of the Vauxhall Collective 2009.
For info please visit: www.vauxhallcollective.co.uk
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