Narrative Elements


A wealth of narrative sources formed an important background to the Placeholder project from its very begining. Many - perhaps most - of these were provided by Lucinda DeLormier, a professional story-teller and alternative school teacher.

Character Motifs

Bear and lion motifs

Crow, salmon, and spider motifs

Fish, salmon, and snake motifs

Goddess motifs

Place Motifs

Waterfall and magic circle motifs

River, waterfall, magic circle, and hoodoos motifs

Motif "Bank"

Animal motifs

Character profiles

Character relations

Critter and Goddess self descriptions


Placemarks

Signage at local parks provided some amusing and yet serious thoughts - here are two narratives from signs marking the place at two of the waterfalls we visited:

Takakkaw falls signage July 18 '93

Johnston Canyon falls signage July 19 '93


Scripts

Members of the Precipice Theatre Society recorded a large number of sounds for Placeholder - Critters' boasts, place descriptions and story seeds. Brenda Laurel also recorded the "Voice of the Goddess" intro to the piece heard by participants when they first entered, and Rob Tow had a cameo as the Voiceholder sound declaration "I'm listening". Below are the scripts used in these recording sessions.

Cave audio script August 5 '93

Crow audio script August 5 '93

Fish audio script August 5 '93

Goddess audio script August 5 '93

Hoodoos audio script August 5 '93

Snake audio script August 5 '93

Spider audio script August 5 '93

Waterfall audio script August 5 '93



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