Mostly Just Doing the Saturday Crossword was an experiment in see if a single task (doing the crossword) would be enough to sustain a performance. If people would watch us do a crossword puzzle.

To be honest, the experiment never got off the ground - almost nobody came (a couple of friends, never more then one at a time) and it is difficult to sustain not performing if there is no one there to not perform for.

It's a project I'd like to go back to - but it needs a gallery, or some other setting in which a transient audience is already present so they can stop and watch us for a while and move on, or not. We would also add some extra tasks, to do when the crossword becomes too much.

The original announcement:
Small Wooden Shoe and Hub 14 present a repeating durational performance:

Mostly Just Doing the
Saturday Crossword

Some people (us*) come together to do something we're not very good at, for the pleasure of doing it.

Some others (you) come to watch, for the pleasure of watching.

Like people watching at a café, but with permission, and a microphone.

There is coffee, and some donuts as well if you’d like. There is a jar for donations for the fine folks at Hub 14, if you are so inclined.

There is also a spare copy or two of the puzzle around if you wish to play along. Though we respectfully ask that you don’t shout out any answers. How then might we learn anything?

*Sunday May 1st will be performed by Ame Henderson, Chad Dembski, Jacob Zimmer, Kilby Smith-McGregor, Inari Salmivaara and special guests.

3 Second Sundays at Hub 14 (April 3, 17, May 1)
11-2 (you're free to come and go)
Coffee and donuts available.
Donations accepted

Hub 14 is at 14 Markham St., just north of Queen St.