OTTER has taken the reins and is let loose on the unsuspecting visitors of Whitley Arts Festival's What The Butler Saw for 4 nights. He creates his most challenging and stimulating piece yet comprising of 5 riddles and tasks, all of which the audience must complete to win themselves the prize.
For the duration of the performance OTTER resides in his black and white holt at the back of the side room. People are invited in to see him one at a time and each is told the first riddle to set them on their way.
Players must find the correct challenge, and then upon completion of the each task the next clue is reveled. Players must complete each stage in the right order to find themselves back with OTTER and win.
Each of the 5 tasks link up with OTTER back in his room so he knows what people are doing and when. The box of balls has a hidden camera which feeds live video onto tv sets in OTTER's holt. The switch in the electric box turns on the random word generator on his desk. The keyboard plays it's sounds into the speakers surrounding OTTER's head. The computer prints whatever people type on the printer on OTTER's desk. And of course the plant link is obvious...
Pete Montford is only to be seen in small monitors on display at the audiences feet in the holt, and heard in some chatter that appears to be coming from the monitor box. Usually he is fairly prominent in his installations so this possibly suggests some form of a breakdown in their relationship which may affect future performances together.
Watch out for the video coming soon that shall explain more of the story and work.
