Questions in a World Without Answers was a live performance art show held at The Cafe, at 5115 North Lincoln Ave. (just south of Foster) in Chicago, I on October 5, 2004. This live show was conducted with a voice-altering effects mixing board, as Janet Kuypers read stories, poems and parts of poems. Background instrumentals from Laurie Anderson tracks were samples and piped in quietly in the background.

Listen to the show Questions in a World Without Answers

live show recording:

expanded studio versio:

Click here for an image site of original images used in the show.

Poems that were included in this conversational performance art show included:

squid
on the california streets
part of right there by your heart
russians at a garage sale
all men have secrets
content with inferior men
part of burn it in
private lives one
part of private lives 4
part of scars 2000
after the wreckage
part of people’s lives were at stake
part of true happiness in the new millennium
and part of communication

Original images were used for this show,
but background sounds in this performance included samples
from instrumentals of Laurie Anderson songs, including:
baby doll
excellent birds
from the air
my compensation
oh superman sharkey’s night (the version from Mister Heartbreak)
smoke rings
the day the devil
walking and falling
and white lily

There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live poerformances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry for only $12.95 by sending an e-mail to Scars Publications.

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