"In Kharms Way" is a Ted Milton and Sam Britton co-operative theater
project around Russian absurdist writer Daniil Kharms.
The works of Daniil Kharms
(1905-1942, Russia) bring to the front of our collective consciousness
a final, desperate image of the human condition. 'In Kharms Way'
presents a snapshot of this reality, animated and shot into the present
via the eager, intense vocalisation, saxophone playing and puppetry of
Ted Milton and Sam Britton's deconstructed, rewired laptop computer.
The piece was first presented in 2OO1 at the Rotozaza Connexions
Festival in Paris and the performance developed over the next year,
even with Ted slipping back in his role as puppeteer since 15 years. An
acompanying book has been published, in the style of the Pagan Strings
series. "In Kharms Way" was taken on tour in 2002 and 2003 across
Europe.