Different calls describe different work
The 2020 P4U rules distinguish creative work from observation and documentation. P4 carries the initiator’s creative project, while the 3P Group documents, observes and responds; the people involved can move between those positions. This gives a first-time reader a more precise entry than the idea that participation simply means becoming an actor.
The 2022 Meat Grinder invitation offers another pair of entry points: actors and observers. Initiated by Zhao Xuan within Kousi Theatre, the project brings performing and observing into a shared process. Reading its initiator and roles first makes the organisation of an invitation easier to understand.
Related sources: Plan p4U - A game of reflection after direct action. · Recruitment - Here's the meat grinder.
Continue from the invitation to the credited record
Next, read the 2023 announcement for The Last Rehearsal. Biographies and named roles connect several projects: someone may contribute to a collective work, then perform music or take on production work elsewhere. Following names, roles and dates reveals a developing practice.
Invitations and later announcements offer different materials. An invitation describes how a project might begin; participant accounts and post-performance writing preserve further experiences. Reading these dated historical records together connects a first invitation to credits, shared work and later responses, helping readers find a form of participation that interests them.
Related sources: P4 Finale: The Last Rehearsal, Love, Death, and Human Surrender
Related projects and records
Questions about these records
Does every P4 project require acting experience?
The archive includes performing, observing and documenting roles. Experience requirements belong to each particular call; there is no single rule for every project.
Are the archived calls still open?
An archived call does not establish current availability. Check its publication date and a current announcement from the project.
Sources and original records
Plan p4U - A game of reflection after direct action.
Chinese original · English edition
Start with the division between creative work, observation and response.
Recruitment - Here's the meat grinder.
Chinese original · English edition
Check the proposed forms of participation and the Kousi Theatre attribution.
P4 Finale: The Last Rehearsal, Love, Death, and Human Surrender
Chinese original · English edition
Follow named biographies and roles across projects.