Nap Kin
by davidmillerart
Developed and performed with Paul Newman for [STATE] of Uncertainty at The Vaults, Birmingham
Nap Kin
1.
nap kin
n
The collective consciousness of sleep, derived from North European folk superstition.
[nap; Old English hnappian; related to Middle High German napfen meaning a short light sleep; doze]
[kin; Middle English, from Old English cyn; see gen- in Indo-European roots meaning one’s relatives, family, kinfolk]
Conspicuously invisible, I will dispense the indispensable solution, an elixir that starts with the end. A small sleep begins as I do, this is akin to kin. We are here to maintain you, to intoxicate you, to bring you sensation.