On existence
by Élaine Charlebois
In Brandon Wicke’s piece Third Person, a banal setting is used to address and explore the experience of existential crisis. While on a camping trip, George (Kevin Ray) and Byron (Nic Turcotte) discover something quite strange. A stream of writing appears out of thin air revealing itself to be the “Third Person”, an omnipresence which claims to know what the campers will do before they do it. This presence asserts that the outcome of their decisions and actions are predetermined, leaving George and Byron to question the meaning and purpose of life. More specifically, the piece seeks to explore the idea of agency and the power of the individual in the determination of his/her own future.
