Written, directed, and produced by Jason Chan, Let The Foam Cup Go was the first Collective Unconscious production. Based on a poem by Thinh Nguyen (see below), it was a short piece (about 15 minutes) performed as part of the 1998 Putting On An Act show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) in July. The performers were Jason Chan, David Hayward, Denise Hayward, and Iris Lavell (there was also another performer, but to my shame I can't recall his name :-().
let the foam cup go
let it stumble freely, even awkwardly
across the freshly mown grass
it is empty now,
not much use to you.
let the foam cup go
no matter how much
conscience gnaws at you,
no point
lunging
after it like some memory
besides,
it’s in the hand
of the wind now
you’d only make a spectacle
of yourself,
it will drift
to where it’s destined,
like us all.
get another cup and
strike a pose,
this picnic is far from over.
tn 1993