Audio CD and booklet made as part of Challenging Rooms, in which members of utk made work in the homes of people who had answered an advert in the local paper
Two element of Kate's home drew me in, the large number of avocado stones and the european working times directive, with which she was working. The entire text of this legal document was reset using only the letters a,v,o,c,a,d & o and where these were not available substituting the next one that was. The result was read out by an Italian speech syntheser, a choice driven by the wordplay of Avvocato, an Italian lawyer, and Avocado the household's favourite fruit. Despite valiant and persistent efforts, the word avocado never actually occurs in the 45 minute speech.