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… questioning and self- reflection. Gadamer’s conception of tradition is dialogical: rather than a form of antiquarian- ism, it is a continuing debate on questions, problems and issues to which we ourselves contribute. When we play works of art, we revisit the tradition that handed them down to us. Presenting them in our hermeneutical situation will add new meanings, that will in turn expand the tradition. This is why playing musical works is fundamentally unfinished: their meaning is never … an insight into 37the bigger picture of how a total performance experience might be perceived. And understanding these elements, and how we perceive them, is essential to our inquiry. Firstly, location - space. Without a location or a space (even an online platform is a location) there can be no actual time-and-space event. So if we’re making new experiences, new events, then we should have a look at space and the meanings within space. What does this space mean? How is it perceived? How does a … pockets and search your mem- ory. A flash of your friend’s geeky laughter, him collapsing in giggles over a bag of unopened chips under the glare of cornerstore LED light, you’re waiting at the counter, ‘Come on Nick’ you’re saying, while you feel the shop attendant’s fixed stare of practiced tolerance on the back of your neck. But Nick’s not here now. You look around and discover you’re on some inner city side street where the buildings seem too tall for the width of the space; empty but for the …