The Perfect Number, is a unique interaction of film and live performance, where
the narrator/performer exists in many different shapes and places.
More than a century after the anarchic DADA art movement emerged in Zurich as a
response to global chaos, we again find ourselves struggling to make sense of the
many conflicts and ecological crises we’re living through.  
In the spirit of DADA, The Perfect Number travels in free-flow and touches on:
dreams and visions, other living beings who appreciate grass, brutality and
survival, trees fighting back, the history of photography, concrete underfoot, how to
pose, the sound of pressed plastic, the wrong clothes, confused golfers and the
centre of the world in Delphi.
“Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game.” Heraclitus

Richard Layzell has been showing installations, films and performances
internationally since 1980. His multi-sensory Tap Ruffle and Shave was
experienced by 100,000 people across the UK. He’s worked with communities in
Bristol, Shanghai, Perth (Australia), London, Canvey Island, Swindon, Colchester,
Glasgow and Dundee, and teaches at University of the Arts London. He’s the author
of Enhanced Performance and Cream Pages.
The Perfect Number is the second work in The Naming. The final part, Bing
Bong, is in production.