Heruka death theater
Heruka: Confined without a floor to stretch upon, or space splayed open above or beyond, Heruka has to function among the old-fashioned, does hir best, hir consort churned against the _production-machine_, hir consort rub raw against _absorption-machine,_ hir consort meshed raw against _emission-machine,_ against _yidam-machine,_ against _yidam-machine_ Death Theater: The stage is pitch-black. The audience is well-lit, floodlights every- where. The performance is invisible. Occasional mumblings, cries, whisp- ers, nothing understood. Sometimes a spotlight plays across the audience, tentative or deliberate. But the stage, the stage is dark, is very dark, is black. The stage seems black, seems invisible. Nothing can be seen on stage. The audience is illuminated. Sometimes a light moves, quickly or slowly, across the audience. The stage is coal- black, absent of color. Voices are heard, urgent or languorous, screams perhaps, almost inaudible snatches of song. Actors and actresses are invisible. At times, movements are heard, perhaps scuffles. Nothing is visible on stage. The stage is absolutely black, the audience brightly lit. http://www.alansondheim.org/heruka.mp4 http://www.alansondheim.org/heruka2.mp3 (turn down your volume for heruka2 - electric saz, might 'splatter' otherwise) _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
