video documentation

Abrons Arts Center, April 2011	Movement Research Festival, Dec. 2010

interactive dance/performance, 25 minutes

the horror the horror (I have plenty of energy to drive over there) is a largely improvised live sound and video performance spectacle, which engages notions of loss, memory, eroticism and rage. Seamlessly incorporating live and processed imagery, electronic, and acoustic music, the work references Bernini's highly theatrical sculpture the Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Brando's death scene form Apocalypse Now, and the rantings of a drunk and enraged Mel Gibson. the horror the horror conjures a slowed down realm of breathing, watching, and dreaming, using multiple large scale video projections, surround sound audio, and a live dancer to spin a gothic meditation on American pop culture and the personal obsessions of madmen.

Video: Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty
Audio: Brian Rogers
Performer: Madeline Best