I was wandering around the Historical Museum in Berlin thinking about my tableau vivants and theatrical staging, arrested moments, magic tricks, artifice, etc. and came across these amazing little diorama/set/image stages.
The head is spinning now around a print or drawing series or kit that can be deployed as a mini proscenium. Similar to the “5 US Tragedies” performance props I used in Rio but freed from all of the performative actions.
Very cool – just saw the Kara Walker show at the Hammer here – some nice layered theatrical sets/puppets, the planes of depth emphasized in cool probing macro video. Also the best use of overhead projectors I’ve seen in years.
Hey did I ever send you to my old roomies’ massive cutouts? More lovely layering of flat planes of paper, color, acrylic, projection: http://www.chrisnatrop.com/
Btw congrats on everything over there!