LET:Emptying of the Extraneous Past
Performance
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
2014
A performance commission to activate an Atlanta 1913 building–largely unoccupied for nearly a decade–for Eyedrum event Existing Conditions.
A series of three 4 hour endurance performance rituals addressing the act of letting go (of the past). A full body mask was created in a workshop using detritus from the abandoned buildings The audience viewed the performance from the building’s rooftop looking into an alley filled with years of collected trash. Live music by Klimchak. Recorded music by Scott Burland. Photo by Mike Jensen