Influences
“Their understanding of each other had been greater than that of God’s. And a moment later, it had vanished.”
—Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road To The Deep North
Projection from Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon
Storytelling: Laurie Anderson — strange and abstract tales that make you feel you are witnessing something from another world… and yet each story is a deep dive into a moment in time. Poignant. Rich.
Anahata: Unbeaten, unwounded.
Produced otherwise than by beating
“…So right here we have one of those cheerful little jokes you find everywhere in Sanskrit: hearts beat—that’s what they do. And hearts get wounded. But there is a level of your heart that is unbeaten and unwounded. Any time you want, come take refuge here and be healed, in your essential heart that is steadily humming along.”
—Lorin Roche, The Radiance Sutras
The immersive experience of The Necks. In their extended improvisations, time is lost and somehow truth is found.
“Scissors I don’t need because scissors cut things apart. A needle I need because a needle puts things together. I teach love. My whole teaching is based on love — putting things together, teaching people communion. I need a needle so that I can put people together. The scissors are useless; they cut, they disconnect. Next time you come, just an ordinary needle will be enough.” — Farid
VOICE — the driving force of the show. We become immersed, and then, in the midst of constantly rolling waves of sound, the voice pulls the watcher out of infinity and back into time; grounding, voice provides the release.