Capes and Masks was one of suite of experiments exploring displaced, anonymous and secret audiences.
A surreal and melancholy story of a dream written by Rita Kalnejais which could be heard only if you (the audience member) don the cape and mask.
The public transform into a sculptural forms as the listener becomes a still and focussed creature both watched and watching.
It was part of a suite of interventions under the banner "Micro-works" which included The Marconi Experiment.
The Marconi experiment entailed sending numerous hand written letters which encouraged the receiver of the letter to take a book from their shelf and anonymously gift it to a complete stranger.
Capes and Masks was presented by:
The Performance Space at Carriageworks, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery as part of Performance Space’s Live Works season.
Collaborators:
Rita Kalnejais, writer.
David Franzke, Sound.
David Tredenick, Narrator.
Timothy Wells, mask making.
Performed by The Public.
Photography: Anna Tregloan (2010)
