Dust | An Operatic Performative Installation
MANNES SCHOOL OF MUSIC , New York
An opera by: Robert Ashley
Director: Bill Gustafson
Installation Scenography and Video Design: Troy Hourie
Associate Scenographer: Paul Cegys
Music Director: Joan La Barbara
Sound Design: David Van Tieghem
I was engaged as a visual artist to create a visual environment for Ashley's experimental opera Dust. The piece examines homelessness, disenfranchisement and antiwar themes. I invited Paul Cegys to collaborate in creating a mediated scenography that explored with myself as the artist onstage creating live feed images of both sculptural artworks and the performers in support of the text. This was the first professional project for The Paracosm Collective, founded by myself and Paul Cegys.
Photographs taken by Martin Seck are credited. See more of his work at http://martinseckphotography.com