Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A&E The Object Group gives a kick-start to 'Chapel Perilous!'
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:19 AM
The Object Group, a performing arts ensemble dedicated to creating interactive shows for nontraditional spaces, has announced a Kickstarter campaign for a new project that will combine live silhouettes, film clips and animation. Chapel Perilous comments on religious ritual and spiritual experience by putting a single member of the audience into the titular chapel. The company seeks to raise $6,000 by August 5.
The Object Group evolved from the troupe Haverty Marionettes, source of such fascinating avant-garde projects as As I Lay Dying and The Colour of Her Dreams. Haverty explains the concept and logistics of the show:
The performance takes 12 minutes once a single audience member has sat inside the Chapel. It is endlessly repeatable over the course of an evening. The audience outside will have a different experience. The projections and some tableau will be visible from the outside, along with occasional glimpses of the audience member, lit from within and visible to the outside audience through the translucent skin of the Chapel. But the real experience is inside the Chapel, where we attempt to recreate the dizzying highs and hallucinatory lows of seeking religious ecstasy and connection with the divine. The performers will be all of the 14 members of the Group - we will all take turns playing the two roles.
Here's a clip about the group and the plans for Chapel Perilous:
In addition to Haverty, The Object Group consists of Claire Christie, Blaire Hillman, Christina Dresser, Chris Moses, Brittany Loffert, Hunter Treadway, Grace Burke, Tera Beurkle, Tim Hand, Wade Tilton, Emma Yarborough, Caitlin Reeves, and Kristin Haverty. Haverty says, "Chapel Perilous will preview at the end of October at a special event at the Goat Farm. It will then perform at different venues across ATL throughout November, leading up to a special 'end of the world' event performance on 12.12.12. The piece will then tour nationally throughout 2013. The set is made to be able to live in many different environments, indoor and out."
In a fundraising email, Haverty explains, "We need cash to pay our designers to build the chapel, render our animations, and construct our objects and costumes." Here's a comedic little clip that explains what you'll receive based on each level of donation.
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