(previously entitled Purgations)
1997/1998
Concept
Collaborative cross-artform piece, first performed as 'Purgations"
Text by M. C. Hewitt - a sequence of 26 poems set in a barren underworld
Images by Tom Walker - mainly white pastel on black paper projected onto a gauze screen front of stage
Music for string sextet by Peter Copley - played live as an integral part of the performance
Texts spoken from inside a dimly-illumined cabin behind the gauze
First performances (as Purgations)
Friday 13 & Saturday 14 February, 1998
All Saints Centre, Lewes, East Sussex
Voice: MCH
Projections: Tom Walker
Musical direction: Peter Copley
Musicians at first performance
Violins: Shereen Godber, Brian Lee
Violas: Elly Blackshaw, Grazyna Zarewska
Cellos: Anna Copley, Rachel Firmager
Photos © Meg Sullivan, 1998