Wednesday, January 2, 2008

jan.2-work begins

hey, 



The image on the left is a computer generated profile of the monotheatrum, an idea i have been working on for over a year now, and which i have now begun constructing.  The monotheatrum is a freestanding, nomadic amphitheatre designed to house a single performer but no audience whatsoever.  It is not a rehearsal space.  It is a formal stage dedicated to events performed for any manner of personal, spiritual, misanthropic ends.  It is an audience deprivation chamber, an architecture promoting obscurity as its highest goal.  Sound travelling outside the structure will have the potential to become a public event, while the actual performance remains private.  The monotheatrum will have its debut at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) late this spring.  I am still early into the construction of this structure, and I am still riddled with doubts as to my ability to build it to my own satisfaction.
Nevertheless, I told myself that I would publish a blog to chart my progress, once building gets underway.