Untold Torments Without Reason
Untold Torments Without Reason (2013)
23 postcards documenting a performance in La Mancha, Spain
In January 2013, I spent three weeks criss-crossing the Manchegan Plains in Southern Spain; the country made famous by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, “Don Quixote” (1605, 1611). I was interested in considering the idea that “Quixote” expresses a culture in crisis, reflecting a Europe in transition between its medieval past and its enlightened future. In “Untold Torments” I wanted to return to this ambivalent space. I wanted to document it, perform in it and ultimately consider the idea that La Mancha will forever be a place of transition, emptiness and madness.
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In January 2013, I spent three weeks criss-crossing the Manchegan Plains in Southern Spain; the country made famous by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, “Don Quixote” (1605, 1611). I was interested in considering the idea that “Quixote” expresses a culture in crisis, reflecting a Europe in transition between its medieval past and its enlightened future. In “Untold Torments” I wanted to return to this ambivalent space. I wanted to document it, perform in it and ultimately consider the idea that La Mancha will forever be a place of transition, emptiness and madness.
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- To Serenade a Mountain
- To Train a Fart in the Desert
- Una Mano
- 100 Drill
- The Double-backed Beast
- Song for von Guérard
- Waterwalker
- Hello Stranger
- Test Excavation
- Dry Gulch
- 6m of Plinth
- Big Pinky
- Untold Torments Without Reason
- Mapping La Mancha
- Acts of Exposure
- Two Sketches for Antipodysseus
- Terra Australis 750 BC to 2012 AD
- The Model
- The Heat is. . .On!
- Renny Kodgers Quiz Hour
- Schleimgurgeln: Arrival
Untold Torments Without Reason (2013)
23 postcards documenting a performance in La Mancha, Spain
In January 2013, I spent three weeks criss-crossing the Manchegan Plains in Southern Spain; the country made famous by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, “Don Quixote” (1605, 1611). I was interested in considering the idea that “Quixote” expresses a culture in crisis, reflecting a Europe in transition between its medieval past and its enlightened future. In “Untold Torments” I wanted to return to this ambivalent space. I wanted to document it, perform in it and ultimately consider the idea that La Mancha will forever be a place of transition, emptiness and madness.
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In January 2013, I spent three weeks criss-crossing the Manchegan Plains in Southern Spain; the country made famous by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, “Don Quixote” (1605, 1611). I was interested in considering the idea that “Quixote” expresses a culture in crisis, reflecting a Europe in transition between its medieval past and its enlightened future. In “Untold Torments” I wanted to return to this ambivalent space. I wanted to document it, perform in it and ultimately consider the idea that La Mancha will forever be a place of transition, emptiness and madness.
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- To Serenade a Mountain
- To Train a Fart in the Desert
- Una Mano
- 100 Drill
- The Double-backed Beast
- Song for von Guérard
- Waterwalker
- Hello Stranger
- Test Excavation
- Dry Gulch
- 6m of Plinth
- Big Pinky
- Untold Torments Without Reason
- Mapping La Mancha
- Acts of Exposure
- Two Sketches for Antipodysseus
- Terra Australis 750 BC to 2012 AD
- The Model
- The Heat is. . .On!
- Renny Kodgers Quiz Hour
- Schleimgurgeln: Arrival