Secession 2015
directed by Tess Howsam, Tara Eliot, Katie Lindsay, Ashley Brooke Monroe
written by Leah Barker, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho, Jessica Nelson, Matthew Minnicino, Alexis Roblan, Laura Zlatos
This summer, Exquisite Corpse Company made a home on Governors Island to present its latest, large-scale, immersive performance event, Secession 2015. The lives and work of the artists of the Vienna Secession feuled over 20 emerging visual artists to create new pieces in response. A company of seven playwrights, four directors, and seven actors will brought the gallery to life in an original performance piece born of the same. Creating a living gallery, audiences weaves through the walls of art guided by the the muses and ghosts that inspired them.
art design by
Aleksandra Kolanko
Sara Howsam
Gwendolyn Kehrig-Darton
Lillian Henehan
Lavinia Roberts
Mo Skel
Josh Booth
Trissa Dodson
Sara Lynn Sterling
Jong Wong Lee
Caroline Matthews
Carla Torres
Dashiell Robb
featuring
Lee Collins
Anya Krawcheck
Blaire O'Leary
Max Schloner
Emma Walton
Anna Young
Stephan Godleski
lighting design by Sara Gosses