The 1st floor gallery space at mac is rapidly transforming into perhaps it's most epic installation to date. The Woods opens as an installation on 29th January, and the performance begins with two previews on 27th and 28th January.We are very fortunate to be working with Silas and his exhibitions team who are building Barney's monumental design, and Lizzie and her performance tech crew to help install our relatively complex lighting and sound requirements.
Over the last two months I have been travelling a fair bit and talking on the phone a lot to the seven people who make up the artistic team for The Woods. The process has been very unusual as there have been so few times when all the team have been able to get together, so I've been the the conduit to communicate everyone's ideas. This has been exhausting in comparisson to just sitting in a room with everyone for two weeks (which hasn't been possible as everyone on the teams has been so busy). Next week when we all get together I'll see if this work has paid off. I think it will.
This is the artistic team:
Performers and co-authors: Chris Gunter, Greg Hobbs, Sara Kewly
Designer (set, props costume): Barney George
Lighting Designer, writer and co-author: Ben Pacey
Sound and Original Composition: Lewis Gibson
Editor, writer and co-author: Katherine Maxwell-Cook
Director, editor and co-author: Jane Packman
I am also working again with the brilliant Chris Keenan who is taking photos of the piece and documenting it.