EKSTASIS (2013)

Ekstasis explored that which makes us human, the need to make a mark, to record our existence, to communicate. This 36-hour ritual begins with prints of the body, first hands, then arms, then torso in this primal gesture that reaches back to those first marks of mankind recorded in Paleolithic caves. Then the printing evolves to language, with words drawn on the gallery walls in a physical gesture from mind to body to wall. A poetic dialogue follows as the performer and the sound artists enter into a conversation composed of spoken word and music as the words drawn throughout the walls are read aloud. The audience is invited on this experiential contemplative journey, to stop by or stay as long as they choose.

Concept and Performed by: Malcolm McClay
Design: Malcolm McClay, Jeff Becker
Directed by: Jeff Becker
Sound by: Nathan John Normand Weidenhaft & Marcus E. Brown
Producer: Good Children Gallery