Full Shackle (1998)

Full Shackle revealed systems that rely on organized acts of suppression to intimidate and terrorize a community into total obedience. Through torture and interrogation, these structures created a self-sustaining cycle that relies on the constant creation of opposition to secure its own survival. By manipulation and subversion of information at the hands of the interrogator, this unwitting opposition can be formed.

The set featured an eleven-foot washing station with a 400-gallon tank and reciprocal water system. The top perimeter of the tank had a propane burner that created a shield of fire. Throughout the space, suspended from the ceiling, were motorized and pneumatic creatures that moved in response to the performers.

Concept, Text Design: Jeff Becker, Malcolm McClay
Director: Jeff Becker
Score: Land of Thin Dimes
Performers: Larry Spenler, Nathan Aaron Place, Malcolm McClay, Jeff Becker
Producer: CRISUS