How to Build a Forest by Obie Award winners PearlDAmour and Shawn Hall

In response to Katrina and the BP oil spill, the piece begins on an empty stage. Over the next 6 hrs the artists along with a team of builders, construct the forest. Visitors are invited to interact with forest rangers who can guide them through the forest, where visuals, choreography and a live electronic music score come together to create a fabricated ecosystem. The completed forest exists for only 1/2 hr; by the end of the 8 hour cycle the forest will have disappeared entirely. Time-lapse video:… Show more http://vimeo.com/32998219

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