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A Moral Aquarium on 37th Street
Storefront Diorama
November 4-17, 2009, chashama windows space
What is it that separates humans from animals? In an aquarium, it’s very clear- glass, but what about on the streets of New York City? In A Moral Aquarium on 37th Street real life dramas proposed by regular everyday people are used to create a presentation of pedestrian life transposed onto a cast of undersea characters. The project unfolds in two phases. In the construction performance, worker polyp and zooplankton volunteers help build the coral reef, assemble undersea costumes, and collect street stories from passersby. As the reef nears completion and stories are compiled, the program of morality tales begins.
Made possible in part by chashama
Set design: Juan Betancurth
Costumes: Jillian Corbett, Philip C. Kim, Gwynn Galitzer
Sound Recordists/ Interviews: Ramsay de Give, Dylan Isbell
Background painting: Linda Rufo
featuring Ned Jaszi, Ben Westhoff, Seth Shelden, Marci Rubin, Anna Marie Shogren, Alex Bisker, Mina Kim, BJ Thorne, Tammy Oler, Isabel Shanahan, the Sylvan Circle, Mannequin Circus, thanks Tim Daly
images: Ramsay de Give, Julian Horowitz, Phillip C Kim