A Shrubbery Gift

Fenner Merlick, Dominique Nigro, Andrew Rose, and Katarina Countiss produced a happening with David Jones on documentation.

We met a few times to work on the ideas for this and it was a short development process with some distractions, but we gained some valuable experience for understanding a little bit more about how to put on happenings at our local greenway.

This took place at Mandela Parkway (near Kilovolt) August 22, from 6-7pm.

Costuming elements were collaborative. Andrew Rose had a merchandise offering of an expensive shirt that went unsold. Sounds of maracas, wind chimes, bells, and a clarinet could be heard if one strained against the automotive noises on either side.

I really appreciated the canopy role. We all took turns to be in the canopy, the pace car of the procession. We reflected that it would have been great to have one more crew member to help with our prop cart. 

We also thought that the next time we endeavored to do a piece like this that we would make more of an intention to avoid the walkways.

I thought it was an interesting feeling, more like a meeting than a performance. We didn’t tell anyone that we were going to do this and it felt nice to have no pressure from other people expecting something and then seeing what they saw.