Leopold Benches: Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam; Costume: Kristin Mariani; Performers: Judd Morrissey and Mark Jeffery
Photo: Kelly Kaczynski
This performance is free and open to the public. The run time is roughly two hours. Audiences may come and go as they wish.
Leopold Benches: A P(o)or(t)ch Theater blends the retro technology of stereoscopic photography with live performance-based image-making and explores the porch as an emblem of generosity and social porousness at a moment of increasing isolation and division. Inspired by the writings of 20th-century conservationist Aldo Leopold, the work centers on a pair of benches designed to support attentive observation of the natural world. With a set of 12 original stereoscopic photographs guiding a two-hour score, the performance investigates how slight differences in perception can produce either heightened depth or clashing understandings of reality.