Michelle Ellsworth | Clytigation #3

Polymath performer Ellsworth continues her obsessions with Greek myth, feminism, US politics, the body, surveillance, and technological trickery with Clytigation #3. Three performances in the OtB studio theater. The performances take place in an ingenious contraption built by Ellsworth, two 4’x4’7’ boxes viewable from all sides incorporating projections, live performance, and green screen technology. Meant to be viewed by no more than 50 people, the video projections are triggered by audience members (via typewriter keys, slot machine arms, and other methods) who view the box from all sides, ensuring that each performance and viewing perspective will be completely different. All performances are infused with Ellworth’s nervous energy, fierce intelligence, humor, and wit. Scenarios shift at lightning speed, incorporating the plight of a modern-day Clytemnestra struggling to exist in post 9/11 paranoia.