crowds above you

crowds above you

Seasons
Commissioned by St Kilda Festival (2012)
Presented by Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority’s Village Bizarre at the Rocks (2012)

Crowds Above You is a series of directions, instructions and actions that the listener will surrender to, comply with, and follow, as an active performance. There is no audience; there are no actors. The listener will transform into a performer – a spectacle by their secretive connection to the track – but will remain an anonymous audience member within the festival surroundings. During Crowds Above You, the listener will have an individual and unique insight into the surrounding crowds, the people, the sounds, the atmosphere, the magic of the festival. They will be asked to open their eyes, wild and wide, to their present reality. The track will question their observations about their place within the festival, their engagement with the surrounding festival-goers, and the beauty of the connection between nature and human nature – and will hopefully better enable them to bridge the gap between their hearts and their minds.