agamemnon [2001]
created during peter flaherty's tenure as artist-in residence at harvard univ. [september 00 -- january 01], agamemnon was an integrated-media performance decked out in sleek ringmaster style. using a new ted hughes translation of aeschylus greek tragedy, the performance evolved in technicolor from its beginnings in a drab Harvard squash court. a full three months of workshops with a team of installation, sound, and video artists and a group of young harvard undergraduate performers training in a contact improv & gymnastic/climbing-based movement system produced explosive results.
the experience was of part circus, part recitation, and part media spectacle. a multi-computer system controlled live-mixed video and audio streams which emanated from a triple-projector and surround sound system -- mixing pre-recorded audio and video with feeds from two live-cameras and several controlled microphones. the chorus members climbed steel tension-wire rigs, worked on laptops, and crouched in tiny tents. the principals functioned as rotating anchors in a piece that could flip from still silence to full-stage onslaught in the blink of an eye.
| direction | peter flaherty |
| stage | brendan greaves & anne bradley |
| video | gary lester johnson |
| light | peter flaherty |
| sound | luke fischbeck |
| clothes | melia marden & megan buckingham |