Saturday, December 02, 2006

road to omelas

i have an idea for an installation peice, based on a story by Ursula Le Guin, called "the Ones who walk away from omelas". its a short story, really easy read- very interested, you can find it here - its a pdf on that site.
once you read it, this will make more sense. But I'd like to simply reenact the basement with the child. have a dark, dirty basement, with shit everywhere. mop and buckets in one corner. make a bad smell, so viewers smell it. in the other corner, a small child- on its butt, holding its knees- facing the corners, so you only see the back of the childs hear- androgenous haircut. problem; the story says naked... making a naked body would be really difficult, clothing would be easier but really difficult at the same time. plaster carving?
and maybe a constant whinning taped-looped.

and... give out a copy of the story? maybepost the end of the story somewhere in big letters... and give out a copy of the whole story?
or not and just give out a copy of the whole story.
hm.

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