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"Here are men's memories and the ruins of their beliefs." - Jean Cocteau
A Season in Hell is a historical portrait of political and social turmoil in the post-9/11 era, a hallucinatory spectacle of America as a vision of Hell. The multimedia performance work chronicles a journey through America as told by the artist and his doppelganger, the rogue government official: Secretary-at-Large of the virtual government agency, US Department of Art & Technology. The title of the work is borrowed from Arthur Rimbaud's 19-century farewell poem, A Season in Hell, to support the artist's struggle to confront the deterioration of humanity. A Season in Hell draws from additional literary influences such as Dante's Inferno, the legend of Orpheus, the apocalyptic paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and William Blake, and the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson. These sources provide the basis for a contemporary depiction of the Underworld of America.
Project Website: http://www.seasoninhell.com
PERFORMANCE TRAILER
It's Over
San Jose Stage
Commissioned by ZER01/
01SJ Biennial
September 17 - 19, 2010
Performed by Randall Packer & Charles Lane; directed by Melissa Weaver; designed by Gregory T. Kuhn
PERFORMANCE TRAILER
9/11
San Jose Stage
Commissioned by ZER01/
01SJ Biennial
September 17 - 19, 2010
Performed by Randall Packer & Charles Lane; directed by Melissa Weaver; designed by Gregory T. Kuhn
PERFORMANCE TRAILER
Deal with the Devil
San Jose Stage
Commissioned by ZER01/
01SJ Biennial
September 17 - 19, 2010
Performed by Randall Packer & Charles Lane; directed by Melissa Weaver; designed by Gregory T. Kuhn
VIDEO EXCERPT
Requiem
San Jose Stage
Commissioned by ZER01/
01SJ Biennial
September 17 - 19, 2010
Performed by Randall Packer & Charles Lane; directed by Melissa Weaver; designed by Gregory T. Kuhn
VIDEO STILLS
Projection video
San Jose Stage
Commissioned by ZER01/
01SJ Biennial
September 17 - 19, 2010
Performed by Randall Packer & Charles Lane; directed by Melissa Weaver; designed by Gregory T. Kuhn
STORYBOARD PRINTS
Chronicles of the Secretary-at-Large
Arlington Arts Center
Picturing Politics:
Artists Speak to Power
August 25 - September 27, 2008
MEDIA INSTALLATION
America's Grave
Arlington Arts Center
Picturing Politics:
Artists Speak to Power
August 25 - September 27, 2008
NET-SPECIFIC
Blog-Chronicles of the Secretary@Large
2005 - 2008
INTERVIEW WITH RANDALL PACKER PART I
A Season in Hell
Marsha Vdovin
Cycling '74
August, 2010
INTERVIEW WITH RANDALL PACKER PART II
A Season in Hell
Marsha Vdovin
Cycling '74
August, 2010
