"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

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