FRIGID New York presents A Dr ML Godin production: The Spectator & The Blind Man: Stories of Seeing and Not-Seeing, written & directed by Dr ML Godin and opening in the 2013 FRIGID New York Festival! The production will run tonight, February 20th -March 3rd, 2013.
Voilà, enlightenment's blind side! Set in eighteenth-century Paris, The history of Braille begins at a sideshow spectacle and ends with revolution. Hear intimate stories of triumph and degradation embedded in sound and visionscapes. Think Ken Burns on hallucinogenic steroids!
Godin has shamelessly named The Spectator & the Blind Man after her 2009 dissertation, which you can find at Google Books. This then is a research project running off the rails! In the history of the education of the blind there are moments and characters that do not fit neatly into the dry and straightforward narratives of progress and enlightenment. Godin decided to investigate these little stories. The result is a dark and humorous work of speculative fiction with a steampunk aesthetic. It is informed as much by research as by the degenerative eye disease that has slowly taken her sight. "We all play in history blindly," she says with a wink. "I have been thinking about these stories for a long long time, and am thrilled to have them brought to life by such an amazing team of artists, academics and performers!"
Show Dates & Times:
Thursday Feb 21, 8:40pmVideos