A sacrament for the new season

By Holly Slingsby 2013

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Adam Papahilippopoulos

Dimensions
Ten minutes

This performance at the Horse Hospital, London, celebrates the coming of spring. Using a head torch, a large scroll of photocopied images, the sound of breathing and a rudimentary costume, the work reinterprets the traditional ritual marriage of the Green Man and the May Queen.

Holly slingsby a sacrament for the 170310

Holly slingsby a sacrament for the 170310

Adam Papaphilippopoulos

Holly slingsby a sacrament for the 170311

Holly slingsby a sacrament for the 170311

Adam Papaphilippopoulos

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