Toxic Monks
By
jacek ludwig scarso
2014
Photo from live staging. Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre
Created by Jacek Ludwig Scarso
Presented by Elastic Theatre
Performed by The Old Telephone Exchange barbershop quartet:
Adam Abo Henriksen, Charles Green, Steve Graney, Daniel Pargeter
Originally commissioned for At Boiling Point Festival, London
Filmed live at the Boiler House, London Met
Video by Gerard Puigmal
Created by Jacek Ludwig Scarso in co-production with Elastic Theatre, TOXIC MONKS is a durational live performance, specifically conceived for exhibition spaces and unusual locations. Dressed as monks, four barbershop vocalists engage in absurd tableaux, exploring ideas of masculinity, the sacred and the mundane, and the concept of 'live exhibit'. Barbershop music meets live art...
Photo from live staging. Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre
Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre
Excerpts from live staging at the Old Boiler House London, filmed by Gerard Puigmal
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