Re: PhilaRAT Conference Carriage Ride Challenge, Conference Plans and Calls for Your Input

[Cat Hebert <virtualdrama@juno.com>]

Albert,

Specifically what did you have in mind?  A panel on theater and ritual? A
"performance" directly involving ritual?

Cheers,
Cat Hebert



On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Alfred Vitale
<alfredvitale@yahoo.com> writes:
> i just got involved with this...living in philly
> now...former editor of RANT, member of the
> Unbearables...
> 
> philly has a thriving anarchist community...whose
> branches extend into radical puppets (as seen
> prominently at the RNC protests), microbroadcasting,
> music, art, etc..
> 
> as an occultist, i've been doing work/writing
> manuscripts regarding the synthesis of magick and
> activism...spontaneous ritual tech, directed actions,
> chaos mines...i'd prefer to blur the lines between
> ritual and political action. also involved with some
> ritual performances as mystery plays...a few years ago
> we performed one at the shubin theater, and we've held
> "the night of 1000 heresies" at the Fleischer art
> memorial as well as a recent staging of a mystery play
> based on Inanna's descent into hell...it was a
> particpatory ritual play that included the audience,
> who traversed the same path that Inanna does as she
> strips and heads through the next gates.
> 
> i'd like to bring the idea of ritual into this
> conference, as ritual and theater were once (in some
> cultures) inextricable. 
> 
> alfred
> 
> 
> 
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