Chris Seibert—
Love’s Lost Raree Box
From the artist: “Step right up and take a peep inside this wondrous box!” ...an enticing invitation from the Raree Box Madame. In this portable ‘pop up’ performance, audiences encounter an unusual woman in stunning attire who is in possession of a rare and precious box with mysterious origins. Audiences are encouraged to speculate how Chris came to acquire this artifact, and then are invited to peep inside. Carefully lit paper layers and beautiful hand-drawings and cut-outs reveal an intimate personal landscape for audience members to experience and explore. Inspired by centuries-old traveling showmen and their wonderous rarity (‘raree’) boxes, Love’s Lost Raree Box offers a peek into the sacred and ravished world of the archetypal feminine. The work intends to infuse neighborhood settings with mystery and wonder, and to engage willing audience members in the sharing of their own stories of love, loss, longing, magic and origins.
Directed by Jumar Newell