Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sitting on the High Line watching the actors go by

We've posted before on the High Line, the old railway line on stilts built to carry carcasses to New York's meatpacking district that has been converted into a city park. Last month it was used to stage SeeWatchLook, a collaboration by Brazilian director, Michel Melamed, and the Brooklyn-based theatre company Magic Futurebox. Visitors to the High Line Park formed a ready-made audience for snapshots of street life performed below by actors and dancers from Magic Futurebox, with occasional unscripted cameos by passers-by. Read more...
Images: actors portraying a Hasidic Jew and an Arab gathering condoms as part of SeeWatchLook at the High Line.