OPERATION BY BLOOD POLICY
This searing performance gives a rare insight into a very secret and personal war.
Using the techniques of autopsy and crime scene investigation, you will bear witness to the hidden truth of a soldier's existence and an interrogator's determination to extract meaning in a silent battle for information.
A highlight of the 2006 Next Wave Festival, Operation inventively combines new media and live sound with macro and micro puppetry.
You must decide from whose perspective you'll watch; yours, the suspect's or that of the interrogator.
Blood Policy's first production is a thrilling and visually arresting examination of human conflict and its effect on the individual.
'... a vertiginous and politically charged performance.' The Age
'...energy and dynamism which is entirely absorbing.' RealTime
Co-director/Puppeteer Sam Routledge
Co-director/Media Artist Martyn Coutts
Sound Designer Aaron Cuthbert
Designer Alison McNicol
Lighting Designer Paul Lim
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Developed by Next Wave Kickstart.
May 2-12 Melbourne, BlackBox www.theartscentre.net.au