The HP Shadow Play

Dec 10, 1975
Field:

Performance

 Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

Collaborating as the duo HP, Hank Bull and Patrick Ready presented a shadow play in the Grand Luxe Hall about a journey to space. Backlit by a screen, Bull and Ready acted out various scenes with handmade props and costumes to create DIY effects. The forty-eight minute production paired gestures with narration that meditated on light, perception, illusions, and the unknown.

The HP Shadow Play took place alongside a film screening and a presentation by Bull and Ready of a new invention. 

Video documentation is available upon request. 

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Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.

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