As the World Burns

May 6, 1978
Field:

Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

Combining video, text, music, and scenography, As the World Burns by Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn explores themes of the nuclear family, gender binaries, fears of the silent majority, right-wing subliminal messaging in mass media, and violence in American culture. 

The performance featured an original theme written and performed on piano by John Bentley Mays. 

Video documentation is available upon request.
Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn sit side by side on the set of As the World Burns. Randy wears a suit and patterned tie, and sunglasses. Wearing a patterned mini dress, Berenicci balances a purse on her lap. She is caught mid-blink while tucking her bob behind her ears.

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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.