Working in collaboration with the audience, we transcended the intellectual and awakened the body subconscious. Through hypnotic visuals, kaleidoscopic sound and meditative narration, we entered into a trance state. We led participants on a journey of descent through the floor of the theatre, past the soil, past the groundwater, past the sand, past the silt – until finally we reached the bedrock – that ancient presence who makes this city, with its towering buildings and bridges, possible. For this project, we worked with stones from the Palisades Cliffs of New Jersey – stones that are hundreds of millions of years old.

Materials: Rocks from Palisades Cliffs, ice, cooler, space heater, candles