the purple jester

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THE PURPLE JESTER continues our exploration of the concept of living art-wear. This cross-media performance art project is inspired by medieval European art. The goal is to create a futuristic vision of the art of Hieronymus Bosch, merging historic design concepts with contemporary materials, including production techniques that employ recycled textiles. The show will be presented in an interactive, multi-media live performance environment. Played by performance artist, Willard Morgan, the Purple Jester finds himself traveling through space and time on a quest for romantic fulfillment in a series of seven dream landscapes. Each dream confronts the Jester with an immersive installation in which he must negotiate phantasmagoric manifestations of human realities, including hunger, war, gossip, and sexual desire. The Purple Jester transcends conflict through the strategic implementation of humorous acts. This avant-garde fashion performance will involve interactive video installations and a new take on live sound inspired by medieval music. The show is in seven scenes and will be approximately 45 minutes long. Along with the interdisciplinary art studio Ideal Glass, located in downtown New York, parts of THE PURPLE JESTER have premiered at Tbilisi Fashion Week in Tbilisi, Georgia and at the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend in Brooklyn, NY. Performances will also take place in 2013 at the Toronto Fashion and Art Week (FAT). Thursday, March 21, 13

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THE PURPLE JESTER continues our exploration of the concept of living art-wear. This cross-media performance art project is inspired by medieval European art. The goal is to create a futuristic vision of the art of Hieronymus Bosch, merging historic design concepts with contemporary materials, including production techniques that employ recycled textiles. The show will be presented in an interactive, multi-media live performance environment. 

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Page 1: The Purple Jester

THE PURPLE JESTER continues our exploration of the concept of living art-wear. This cross-media performance art project is inspired by medieval European art. The goal is to create a futuristic vision of the art of Hieronymus Bosch, merging historic design concepts with contemporary materials, including production techniques that employ recycled textiles. The show will be presented in an interactive, multi-media live performance environment. Played by performance artist, Willard Morgan, the Purple Jester finds himself traveling through space and time on a quest for romantic fulfillment in a series of seven dream landscapes. Each dream confronts the Jester with an immersive installation in which he must negotiate phantasmagoric manifestations of human realities, including hunger, war, gossip, and sexual desire. The Purple Jester transcends conflict through the strategic implementation of humorous acts.This avant-garde fashion performance will involve interactive video installations and a new take on live sound inspired by medieval music. The show is in seven scenes and will be approximately 45 minutes long.Along with the interdisciplinary art studio Ideal Glass, located in downtown New York, parts of THE PURPLE JESTER have premiered at Tbilisi Fashion Week in Tbilisi, Georgia and at the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend in Brooklyn, NY. Performances will also take place in 2013 at the Toronto Fashion and Art Week (FAT).

Thursday, March 21, 13

Page 2: The Purple Jester

This sequence represents sex. A pink polkadot dressed woman dances around the Jester, two faceless men wrap the pink lady in a large white wedding veil.The video projection turns from black to pink polkadots. By the end of the sequence everything will be covered with the projection of polkadots

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This sequence represents food and digestion. The Jester is dining with a lady in a pig mask. The video projections are interactive, as an animated table with food is projected and intestines coming out of the pig lady’s stomach connecting to the Jesters stomach start to play.

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This scene is about travel. The Jester converses with a lady in red, who holds a bird, a costumed actor is sitting in a projection of a vintage bird cage. The projected backgrounds are beautiful landscapes of nature.

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This sequence represents war and anger. The Jester is having a loud fight with three ladies in green. Of the three, only one lady is physically there. The projected characters are shot with machine-guns. The projected scene is full of explosions, blood, and violence.

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This scene is about chatter and gossip. Siamese twins are talking and giggling in each others ears. Their gibberish thoughts are projected on the wall near their heads. With each sentence, the thought bubbles grow bigger.

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This sequence is about games. The Queen and her two servants are playing chess with the Jester. The hands of the Queen and the Jester are projected as they move the chess pieces about.

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Lady of Blue.This scene represents comfort and motherly love. The Lady in Blue is cradling the Jester as if he were an infant. Time-lapse of Flowers bloom.

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Lady of White.In this scene the Jester finally finds his beloved. She represents death. The Lady of White knits. Intertwining white thread and lace is projected as if coming from her hands.

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“The Purple Jester”Created by Uta Bekaia, Willard Morgan,Levan Mindiashvili & John Sully.Design by Uta Bekaia.Music by John Sully.Jester played by Willard Morgan.

Ideal Glass Productions 2013

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