Images (Top) Recession Ritual 2009 at Curzon Richmond in collaboration with Eiko Honda and Adio; (Bottom) Recession Ritual 2009 at Artist Commune, Kowloon, Hong Kong in collaboration with David Ma and the band Ricemagnet.
Recession Ritual
In her study on art therapy and psychological research, Andrea Gilroy (2006) has noted a series of correlations that have been made between periods of war and recession and the prevalence of horror and monster movies. The economic crisis in 2008 was even described as an “economic horror movie” (The Times). In Recession Ritual, I and my collaborators attempt to channel the horror of the 2008 economic crisis through voice and body as we perform an improvised score to a series of scenes from horror and monster films.