SUNDAY SCHOOL

Noise Level, Fundamental; or Sunday School is an immersive theatrical experience. The installation and performance take the loose structure of an evangelical Sunday School children's church space & service, complete with puppets, songs, and Bible stories, as viewed through the fond and somewhat glowing yet fear-ridden lens of childhood memory. Surrounded by American evangelical imagery and sounds, artwork, and a collage of ephemera, viewers can take an active part in the event or objectively observe from inside or outside of the installation. They are also invited to add their own memories and thoughts to the collage, using materials at art-making stations in the space. They are joined in the space by an anonymous figure in white, a silent witness. The objects, sounds, and experience are familiar, yet unfamiliar and dreamlike, made new by a change of context and viewpoint.