Esperpento - 2018/2019

Presented on a 3-D immersive interactive projection stage, this bio-digital play is set in a visually charged universe of decadence inspired by Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos paintings. Featuring live actors and digital avatars, the story is about the last day of a blind poet, Max Starpower. The project is a universe where tragedy, sarcasm, and comedy are portrayed as a deformed and apocalyptic mirror of reality; In this world, circumstance is the source of tragedy, and the grimace produced by this tragedy is what rules its form.

Esperpento (“monstrosity” in Spanish) is a visually charged universe of decadence inspired by Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos paintings. Rather than the “monster” critiquing societal ills, Morales embraces strangeness and deformity in order to challenge conventions of beauty, familiarity, and normalcy.

Part of Immersive Stage at New Frontier Central via the Sundance Institute 2018

PERFORMERS:
Lead Artists: Victor Morales // Jason Batcheller

Key Collaborators: Kevin Cunningham // Skye Morse-Hodgson

Created By: Victor Morales

Produced By: 3-Legged Dog

Principal Cast: Christine Schisano // Modesto Flako Jimenez // Nikki Calonge