12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens: Springs: Springs

12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens is a three-year performance immersion project by Sibyl Kempson and 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf Co., presented at the Whitney between March 2016 and December 2018. It is a collection of anarchic, mischievous rituals that create a new ceremonial calendar and contemporary mythology, attending to the cycles of days and seasons and the Whitney's architecture, location, and history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: 53rd State Press

12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens is a captivating three-year performance immersion project by playwright, director, and performer Sibyl Kempson, along with her company, 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf Co. Presented at the Whitney Museum throughout the solstices and equinoxes from March 2016 to December 2018, the 12 Shouts are anarchic, mischievous rituals that delve into history, mythology, art history, metaphysics, and ritual to craft a new ceremonial calendar and contemporary mythology. With a wicked, wiccan, wacky, awake spirit, the 12 Shouts pay homage to the specific cycles of days and seasons, as well as the unique architecture, location, and history of the Whitney Museum. Similar to ritual, which gathers transient and ephemeral human expression and wisdom, each performance reinforced a temporal and mythic order of profound significance, transitioning from a state of stochastic complexity and fragmentation to the fundamental structural essences of cosmic unity. This remarkable volume collects the texts of all three summer solstices, accompanied by insightful introductions and astrological charts by Omie Johnson, and extensive photo-documentation by Paula Court.

Dimension: 190 x 114 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781732545236