MISS YOU, DESERT RAT
Written, directed, and fabricated by Brooke Harbaugh
A Workshop Performance
devised and performed with
Gavati Wad and Olivia Xing 邢淅璇
Video documentation by Alex Broadwell
Miss You, Desert Rat is a love letter to a relationship that warps over time, changing from the fears of attachment, commitment, and intimacy and eventually leading towards a journey of selective isolation. These two lovers’ stories are laid out with shadow puppetry and object performance using two overhead projectors and one video projector to create a live double exposure.
A NOTE ON PROCESS: Brooke repurposed discarded paper, used cardboard, gel samples, Eucalyptus bark, California pepper tree buds, fresnel lenses, an old slip, and a ping pong paddle as props for shadow play. She used iPhone footage for all pre-recorded content. The artist turned to locally sourced and widely available materials to explore more affordable, minimally wasteful production and to play with what is naturally found around us.
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Presented as a workshop performance
at Automata LA in 2022 as part of How Light Enters My Home.
BROOKE HARBAUGH
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.