Folger Theater, 2010 The company’s current production of Hamlet boasts just one unique feature, but it’s a good one. Francesca Talenti has converted the play-within-a-play into a video presentation, which spills across James Kronzer’s pristine white set and keeps the onstage audience at the center of the action. A… bravura moment. – Susan Berlin, TalkinBroadway.com …
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Sink and Swim
White flour, white clumps of clay, gradually forming animals. One of them reaches the end of the table, or the edge of extinction. Projected in the flour/sink is footage of embryonic salamanders.
Stove Top
White kettle affixed to wall; looped video projection.
Pantry Ghost
White chair, and footage of cadaver slices.
Milky Way
Frying pan with milk. Projected onto the milk is footage of Ham the chimp, the first hominid launched into outer space.
Micro
Two monitors, two eyes, and a microwave, with toy kitchen inside.
Clear Skies
Fridge, toy tank. In the freezer, footage of humans, polar bears, and arctic landscapes.
Dormant
Pot, earth, worms, and video of a woman on a gurney. You can see her breathe if you peer into her little coffin.
Beholder
You see your face projected onto David’s, to the tune of 18 pop songs telling you you are beautiful.
Brainwash
Dishwasher, books, circuit boards, laptop, and Google. Filtered knowledge. REVIEW Walking into Francesca Talenti’s Genesis: Mishaps in the Kitchen is like walking into a warped fusion of science and technology with your average kitchen… Using actual-sized appliances, small-scale sculpture elements and video and audio presentation, Talenti’s alternative kitchen asks big questions… Each installation intersects life …