HAY BARN

ESSENTIAL DEPARTURES SYMPOSIUM AND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

NEW YORK 2015

ROSEKILL INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART CENTRE, USA

PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIA FORQUE + JESSI T WALSH

Created + Performed by Poppy Jackson

Produced by Poppy Jackson, Tif Robinette + Jill Mc Dermid

Production by Jill Mc Dermid + Erik Hokanson

▲ 1940’s Hay Barn > 2.5 hour duration

Jackson sits astride the the apex of a 1940’s hay barn roof (no harness/safety ropes) in New York State, for a 2.5-hour duration over the transition from day to night.

"The work was perfectly composed, calm and contemplative, but required so much focus and strength to pull it off. I lost track of time, I had no idea how long Poppy was up there, after a while she became part of the barn and farm, as if there was nothing out of the ordinary taking place and it was just another typical Saturday evening on the farm. But at one point I looked up and saw her still sitting there as if in some kind of ancient ritual to exorcise everything she had to wrestle with to be where she was, high up there doing a performance that's deeply personal and creatively open at the same time."

Ming Lu - Orlando Magazine

Hay Barn was part of the ESSENTIAL DEPARTURES Final Performance Festival 2015, Co-Directed by Tif Robinette, Jill McDermid & Poppy Jackson