Publisher: Baert Gallery
ISBN: 979-8-98900001-0-4
Dimensions: 11 x 18 in | 27.9 x 45.7 cm
Published on the occasion of the performance Chthonic Archive N° 1 , Epic Fail by Jordan Rountree.
In Epic Fail, Elpenor is the least remarkable sea-faring soldier in Odysseus’s crew. Having survived countless horrors, including his recent metamorphosis into a pig and back again at the hands of Circe the witch, Elpenor dies stupidly when he steps off of Circe’s roof while in a drunken stupor.
Each CHTHONIC ARCHIVE publication includes the complete text for the original performance, documentation photos, and a QR code that links to a secret page with a downloadable audio recording.
CHTHONIC ARCHIVE is an ongoing performance art project and published series. Each piece threads gestural and radio acting into music and sound scapes framed by video installations. Published works document the premieres in texts and images.
CHTHONIC ARCHIVE’s performances fuse the aural intimacy of 1930s American radio dramas with stylized visual idioms inspired by traditional Japanese Noh theater. Story material is at once personal and archaic: the artist mines mythological terrain for glimpses of himself and his unfolding world.
