The atmosphere sits on a throne of willow and sulphur.
During the Nurse With Wound performance on June 17, 2006, masked characters were writing notes and walking through the seated audience silently handing them to people. The first one they wrote was given to Sarai and it consisted of the line above, adorned with drawings of music notes.
This was Nurse With Wound’s first US performance in the more than 20 years Steven Stapleton has been creating music under that name, and apparently the first time they have performed live since the 1980s. It was a very low-key show; most of the audience was seated (although that was mostly to keep out of the way of the projector), and the music, one long continuous piece lasting the duration of the performance, was lush and atmospheric. The lighting, the projections, and the masked figures sitting onstage and walking among the crowd gave the show a surreal, dream-like quality. It was an amazing show. I really wish I had gone the first night as well as the second.
Also appearing were San Francisco's Sun and Moon Ensemble.
