Sarah Small

Below is the short FILM shot at my Tableau Vivant Party on March 14th

conceived by Sarah Small. Co-directed by Sarah Small and David Chapman and film-short edited by Leah Meyerhoff of Unicorn Films.

Click HERE for Still Photos shot at the event

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The Delirium Constructions Meet Tableau Vivant
Directed by Sarah Small & David F. Chapman

This event is one chapter of an ongoing project exploring disassociations brought together into the same space. Social boundaries – between the private and the public, between the animal and the human, between the erotic and the de-sexualized – are suspended to capture subjects’ contextual experience. The Delirium Constructions is an umbrella housing a number of smaller narratives now growing beyond the horizons of still photography. In each of these narratives, the scenarios are contrived but the emotions are real. In the past, The Delirium Constructions have found photographic form in both gallery and commercial work. The prints displayed demonstrate both trajectories. Earlier this winter, thirty people with distinctive visual personalities were brought together for a shoot. On March 14th, this same cast will be assembled once again as a living, breathing image. The arrangement of the models will be inspired by the working-photographs generated during and surrounding our first gathering. The purpose of this tableau vivant is not merely to reconstruct the prior scene, but rather to allow viewers to join in, and to explore the mutual engagement between models and audience. Your complete range of response, be it unease, arousal, nonchalance, confusion and/or humor is integral to the work. Video collaborators will be documenting the experience of viewing and being viewed. Studies of the footage will serve as the essential building blocks for the project’s next conceptual permutation.
The silence of the tableau will be broken with an interlude as the models transition from performers to guests.

Special thanks to Charming Hostess, one of my all time favorite bands, for letting us use their song in this Film-short. Also, thank you to Black Sea Hotel, one of my other all time favorite groups , for letting us play their song during the credits)

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Chopin Potato Vodka, Jewel Street Studios, Dogleaf Studios, and A5E Projects
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Here’s the silent video that was projected at the Nudes and Cocktails Event on March 14th. Video edited by Leah Meyerhoff.