In these two videos Kate MacGarry has followed Marcus Coates as he “shamanically” embodies animals and performs bird calls. Is he serious? Ironic? Merely playing? Both? Is this bad ritual? Bad theater? Good ritual? Good theatre? Installation art? And, aside from the genre question, do such events really matter to anyone other than the artists/shaman? If they matter, why? How? If they don’t, why not?
Ritual Irony?
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