Drawing from two of Edgar Allan Poe’s most well-known works, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven,” our 360 degree video installation explored what happens when literary texts are lifted from the “page to the stage” and then reimagined through the use of new technology.

Examining the concept of “shadow” through text, image, and sound, the project is inspired by Poe’s texts themselves and by nineteenth-century crankies, an art form in which an illustrated scroll is unwound in a circular fashion, revealing images that complement a spoken story or song.

This work was shown at the Moss Arts Center from October 31 – November 4, 2018.

My role was to illustrate and animate the video for “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In addition, I created the program and a promotional glow-in-the-dark poster for the exhibition.

A video documentation (by Dongsoo Choi) of the full performance can be found here:

Cast:
“The Tell-Tale Heart” performed by Austin Burch
“The Raven” performed by Liv Wisnewski, Reiss Gidner, and Erika Koekkoek

Creative Team:
Graphic Design and Visuals: Meaghan A. Dee
Sound Design and Engineering: Tanner Upthegrove
Text Curation and Direction: Amanda Nelson and Natasha Staley, with Ashley Reed
Photography: Dongsoo Choi
Virtual Reality Component Design: Dillon Cutaiar, Chris Miller, and Todd Ogle
Project Manager: Liz Kurtzman
Production: The Moss Arts Center Staff and Crew