R&D: Sackcloth & Ashes Rehearsal, February 2016

The elders of Daughter Zion

    sit on the ground in silence;
they have sprinkled dust on their heads
    and put on sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.

- Lamentations, 2:10

 

Acts of repentance

    for Our sins;

the sins of Our flesh.

In the name of the father

    Our men.  

- Church of Performance, 1:1

 

Sackcloth and Ashes explores the complex relationship between religious ideology and the female body. It attempts to re-frame female lived experience, presenting emancipation through acts of strength, poise, compassion, and tenderness.