ONE EYE:
EVIL RABBIT

performed at Media City
Windsor, ON, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 As you leave the lobby you enter a darkened chamber that opens onto a strange wonderland of sound and vision. Immediately registering your presence, a giant blinking eye peers through the darkness. Video images of animal and human habitats are projected along the entire length of a wall distorting the perspective of the image and the room. The room is filled with whispers, doors slamming, birds singing, laughter, strange organ music and a rendition of Florida dreaming. You have two choices. You can either follow the shining silver paw prints which meander through the space encircling a golden picnic basket suspended from the ceiling, or be lead through the room by a page wearing tails and a powder blue wig to an ornate golden frame; the curtained threshold of yet another mystery.
As you stand before the frame, a bugle plays and the silver curtain opens revealing a giant fanged black vampire rabbit. The rabbit leans forward and delivers prophecies such as, "A tall woman in a shoe store will tell you all you need to know."
The prophetic tone of the bunny's wise words are echoed by the voices coming from a hanging gold basket. The voices are telling the story, not of Alice, but of Little One Eye. A strange tale of Margaret Spy and her three daughters; Little One Eye who sees all, Little Two Eyes the rambunctious bad apple, and Little Three Eyes the clumsy star struck gambler in training. Trying to understand the mysterious death of their father, the three sisters approach life from unique, yet intertwined perspectives.
Special guest appearances from goat boy and the traveling salesman make for a very twisted coming of age adventure.