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Summary:
The Anunnaki Project produced their first performance on Halloween 1997, telling a modern tale of big business and its eventual downfall to a much larger predator.
Principle:
Creating a fantasy world paralleling our own, The Anunnaki Project generated fictional characters based on real-life business moguls. The featured cast member was a larger than life spider puppet, complete with a furry black thorax.
Development:
As audience members reached the edge of the alley, the real-life business mogul was lured into the claws of the spider and hoisted high overhead. As the spider devoured him, his true nature was exposed. A sparking circuitboard emerged from under his coat, and he realized that he was more machine than man.
Technical:
This performance involved some interesting suspension work. The spider costume, a 5' foot contraption with puppet controls for the pincers and eyes, was suspended on a Z-pulley swing.
Retrospective:
This was a most interesting adventure for the earliest members of The
Anunnaki Project.