SQUONK PRESENTS
HAND TO HAND
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Outdoors at the Gateway (between Buildings F and M)
Free and open to the public
HAND to HAND is propelled by a pair of giant hands,
a metaphor for humanity’s scale and impact. These
puppet hands have the visible rigging of a sailing
ship or hot air balloon, and are just as massive. These
articulated hands greedily take ownership of the event.
Squonk’s original chamber rock, on drums and bass,
guitar, horns, organs and synths, drives a journey that
is spectacular, plaintive and comic as the band runs
head to head into these overwhelming hands of fate.
Audience members will come together to grab the
rigging of the fingers, each individual powering
a larger movement. We encourage participation rather
than consumption, dialogue rather than monologue,
shared discovery, no labels, no pre-judgment,
no words, just people face to face, festive, and
making a community of the imagination. All hands
on deck!
Along with Moraine Valley Community College, Hand to Hand has
been co-commissioned by Artscape (Baltimore), The Kennedy
Center (D.C.), Discovery Green (Houston), Three Rivers Regatta
(Pittsburgh), and FirstWorks (Providence) and will enjoy a
multi-city premiere.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Photos by John Altdorfen