Theoretical Isolation: A Post-Atomic Experiment
Created and performed by Chloe Johnston, Seth Bockley, Jessica Hudson, Kerensa Peterson, Ira S. Murfin, Angela Tillges, Seth Zurer
Produced by The Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials
Created and performed in residency at Arcosanti, an urban laboratory in the high desert of Arizona, and in Chicago, 2009
Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the history of The Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and the architectural theories of Paolo Soleri, founder of Arcosanti
Why do some people retreat from civilization in order to remake it?
(Production photos: Scott Wiley and Angela Tillges)
Theoretical Isolation: A Post-Atomic Experiment