Ghost Light
High Definition Video with Sound, Duration: 2 min 30 sec. Loop, Aspect Ratio 16:9, 2 Ch Stereo
A “ghost light” is used in theaters as a single bulb that illuminates the stage when the theater is not in use. In addition to this practical function, it is said that theaters leave a ghost light on so that the theater ghosts can have an opportunity to perform when the theater is closed.
In the video by Hillerbrand+Magsamen, the family performs together to an empty audience, but not really together, as though they are dysfunctional ghosts of themselves. Referencing family bands such as the Partridge family, their family comes together on stage with all the right equipment except that they are not communicating and playing together.
Filmed in Santa Fe at the historic Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, NM.
