Hi. Wow. Video

Hi. Wow., 50-person live performance (with the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band), 15 minutes


For the opening of the 2017 Columbia MFA thesis exhibition, Stern invited the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band to play Fancy (Iggy Azalea), Big Spender (Sweet Charity), Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), and Pompeii (Bastille) while puppeteer performers created a face with flags in the windows, turning Columbia’s new arts building on West 125th Street into a giant puppet.


Credits

Director Sara Stern Assistant Director Daniel Erickson Music The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band
Lead DP Alex Gallitano Features Design (mouth, eyes, pupils) Nina Alexander Mouth Performers: Shin Ah, Aissatou Barrie-Rose, Mark Mauriello, Samantha Nye, Olivia Sulkowicz, Joy Westerman, Alex Zak Eye Performers: Leah Griff, Banyi Huang, Zoe Helm, Elsa Lama, Tim Roseborough, Will VanKoughnett, Meredith Sands Videographer Team: Ben Hagari, Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Melik Kuru, Selman Nacar, Artemis Shaw Sound Recording: Sophie Duvernoy

© Sara Stern