performance > three happy butchers
performed at Popps Packing | Hamtramck, MI | September 13, 2013 | 40 min. Performed by Cabaret Black Eye (Chris Butterfield, Adam James Fuller and Ryan Standfest as the Happy Butchers; Andy Gabrysiak as Death/Bacon Man; Matthew Hunt as Stick Man). The music was a series of improvisations by Matthew Daher on percussion and Bradley Stern on Saxophone. The props were constructed by Alexander Buzzalini, Matthew Hunt and Ryan Standfest. Conception by Ryan Standfest.
flyer by R. Standfest
prop: mask 1
prop: wound work gloves 1
prop: mask 2
prop: wound work gloves 2
prop: mask 3
prop: wound work gloves 3
at work, sharpening sticks
lubricating a mallet
using the lubricated mallet on the "big head"
breaking into the "big head"
investigating the "big head"
discovering a skin-covered brick
investigating the "big head"
discovering a steak
investigating the "big head" for a third time
discovering a porno magazine
removing the "big head"
waiting
worshiping
examining the skin-covered brick
removing the skin from the brick
prop: brick skins
skin removed
stretching the skin
biting the skin
tugging the skin
trying the rip the skin
worn out
returning to worship
worshiping
biting the steak
trying to light the steak with a match
return to worship
interrupting the worship
porno magazine
removing the altar
waiting
bacon man / death enters with a pan of bacon
sniffing the bacon
bacon man / death prepares...
de-greasing the bacon
sharing bacon and a beer
enjoying himself
watching
bringing in the discharge apparatus
the discharge apparatus at work
ready to take the water
washing feet in the water
after a baptism
at rest
listening to the water
masked
receiving a sharp stick
taping the the sharp stick to the hands
with sharp stick
ready to emerge from rest
unmasking and final bow
