Artwork / Archives / 2004
In 2004, I spent quite some time in theaters, both on and off stage. I performed with various ensembles but most memorably in a show my brother directed. Kristan crafted an amazing production of Mac Wellman’s A Murder of Crows with defunkt theater, and he cast me as one of the crows.
![A Murder of Crows with defenft theatre in Portland, Oregon](/images/2004/Press04AMurderOfCrowsSiouxsieSuarez.jpg)
My brother also asked me to paint the backdrops for the piece. They are the wall hangings visible in this photo, and they had combined dimensions of 12 by 52 feet. I painted with the canvas laid out on the floor, experiencing the glee of Pollock and every action painter who has followed in his paint-stained footprints!
The other painting/theater collaborations that I undertook in 2004 are explained here and here, and the main conceptual series I created in 2004 is Snow Days. It’s about television instead of theater.