{"id":2024,"date":"2020-06-08T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/?post_type=work&#038;p=2024"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:56:43","slug":"bloodline-shrine-2018","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/current-repertory\/bloodline-shrine-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodline Shrine (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/meredith-monk-media\/1\/2020\/06\/MMonk_BloodlineShrine_PSciscioli-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:11px;color:#000000\">Photo by Peter Sciscioli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Bloodline Shrine<\/strong> (2018)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bloodline\u00a0Shrine\u00a0<\/em>was conceived as both a stand-alone installation and an introduction or overture to\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/meredithmonk.org\/repertory\/cellular-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cellular Songs<\/a>. <\/em>Each video monitor in the installation displays the lifeline and physical attributes of one of the five performers, including voice, face, parts of the body, medical images, and photographs of\u00a0ancestors. These visual strands reflect the richness and complexity of the performers\u2019 DNA. The\u00a0shrine serves as a meditation on the source of life as well as an intimate introduction to each of the performers, who are heard singing two musical excerpts from\u00a0<em>Cellular Songs.<\/em><br><br><strong>Meredith Monk\u00a0(USA, b. 1942)\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong><em>Bloodline\u00a0Shrine\u00a0<\/em>(2018)<\/strong><br>5-channel video installation (color, sound)<br>Conceived and directed by\u00a0Meredith Monk<br>Installation design by\u00a0Meredith Monk, Yoshio Yabara <br>Cinematography by\u00a0Ben Stechschulte<br>Video editing by\u00a0Katherine Freer<br><br>For bookings, contact: <a href=\"mailto:lerner@meredithmonk.org\">Sarah Lerner, Executive Director<\/a><br><br><em>Excerpt from<\/em> Bloodline Shrine <em>(2018)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/436918210\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2025,"menu_order":4,"template":"","acf":{"is_current_repertory_work":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work\/2024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/work"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-dot-meredith-monk-website.appspot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}