After the rainfall
By: Curious Directive
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Description: Throughout history, the study of ants (myrmecology) has been used as an analogy for human behaviour. This piece uses myrmecology as a prism through which to view the present day. Navigating the arid Egyptian desert, continental Europe, the British Museum and a quiet village green, this piece is a patchwork of multidimensional narratives about the aftermath of the Empire. curious directive conjure a world where multimedia, movement and sound unpick Britain's relationship to artefacts, mining and the secret life of ants. 'After the rainfall' was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Your last breath, Olfactory, and After the rainfall. Methuen Drama, 2012.