"Black Mirror" by Doug Aitken is an artwork in multiple forms – both a site specific multi-channel video installation presented in DESTE’s Project Space on Hydra in 2011, and, in synchronicity, a live theater performance set on a uniquely designed barge floating off Athens and Hydra. The video installation transforms the interior of the old Slaughterhouse into a space literally covered in black mirrors to create a black-mirrored kaleidoscope. Inside the vortex-like reflective room, the 5-channel synchronized film installation plays the work, to create an evocative personal story of modern movement. The unique, live theater work is set on a custom-made barge that builds the single story of the protagonist through multiple film projections as well as live performances by the actress Chloë Sevigny, gospel singers, pole dancers, musicians, and a whipper. A live musical score accompanies the piece, performed by percussionists and Los Angeles underground rock duo No Age. http://www.dougaitkenblackmirror.com/ Copyright: Doug Aitken; Courtesy: DESTE Foundation