Imagine the sitting in a room in the dark in the middle of the night. Then imagine scouring the room for any faint light source: cracks in floorboards, street lighting leaking in through the window, LEDs in electrical fixtures, mobile phone screens… once these are all eliminated, you are left in an unnerving blanket of darkness. It is under these conditions that experimental theatre performance Ring takes place.
Audience members are given wireless headphones to wear and ushered into a room which, after a few minutes, is plunged into complete obscurity. After a few moments, the lights come back up and we are given the option of leaving; otherwise we will be stuck for the next 50 minutes. One lady does. It's not clear whether or not she is a stooge, but it exacerbates the sense of foreboding.
By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Nate Lanxon
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/26/ring-david-rosenberg
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