EMMA BERGMAN

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Too Day at Cucalorus Festival
Too Day (2018-19)
performance installation
windows, fabric crowns, chairs, paper, pears, people

The Stations of Too Day (2019)set of 12 digital prints
11x17’’ each

The Book of Too Day (2018)
art book
edition of 4

with Elif Cadoux, Sophie Goldberg, and Mia Massimino

The Book of Too Day bound in collaboration with Press Press
The Stations of Too Day photos by Eight Gregorio 
shown at Cucalorus Festival (Wilmington, NC), Sondheim Prize Semifinalist Exhibition (Baltimore, MD)
Over the course of three hours, four performers welcome groups of four randomly selected participants to join in the rituals of Too Day, the only holiday celebrated solely among strangers. The performers recite from The Book of Too Day and lead rituals celebrating how little participants know one another.

Originating from an interest in both the absurdity and profundity of religious ritual, Too Day asks participants to choose an alter ego, switch egos with their stranger partner, whisper secrets into pears, share encounters that are not their own, and eat secrets they will never know. 

Non-participant viewers can observe from outside the installation, but the performers encourage the audience to participate before watching.
Too Day at the Sondheim Prize Semifinalist Exhibition
Photos by Clay Scofield
The Stations Of Too Day (three of twelve below) are displayed to guide participants through the rituals.