Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Visitors become enveloped by an empty void.
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Cowboys Dance on neighboring rooftops with glowing lassos.
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
Photo by Rachel Watkinson
SYNOPSIS
No More Shimmering Cowboys is a science fiction guided tour of a landscape that once was in an exploration of NYC’s High Line from a seemingly alien perspective. Leading a journey through the park, the tour guide muses on the strangeness of a past civilization eons after its inevitable ruin. Glowing cowboys dance on neighboring rooftops, others wrestle with 100 feet of wet fabric like an oil spill—eventually visitors are enveloped by a dark void of empty promises. In No More Shimmering Cowboys, the High Line becomes a theme park, parading the wild and tragic myth that was masculinity and the American Dream in this absurd and apocalyptic adventure for visitors of all ages.
CREDITS
Written and Directed by Yara Travieso
Music by Sam Crawford and Daniela Amaro
Sound Designer, Sam Crawford
Producer, Director of Photography, Brighid Greene
Lighting Design, Sarah Lurie
Art Direction, Julia McGinley
Starring, Catherine Correa, Roxanne Young, Marla Phelan, Daniela Amaro
Presented and commissioned by The High Line “Out of Line” series.