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About the Actor
Michael Smith created the character of Baby IKKI thirty years ago and has been performing as IKKI in works created for live perormance, video, and exhibitions.
Product Description
Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's feature-length video A Voyage of Growth and Discover follows the existential journey of Baby IKKI over several days at a festival of "radical self-expression" in the desert of Nevada. Baby IKKI, pre-lingual and of ambiguous age, is a character that Michael Smith created and performs. The Baby, alone in his journey, despite being surrounded by thousands of revelers, negotiates the rave-like festival environment while also exploring the primal natural elements of fire, water, earth and wind. The hour and a half long video mirrors the annual event: four days and nights of festival, preceded by an introductory travel section, and followed by a post-festival day. The culmination of the event is the spectacular public "burn", after which the Baby is left alone to ponder his "voyage". |