Station House Opera: Dominoes (2016)
2 of 2 images in the exhibition
Working with 200 local participants (in bespoke t-shirts!) Station House Opera built a 2 kilometre line of ceramic blocks from The Point (see Image #1) through the heart of the centre of Milton Keynes which were then, well you know how dominoes work, to a cheering crowd along the whole route.
Passing though landmarks, along streets, through people’s homes (this image) and punctuated by tall, collapsing block structures it took around 25 minutes for the whole line to collapse. Luckily no one ‘intervened’ and it all ran smoothly, culminating in a large structure collapse at Margaret Powell Square.
In this home the blocks ran up the stairs and through their lounge before dropping out of the window to knock the ones over in the yard below and then off down the street…
Once over, many collected whole or broken slabs as ‘souvenirs’. As you do.