Shadow of the Fox

Foxes and dogs bark to warn us of the changes wrought on planet earth by humankind. Images of animals appear in the background as they twist and transform. Shadow puppets enlarge and shrink. People lose all sense of scale and proportion.

Sha Sha’s installation costume represents a giant god looking down onto the world as it moves through various disasters of wind or weather and shadows. The pulsating fox heads are woven and beat throughout the giant costume and the stage.

Projectionist Keith Evans will propel effects onto a texturized background.

Artist Biographies

Sha Sha Higby

Sha Sha Higby is known internationally for her mythical evocative and haunting performances using puppetry and masks, in the exquisite and ephemeral body sculpture she creates and moves within. It is a metaphorically rich and intimate journey in elaborate multi-layered costume, micro puppetry, and projection, Sha Sha Higby pursued the art of puppetry and sculpture in her early years, then one year in Japan studying the art of Noh Mask and theater, then a Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship to study dance and shadow puppet making in the villages in Indonesia for five years at the Academy of Music and Dance, lacquer arts in Tokyo and Kyoto under the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. an Indo-American Fellowship to study the textile arts of India, and a Pilot Travel Grants Fund from Arts International for Bhutan, the National Endowment for the Arts in Solo Theater Fellowship, U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, Theater Bay Area CASH, and the California Arts Council.

Keith Evans

Keith Evans is a paranaturalist, bridging cinema and sculpture. His work incorporates  natural materials and e waste into whimsically repurposed audio-visual instruments. He has had many residencies, participated in festivals internationally and was featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2002.