Absurdity Event

As first semester drew to a close, the “Nonsense, Absurdity, and the Irrational” class planned and performed a surprise event for the school community during lunchtime. While vigorously absurd and without any rational goal or ‘meaning’, the raucous multimedia performance evoked many historical and cultural manifestations of the irrational, including the medieval “Ship of Fools”, Edward Lear’s “The Jumblies”, performances of the Dada movement, noise music, and Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. A confusing time was had by all.