Day Is Done
12/03/2006
3h
Day Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing goths, hillbillies, mimes and demons come together in a kind of subversive musical theater/variety revue. Running over two-and-a-half hours, this riotous theatrical spectacle unfolds as a series of episodes that form a loose, fractured narrative. The video comprises parts 2 through 32 of Kelley's multi-faceted project Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstructions, in which trauma, abuse and repressed memory are refracted through personal and mass-cultural experience. The source material is a series of high school yearbook photographs of "extracurricular activities," specifically those that represent what Kelley has termed "socially accepted rituals of deviance." Kelley then stages video narratives around these found images.
Cast
Melissa Sills
Goth Girl / Shy Satanist / Kiss Groupie
Max Shippee
Office Vampire
Oscar Avalos
Horned Man
Lecia Doss
Consistency / Mary
Suzan Averitt
Hag Virgin Mary
Carole Balkan
Matron
Holly Beavon
May Maenad
Marty Laquidara
Devil / Barber
Sebastien Hope
Boy / Angel Boy 2
Ryan Malloy
Catholic Woman
Amanda Da Ponte
Jewish Woman
Nelson Serrano
Jewish Man
Brendan Hunt
Thin Thug
Jon Boatman
Thick Thug
Ryan Fox
Sick Vampire
Kyle Ingleman
Motivational Vampire
Tricia Ridgway
Farm Girl
Raphael Mandel
Morose Ghoul
Derek Loughran
Mime 1
Gary Prather
Mime 2
Dink O'Neal
Joaquin
Tom Patrick
Heartthrob Vampire
Nancy Sandercock
Chicken Dancer 1
Chris Shearer
Wizard
Terry Shusta
Nerd
Cliff Corder
Beige Office Worker
Don Yanan
Plaid Office Worker
Miyo
Train Dancer 1 / Horse Dancer
Sarri Sanchez
Train Dancer 2
Jolieba Jackson
Train Dancer 3 / Gospel Dancer
Donald Mack
Vampire Boss
Heather Allen Spiegel
Druid
Jennifer Lambertus
Hillbilly
Jmeka Cherrel
Doris
Fiona Fredericks
Saskia
Veronica Batiste
Winnie
Heather Stout
Witch
Damon Epps
Mute Barber
Jerald Reznick
Bearded Man
Abbie Baron Morganstein
Group Portrait
Janese Weingarten
Group Portrait
Kelli Blissard
Group Portrait
Kim Bridwell
Group Portrait
Lacey Bonner
Group Portrait
Mary Clare Stevens
Group Portrait
Michele O'Marah
Group Portrait
Nancy McCrumb
Group Portrait
Rachel Murray
Group Portrait
Thomas Rugani
Group Portrait
Kate Foley
Modern Dancer
Maya Zellman
Goth
Franz Stary
Lonely Vampire
Taisha Paggett
Chicken Dancer 2 / Gospel Dancer
Loa Allebach
Reclamation
Sam Lofberg
Joseph
Pattie McLellan Stephens
Anne
Michiko Nosaka
Shadow Dancer
Esther Choi
Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
Meg Wolfe
Gospel Dancer
Phithsamay Linthahane
Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
Sarita Louise Moore
Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
Colette Weber Shaw
Angel Girl
Daniel Hope
Angel Boy 1
John August Baker
Mule Rider
Stan Stefanidi
Pitchfork Demon
Mike Kelley
Morose Ghoul (voice)
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