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Victoria L. Merriman '98, a visual and environmental studies (VES) concentrator in Dunster House, finds herself in a rare predicament: She has completed her thesis, a video performance entitled "Burial," but may not be able to perform...
...Merriman's project--which she described as an "exploration of afterlife and the process of mourning"--requires the excavation of a large hole. It was originally intended to take place in either the Radcliffe or Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) Quad on May 2 during the Art First Festival...
...difficulty in describing the project has become quite familiar to Merriman, who admits that it gets "a little irritating to constantly have to explain, even to people within the department, that I'm not shooting a crane or an excavator-that you're there at this performance, watching this happen." In response to those who fear that the project sounds gloomy, Merriman explains that her piece is meant to invoke a child's innocuous eagerness to grasp the concept of death rather than a morbid desire to linger on tragedy. The poignant images captured by Merriman are, in fact, quite...
Presently, the collective force of thousands of dollars and the cooperation of psychics, museum curators and department tutors (not to mention Merriman's own emotional and physical investment) await consummation in the performance of the project. But for all of Merriman's successes, she still faces one enormous obstacle. The onetime presentation of "Burial" is scheduled for dusk (around 7:46 p.m.) on May 2 as part of Arts First. But as Merriman puts it, "Harvard is not that excited about me digging a hole in the ground." Despite the overwhelming support from some members of Harvard's administration...
...hoping to return to Harvard to TF in the fall in a video/performance art class. Beyond that, Merriman wonders about the process by which one becomes recognized as a performance artist. She might consider doing more traditional films, but feels the need to always experiment with form. "I'd want to make something more like Godard than like George Lucas. I mean, I wouldn't even want to make something like Godard, except that I'd want to have that same experimental spirit...