COMING SOON: Garden Apartment

We’ve got a new video in the works, queer and sensual, conceived and created by the inextinguishable flame that is Gretta Johnson. It’s called GARDEN APARTMENT, a glimpse into the physical and psychological space of a strange and mysterious lady who surrounds herself with nothing but plantlife and her own chimeric creations, spawned from bits and pieces of our everyday existence.

Gretta is devising the piece in collaboration with Julia Miller, and in it, they explore themes of creation, destruction, recreation, and nurturing. The scenic design is somewhere between an old widow’s cabin in the woods and a teenage girl’s bedroom. The sole character (played by Gretta) is a sort of garden-dwelling creature, a “sluggy cocooned lady,” content with solitude and the companionship of her plants. She surrounds herself with collages of humans made to look like plants and plants that take on human characteristics. Her way of life is far removed from yet still connected to everyday hyperstimuli with which we normally surround ourselves. Check out the images below and feast your eyes on what promises to be a truly odd and unique new video from NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. More to come!

Character Sketch for GARDEN APARTMENT by Gretta Johnson.

Slug Lady taking shape… Beet-and-Legs Collage by Gretta Johnson. Costume and Wig by Gretta Johnson and Julia Miller. Photos by Julia Miller. Collage by Angeline Gragasin.