{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"NACL’s Latest Production Pulls Art from the Depths of Grief and Wonder","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":839,"description":"This weekend, audiences in Highland Lake will be invited to dive deep—into memory, myth, and the mysterious realms beneath the surface of consciousness—through a haunting new shadow puppet performance at NACL Theatre.“A Fishing Line Sings” is the latest creation by composer and writer Rima Fand, developed in long-time collaboration with puppet designer and director Erin Orr. This Saturday’s work-in-progress showing (August 9 at 7:30 p.m.) marks the culmination of a week-long residency at NACL, a space renowned for nurturing experimental performance and community dialogue.The piece is rooted in Fand’s earliest memory: fishing on Lake George with her father at the age of three. That tender recollection evolved into a layered meditation on loss, longing, and transformation—casting fishing as both literal act and potent metaphor.“I became interested in the idea of fishing as a metaphor for remembering—kind of like pulling things from the deep,” Fand explained in an interview. “And then it dawned on me that I was actually trying to connect with my mother after she passed away… through this fishing line.”From that line extends a web of connections: to ancient Slavic and Finnish myths of women turning into fish, to evolutionary biology (Fand’s late father was a biologist), and to the shadowy realms of ancestral memory.In one Finnish myth that inspired the piece, a young woman transforms into a fish to escape an unwanted marriage proposal. Her would-be suitor, the deity Väinämöinen, unknowingly catches her—only to be told she’s gone for good. The myth mirrors Fand’s own exploration of grief and remembrance, wrapped in the gentle metaphor of “the one who got away.”The music and story are brought to life through Orr’s evocative puppet design—an artistic partnership forged over two decades.“I bring the music, she brings the visuals, and we make this sort of poetry that is visual and musical,” said Fand. “She always adds her own layers of richness.”Though it’s still in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}