Wedding to the Moon

An outdoor nighttime theatrical ceremony featuring two performers in elaborate purple and silver costumes with decorative headpieces, standing together while a man in a white suit reads from a book and speaks into a microphone. An audience watches in the dimly lit background.
Two performers walk along a raised outdoor walkway at night. One wears a purple fairy-like costume with a tutu and decorative headpiece, while the other wears an oversized cartoon character costume with orange glasses, a smiling face, a light-colored dress, and blue shoes. Purple fabric decorations line the railings.
A performer dressed in dark clothing and glasses gestures dramatically with an outstretched hand during an outdoor nighttime performance. Warm reddish-orange lighting illuminates the performer against a nearly black background, with a seated audience member partially visible below.
Title
Wedding to the Moon
Artist/Creator
Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
Short Description
In a 1930s open-air stone amphitheater in Altadena, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens married the Moon in their Purple Wedding, part of the artists’ ecosex practice of entering into committed relationship with the natural world.
Description
Reverend Billy (Billy Talen) officiated with the Church of Life After Shopping Choir, and the program included performances by Larry Bogad, Mariko Passion, Lian Amaris, Candye Kane, and others. The ceremony took place in Farnsworth Park and belongs to the artists’ series of weddings to elements of the natural world, including the earth, the sun, and the fog.
Event Type
Performance
Date
2010-10-23
Location
Farnsworth Park, Altadena, California. Altadena is its own community, not part of the city of Los Angeles
Geographic Scope
Site-Specific / Single Site
Climate & Ecology Themes
Queer Ecologies
Discipline / Field
Arts & Design
Concepts
More-than-Human Relations
Audience / Engagement Type
Community
Methods & Approaches
Collaborative / Co-Creation
Community-Based Practice
Rights
Rights held by artist or creator
Website
https://sprinklestephens.ucsc.edu/2010/10/23/wedding-to-the-moon/
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
Media
An outdoor nighttime theatrical ceremony featuring two performers in elaborate purple and silver costumes with decorative headpieces, standing together while a man in a white suit reads from a book and speaks into a microphone. An audience watches in the dimly lit background.Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Wedding to the Moon 1
Two performers walk along a raised outdoor walkway at night. One wears a purple fairy-like costume with a tutu and decorative headpiece, while the other wears an oversized cartoon character costume with orange glasses, a smiling face, a light-colored dress, and blue shoes. Purple fabric decorations line the railings.Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Wedding to the Moon 2
A performer dressed in dark clothing and glasses gestures dramatically with an outstretched hand during an outdoor nighttime performance. Warm reddish-orange lighting illuminates the performer against a nearly black background, with a seated audience member partially visible below.Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Wedding to the Moon 3