Wheary Peepers Trunk Show

Wheary Peepers Trunk Show
Friday March 15, 2024 8:00 p.m.
$15 / $12 for VPES Members


The Velaslavasay Panorama presents Wheary Peepers Trunk Show — a live performance by Ursula Brookbank of light, shadow and projection on a deconstructed, modern invention for an automated moving panorama.

8:00 - 8:30 p.m. First Performance

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9:15 - 9:45 p.m. Second Performance

Guests will be invited to explore the museum, gardens and grounds, watch the performance and view new paintings by artists Guan Rong and Pa,Sacio Davinci, made as part of The Future Is A Well-Traveled Track, a kinetic-autonomous initiative of the Velaslavasay Panorama.

The performance is a live adaptation of a new permanent installation, The Wheary Peepers — the premier luggage choice for stars of stageland! A wardrobe trunk that fits under a pullman seat and carries an exhibition of travelore. The Wheary Peepers offers spectators a peephole view into the life of a railway passenger’s drawer, traveling to the time when the Union Theatre was known as Louise Glaum’s Little Theater at Union Square (1935-1937) and the era of silent film stars like Louise Glaum, Zhou Xuan, Anna May Wong, Asta Nielsen, Nancy Columbia, and Ruan Lingyu. The Sleeper Car (2024), a 2-minute silent film invoking the shadowy work of illuminated moving pictures, plays inside the expandable trunk. Whether you are planning a round-the-world journey or a trip to Shengjing Panorama aboard the Shenyang-Pacific Limited Express, The Wheary Peepers is the ideal travel companion.

The Future Is A Well-Traveled Track is funded in part by the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society and grants from Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles Breakfast Club Foundation, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, California Arts Council and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.