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When we visited the MACBA this past week, I got the opportunity to explore the audiovisual installation entitled "Theatre Without Theatre." The artists and recorded performers used the museum space to take their craft of theatre outside of the box of the stage and show how an average room or wall could become a performance area. In particular, I was struck by a series of photographs taken of simple, everyday objects like a garden statue of a kneeling boy or a shelf of well-worn books. The objects were photographed inside their natural habitat (so to speak), and then put on stage between a set of curtains. The effect, though simple, was drastic--the objects were no longer only objects. They were Objects. They had something to say, an agenda perhaps. Though overshadowed by more of the larger and more flashy installations, this small set of images was quite powerful on their own.