
Day Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing goths, hillbillies, mimes and demons come together in a kind of subversive musical theater/variety revue. Running over two-and-a-half hours, this riotous theatrical spectacle unfolds as a series of episodes that form a loose, fractured narrative. The video comprises parts 2 through 32 of Kelley's multi-faceted project Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstructions, in which trauma, abuse and repressed memory are refracted through personal and mass-cultural experience. The source material is a series of high school yearbook photographs of "extracurricular activities," specifically those that represent what Kelley has termed "socially accepted rituals of deviance." Kelley then stages video narratives around these found images.

as Goth Girl / Shy Satanist / Kiss Groupie

as Office Vampire

as Horned Man

as Consistency / Mary

as Hag Virgin Mary

as Matron

as May Maenad

as Devil / Barber

as Boy / Angel Boy 2

as Catholic Woman

as Jewish Woman

as Jewish Man

as Thin Thug

as Thick Thug

as Sick Vampire

as Motivational Vampire

as Farm Girl

as Morose Ghoul

as Mime 1

as Mime 2

as Joaquin

as Heartthrob Vampire

as Chicken Dancer 1

as Wizard

as Nerd

as Beige Office Worker

as Plaid Office Worker

as Train Dancer 1 / Horse Dancer

as Train Dancer 2

as Train Dancer 3 / Gospel Dancer

as Vampire Boss

as Druid

as Hillbilly

as Doris

as Saskia

as Winnie

as Witch

as Mute Barber

as Bearded Man

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Group Portrait

as Modern Dancer

as Goth

as Lonely Vampire

as Chicken Dancer 2 / Gospel Dancer

as Reclamation

as Joseph

as Anne

as Shadow Dancer

as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer

as Gospel Dancer

as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer

as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer

as Angel Girl

as Angel Boy 1

as Mule Rider

as Pitchfork Demon

as Morose Ghoul (voice)