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)
