{"id":12305,"date":"2018-08-09T08:46:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haunting.net\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2018-08-08T20:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T03:52:23","slug":"shine-echoes-dark-midsummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haunting.net\/shine-echoes-dark-midsummer\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer Scream 2018: Shine On Collective Delves into Memory with \u201cEchoes in the Dark\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a dark corner of a loud, smoky room at this year\u2019s Midsummer Scream Convention<\/a>, Shine On Collective<\/a> has hidden a secret.\u00a0 <\/span>In a small space, half the size of a bedroom, words and images scrawled across the walls\u2014amongst the nonsensical letters and numbers, the word \u201calone\u201d stands out.\u00a0 <\/span>A man\u2019s troubled memories are shouted in my ears\u2014I\u2019ve become him\u2014trapped inside a terrible dream.\u00a0 <\/span>This is Echoes in the Dark<\/i>, the first tease of a multi-part series (similar to last year\u2019s Sweet Dreams<\/i><\/a>) that takes you on a journey deep into the mind of Victor Hamlin, a young scientist whose exploration of the human condition has taken him to a loathsome place.\u00a0 <\/span>What have you done, Victor? What have you done?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”82px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UzfXafShgdY&feature=youtu.be”][vc_empty_space height=”82px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Echoes in the Dark<\/i> was presented in two short pieces over the weekend of Midsummer Scream, with guests experiencing two different subsets of Victor\u2019s memory depending on which experience they participated in. In one, you, as Victor are faced with the very real and harrowing results of your gruesome experiments with the human mind\u2014a creature (an unnerving Mike Merchant) born of your own ambitious machinations, disgusted with itself.\u00a0 <\/span>In the other, the woman you once loved (the perfectly-cast Karlie Blair) lies cold, abandoned\u2014the true consequence of your obsessions.\u00a0 <\/span>She was real, Victor, and you left her alone.\u00a0 <\/span>She begs you for help, but you can\u2019t hear her over your own thwarted memory shouting ignore her, IGNORE HER, just like you\u2019ve always done. But ignorance won\u2019t work, Victor.\u00a0 <\/span>Your Creature, your wounded love, they still exist, haunting you, forcing you to relive what you\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

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\"Karlie<\/p>\n

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Shine On Collective has provided a taste of what promises to be a much broader, intriguing story\u2014a study on memory, regret, and possibly redemption.\u00a0 <\/span>What happens next remains to be seen; audiences should eagerly await the next chapter.\u00a0 <\/span>Echoes in the Dark<\/i> was just that\u2014the echoing toll of Victor Hamlin\u2019s past.\u00a0 <\/span>Perhaps, very soon, we\u2019ll get to see from whence that darkened bell was rung.<\/p>\n

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For more information about upcoming Shine On Collective shows, including future installments of Victor\u2019s story, you can sign up for their mailing list on their website<\/a>. You can also visit them on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”82px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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