I am one of three guest artists creating sound at Links Hall in this nine-show series beginning September 13.

Links Hall Artistic Associate Dexter Bullard curates a series of improvised intimate phone calls between two well-known Chicago performers who are unknown to each other while the audience uses headphones to listen in…

All shows are at 7:30 on Mondays. Schedule of the sonic artists:

• Eric Leonardson: Sept. 13, Oct. 4, Nov. 15, Nov. 22
• Lou Mallozzi: Sept. 20 (with Sam Wagster), Oct. 11, Oct. 18
• Sam Wagster: Sept. 20 (with Lou Mallozzi), Nov. 1, Nov. 8

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Handheld Audio Art Devices, article published in June at http://cec.concordia.ca/econtact/12_3/

eContact! is the Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s (CEC) online journal of electroacoustics launched in May 1998 as the successor to its print journal, Contact! …published four times a year in French and English. Guest editors have been invited to coordinate one issue per year. Articles, reviews, interviews, commentaries and analyses are featured in the journal, supported by audio and video files. All freely available to the public.

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Stephan Mazurek’s photos help convey the spectacular and visceral nature of our work on the Plasticene 15th Year Process blog. To experience Plasticene’s work in the fullest sense you must be present physically, as I am. Our show opens tonight May 12 and runs until May 22 at Saint Paul’s Cultural Center at 2215 West North Avenue, in Wicker Park.

Reserve your seats on Brown Paper Tickets. More info www.plasticene.com

Sound files from the show are up on my new SoundCloud profile. This is an excerpt:

in partnership with the Near Northwest Arts Council

Plasticene presents the world premiere of FROM A FADING LIGHT

“…an immersive and breathtaking promenade physical theater performance that travels through the entirety of a 100-year-old church in Wicker Park created by Chicago’s pioneer physical theater company.
“Plasticene’s work is not to be missed…”—Chicago Tribune

“Plasticene’s work is never to be missed…”—Chicago Sun-Times

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PLASTICENE 13th ANNUAL PHYSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE: JUNE 13—18, 2009

When:

• Saturday 6/13 1-5 pm
• Sunday 6/14 1-5 pm
• Monday 6/15 6:15-10:00 pm
• Tuesday 6/16 6:15-10:00 pm
• Wednesday 6/17 6:15-10:00 pm
• Thursday 6/18 6:15-10:00 pm

Where: UIC Studio Theater, 1044 W. Harrison Street, Chicago

Fee: $195 early registration (before 5/26) $225 thereafter. Send a check and contact info to Plasticene, 1849 N. Damen Avenue #1, Chicago IL 60647

What: 24 hours of physical theater training, improvisation, and creation for anyone who wants to move, innovate, develop, and play…

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Plasticene performs The Gist presented as part of Collaboraction’s 9th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival, April 16 - May 10

The Building Stage

412 N Carpenter

Chicago, IL

Link for showtimes.

Directed by Mark Comiskey
Created and performed by
Laura Fisher, Michael Macias,
& Brian Shaw
Sound by Eric Leonardson

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Plasticene performs in the Objects in Motion Festival, a three week festival of puppetry, toy-theater, and object-based performance opening Saturday, March 14, 2009, at The Building Stage: www.buildingstage.com.

We’ve taken some explorations and put them into a 17-minute low-tech chamber-piece called Light Cycle (featured in Program A) , performed by Mark Comiskey, Brian Shaw, and Laura Fisher, directed by Dexter Bullard, with me providing sound.

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First video is online. More to come.

View the PlastiMover channel:

Over its 13 year history, Plasticene has established itself by working at the forefront of experimental theater in the City of Chicago. We have built a working method and pedagogy developed by teaching college students and working professionals. Our work has been tested in performance. Company members teach in major college programs at DePaul, The School of the Art Institute, Columbia College and UIC.

Plasticene’s website: www.plasticene.com
Plasticene’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/PlastiMover