For the most part my what’s new page announces and invites readers to my professional activities, most in the form of performances, recordings, broadcasts, publications, workshops, soundwalks, and conference presentations. There is another small set of posts that are of more personal nature that I feel it necessary to share. These posts memorialize the losses… Continue reading Remembering Kris Goralka, Ed Harrison, & Bill Talsma
Tag: Plasticene
Plasticene’s Final Performance: Graphomania
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS, CHICAGO’S PIONEER PHYSICAL THEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES OUR FINAL PERFORMANCE PIECE, GRAPHOMANIAx, A WORLD PREMIERE ORIGINAL WORK, MARCH 17th THROUGH APRIL 1st AT THE CHOPIN THEATER DOWNSTAIRS FOR TEN PERFORMANCES ONLY! Press Contact: Dexter Bullard
Plasticene’s Graphomania, March 24–26
Plasticene’s New Work in 2011 Premiering on the enclosed stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, directed by Paola Colletto. Plasticene’s Graphomania March 24-26, 2011 at 7:30 pm We live in grapho-maniacal times. Watch Plasticene’s renowned physical performers gather, record, decode, interpret and process information in a struggle to discover if privacy is… Continue reading Plasticene’s Graphomania, March 24–26
The Dialogues at Links Hall
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… Links Hall 3435… Continue reading The Dialogues at Links Hall
Alt_tech: CEC—eContact! 12.3 – Instrument – Interface
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,… Continue reading Alt_tech: CEC—eContact! 12.3 – Instrument – Interface
Music and Images for Plasticene’s “From a Fading Light”
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… Continue reading Music and Images for Plasticene’s “From a Fading Light”
Plasticene presents From a Fading Light
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… Continue reading Plasticene presents From a Fading Light
Plasticene 13th Annual Physical Theater Intensive: June 13—18, 2009
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… Continue reading Plasticene 13th Annual Physical Theater Intensive: June 13—18, 2009
Plasticene’s “The Gist” in 9th Annual Sketchbook Festival
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
Objects In Motion: Plasticene’s “Light Cycle”
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… Continue reading Objects In Motion: Plasticene’s “Light Cycle”