CONTENTS:
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1. Martha Wilson, FF Director, at Columbia University, Nov 20-21.
2. Warren Neidich, FF Alumn, in FAKE at Post, Los Angeles.
3. Karen Finley, FF Alumn, begins weekly walks around the WTC, Dec. 6th, Noon.
4. Kriota Willberg and Dura Mater, FF Alumns, at NYU, Nov. 22-23.
5. Janet Henry, FF Alumn, at PPOW, opening November 21, 6-8 pm.
6. Cave Dogs, FF Alumns, at SUNY New Paltz, Nov. 23, and Mobius, Dec. 7-9
7. Tim Miller, FF Alumn, at PS122, November 21-December 1, 2002
8. Susan Mogul, FF Alumn, receives 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship in Film/Video
9. Anna Mosby Coleman, FF Alumn, in NY, London and Lisbon, Dec.22-Jan 6, 2003
10. Epstein & Hassan, FF Alumns, at The Cutting Room, Nov 30 & Dec. 7, 8 PM
11. Lynn Book, FF Alumn, presents Voicelabs, Nov. 23, Dec. 4,7,8, 11, 12.
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1. Martha Wilson, FF Director, at Columbia University, Nov 20-21.
The New Gatekeepers: A Conference On Free Expression In The Arts, Nov. 20-21, 2002, at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Hosted by the National Arts Journalism Program with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Scheduled speakers include newly inaugurated Columbia University President LEE BOLLINGER, “The Metaphysical Club” author LOUIS MENAND, Whitney Museum Director MAXWELL ANDERSON, ABC Vice President of Broadcast Standards and Practices OLIVIA COHEN-CUTLER, Former Time Magazine Editor-at-Large DANIEL OKRENT, musician SARAH JONES, Founding Director Franklin Furnace Archive MARTHA WILSON, Columbia University Professor of Sociology and Journalism TODD GITLIN, author and art critic MICHAEL BRENSON, University of Chicago Professor of Law CASS SUNSTEIN, New York Times critic MARGO JEFFERSON, Recording Industry Association of America Vice President and Legislative Counsel for Governmental Relations DAVID SUTPHEN. In conjunction with the two days of panel discussions on issues of free expression in the arts, the NAJP will also present “Evidence: A Selection of Banned and Contested Art”-an exhibit that will feature more than 100 examples of art that has provoked free-expression conflict.
A comprehensive schedule for “The New Gatekeepers” with up-to-date details on conference panels and participants is viewable at http://www.najp.org/conferences/gatekeepers/panels.htm.
Those interested in attending the conference, are encouraged to register by mailing in a registration form with payment as soon as possible. That form can be found at: http://www.najp.org/conferences/gatekeepers/panels.htm
You may also signal your intention to register on site by phoning 212.854.6842, emailing rm276@columbia.edu, or faxing a registration form to 212.854.8129.
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2. Warren Neidich, FF Alumn, in FAKE at Post, Los Angeles.
FAKE! falsities, prevarications, simulacrae, parodistic and mediated ultimate truths
Barton Benes, David Henry Brown, Jr., Ellen Harvey, Micol Hebron, Kim Keever, Adam Nankervis, Warren Neidich, Aaron Shepard, John McLaughin, Jeffrey Gardner, Kim Myers-Robertson, Klaus Scherubel, Nobi Shioya
Opening Friday November 15th, 7-10 PM
POST
1904 East 7th Place
Los Angeles, CA 90021
213.622.8580
www.post-la.com
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3. Karen Finley, FF Alumn, begins weekly walks around the WTC, Dec. 6th, Noon.
Karen Finley and Melanie Joseph are planning on beginning a weekly walk around Ground Zero, beginning Friday Dec. 6 at NOON. Armed with the simple slogan, Make Peace, walkers will dress in black and white with sky blue arm bands, circling the site, in order to reclaim peace. Those interested should contact Karen at kefinley@aol.com.
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4. Kriota Willberg and Dura Mater, FF Alumns, at NYU, Nov. 22-23.
Hello Everyone! We have one weekend of performances at NYU and continuing Anatomy Parlors at Shala this month. See below for details. Best, Kriota Willberg
NYU Dance Education Faculty Concert
Dura Mater, with a cast of 10 dancers (Jessica Ames, Julie Betts, Maja Lorkovic, Akiko Ono, Cecly Placenti, Beth Simons, Fred Sullivan, Meg Van Dyck, Katrina van Zee, Kindra Windish) will perform a square dance depicting the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donnelson during the Civil War. Set to music arranged by Brian Dewan, this rustic reinterpretation of American history combines traditional and non-traditional square dance figures with stage combat techniques to create a simultaneously entertaining and biting commentary on war and patriotic entertainment.
Friday, November 22 at 7pm.
Saturday, November 23 at 2pm and 8pm
At the Frederick Loewe Theater
35 West 4th Street
General Admission, $8
Students and Seniors, $ 5
(212)998-5400
ongoing Anatomy Parlor at The Shala
This weekly free-form lab/lecture/workshop started in October at the foot, and has meandered its way to the second week on The Hip (11/18). Odds are good that we will work thru the spine and trunk in November and early December. You can email me at willyak@earthlink.net, or call the Shala at (212) 979-9988 for the body part de jour.
Continuous Mondays 3-4:30 pm at
The Shala
815 Broadway, 2nd Floor
$15 per class (class cards accepted)
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5. Janet Henry, FF Alumn, at PPOW, opening November 21, 6-8 pm.
Janet Henry, FF Alumn, presents American Anatomy and Other Work at P.P.O.W. Gallery, 555 W. 25th St. NYC 212-647-1044, www.ppowgallery.com
November 21-December 21, 2002
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6. Cave Dogs, FF Alumns, at SUNY New Paltz, Nov. 23, and Mobius, Dec. 7-9
Ferrous City
The collaborative performance group Cave Dogs presents its latest of large-scale shadow projections and sound storytelling, Ferrous City on November 23, at 7:30pm , at the McKenna Theatre on the SUNY New Paltz campus, in New Paltz, NY. Tickets are $8 adults / $5 seniors and students.
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MOBIUS presents: Ferrous City, by CAVE DOGS, December 7,8 and 9. The collaborative group Cave Dogs will present its latest work-in-progress of large-scale shadow projections and sound storytelling, Ferrous City, on December 7, 8 and 9th at Mobius, in Boston. In addition to evening performances, they are offering two matinees to encourage families to attend. Performances will take place on Dec. 7 at 8pm; Dec. 8 at 2pm and 8pm; and Dec. 9 at 2pm. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students, seniors and friends of Mobius. Mobius is located at 354 Congress St. Boston, MA, 02210. By Train: Red line to South Station, 2 blocks past the Children’s Museum. For more information and reservations call Mobius at 627-542-7416.
Ferrous City is the story of a family car trip. During a quintessential summer in the city, too hot to stay indoors, a mother takes her children for a drive to their grandma’s working farm, and along the way they encounter the Fast Talking Man; Sam, the juggler; a wedding cake; and a bunch of hogs that may change their final destination and how they get there. Ferrous City is about the dispersal of families from rural to urban homes and the struggle to maintain family ties. It celebrates the role the neighborhood, of strangers and friends, in the development of a child, and looks at what it means to be a mother in the twenty-first century. Reflecting on the car culture that dominates the lives of many families in the U.S., the narrative is conveyed through the window of the family station wagon. Along the journey, the characters experience the absurdity of everyday life and the extraordinary power of the ordinary. The story is about how we encourage the life of the mind through childhood play and adult daydreaming, and how these interior narratives shape our lives. Finally, Ferrous City is a story about storytelling: stories told in families, between siblings, and in communities.
Cave Dogs brings together visual artists, musicians, dancers, storytellers, and writers in the spirit of experimental collaboration. Performances consist of innovative, large-scale shadow projections cast onto a white screen from sculptures, props, costumes, and the human body. Using improvisational techniques, cast shadows move in concert with projected video imagery, spoken narrative, and an original soundtrack. The results are visual tableaus and effects that conjure both the dreamlike quality of early experimental film and the humor of contemporary animation. In this unique shadow medium, Cave Dogs tells life stories that charm, intrigue, challenge, and captivate adults and children alike. The text, visual imagery, and sounds weave together to create a rich multi-media artifact that documents, preserves, and celebrates important cultural voices and stories.
Cave Dogs members are Suzanne Stokes, Jeanne Scheper, James Fossett, Trudy Trutwin, Wayne Montecalvo, Judith Muldoon, Laura Moriarty, Kari Giordano, and Michael Crawley, with soundtrack by Dean Jones.
Suzanne Stokes, artistic director and performer, created Cave Dogs in 1992, while living in New York’s Hudson Valley. Over the past ten years, the collaborative performance work has grown and developed and Cave Dogs sustains a healthy, long-distance, collaboration with members in Boston, the Hudson Valley, New York City, California and contributing artists throughout the United States.
Cave Dogs has created and performed works such as Ferrous City, How to Build a Raft, Emily’s Circus, Sustenance, Fall of Perception, and Shadows of Doubt and Other Precarious Truths. Boston venues have included Mobius, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston University and The Massachusetts College of Art. New York performances include P.S. 122, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center, HERE, The Woodstock Comeau Property, The Widow Jane Mine and SUNY New Paltz. They have received grants from The Jim Henson Foundation (NYC), The NLT Foundation (Boston, MA), and two consecutive years from Franklin Furnace (NYC).
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7. Tim Miller, FF Alumn, at PS122, November 21-December 1, 2002
Hi Folks!
Check out the piece in Sunday’s New York Times story below about my performances in NYC the next two weeks. I’ll be performing the show based on my new book BODY BLOWS at PS 122 in New York Nov 21-Dec 1. BODY BLOWS will be performed at PS 122 Two Weekends Only! Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 21- 24 and Friday – Sunday, Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 8:30 p.m $17. For Tix call 212 477-5288. PS 122 is located at 150 First Avenue at the corner of 9th Street in the East Village. Best regards, Tim Miller
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8. Susan Mogul, FF Alumn, receives 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship in Film/Video
Susan Mogul, FF Alumn, has received a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship in Film/Video Since 1973 artist/filmmaker Mogul has developed a body of work that is autobiographical, diaristic and ethnographic. Her work addresses the human dilemma of self in relationship to family, community and the culture at large. Mogul’s recent documentaries: Everyday Echo Street, Home Safe Home, I Stare at You and Dream and Sing, O Barren Woman, have all been broadcast on public television. Stare has been presented at film festivals nationally and internationally and received several prizes. Echo Street and Stare have received critical acclaim by Pulitzer Prize winning television critic, Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times.
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9. Anna Mosby Coleman, FF Alumn, in NY, London and Lisbon, Dec.22-Jan 6, 2003
Anna Mosby Coleman, FF Alumn, performs “70 x 7” and gives concrete poems to pedestrians in 3 cities: New York, London, and Lisbon, Portugal. 22 December 2002 through 6 January 2003. The series “70 x 7” continues as Anna Mosby Coleman’s has constructed portable concrete poems. They are rebuses made of original drawings and photographs that sound out sentences concerning forgiveness. She will give the objects to people she encounters as she walks through transportation depots and shopping areas in these three international port cities. For more information: contact the artist at 1@annamosbycoleman.com
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10. Epstein & Hassan, FF Alumns, at The Cutting Room, Nov 30 & Dec. 7, 8 PM
Epstein and Hassan, FF Alumns, present Black/Jwe/Love on Saturdays N ovember 30th and December 7th at 8 pm at the Cutting Room, 19 W. 24th St. NYC. $10 – for reservations call 212-242-6216.
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10. Lynn Book, FF Alumn, presents Voicelabs, Nov. 23, Dec. 4,7,8, 11, 12.
Lynn Book’s Voicelab
[ where voice gets reinvented ]
www.voicelabnyc.com
december labs for the vocal explorer or the just plain curious open holiday / house
Thursday, December 12 from 6 – 7:30 pm
5 C Cafe @ 68 Avenue C @ 5th St.
come lift your voice and raise some spirits
+ special drawing for gift certificates
then stick around if you’re interested in
joining the Vox Risk Holler chorus
RSVP 212-529-8991
Sounding the World
2 Wednesdays, December 4 & 11
6:30-9 pm
535 E. 14th St.
Celebrate voices of the world and experience the immense potential of the human voice arly bird special $95 if you register by november 26 (%50 deposit due by first class) after nov 26, $115
Voice and Wellness
Saturday, December 7
12 – 5 pm
Soma, E. 14th and 2nd Ave.
powerful approaches for opening awareness.
release stress and realize your vocal potential
Presence and Performance
Sunday, December 8
12 – 5 pm
Soma, E. 14th and 2nd Ave.
Learn performance skills to center yourself and communicate effortessly (whether on stage or on the job)
class fee: $95 for each lab, $165 for both (%50 deposit by first class)
early bird special: $80 for each lab, $145 for both (Nov. 29)
[ These labs can be taken together as a package or seperately ] *
[ all labs located near union square ] *
[ excellent gifts for the holidays ] *
Private Sessions
Labs
Workshops
Coaching
Creative Projects
212-529-8991
lynnbook@voicelabnyc.com
& don’t forget, lynn performs this saturday the 23 at roulette 8:30 pm 212 219-8242
