Coming up soon! Two nights only— Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th at HERE, NY.
Talking about our show at HERE…
17 JanTwo shows only! Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th January at HERE in NY.
Show page is here (for bookings and info):
War Plays in print
13 JanThanks to Caridad Svich and NoPassport, the anthology of my plays, WAR PLAYS, is now published.
Art and War in NY
14 DecWe’ve started rehearsals at HERE for our CultureMart show, You Are Dead. You Are Here. . It’s exciting to see other artistic responses to war in NY right now that also eschew the earnest and journalistic approach that often frames theatre about “real things”.
One is Haroun Farocki’s show at MOMA, Images of War (At A Distance)
and the other is Pure War/ The Madness of the Day at TheaterLab (just til Saturday this week).
Tags: Haroun Farocki, MOMA, multimedia, political theatre, theatre, virilio, Virtual Iraq, war
Virtual Iraq – YouTube
25 NovSkip Rizzo is the creator of Virtual Iraq, the program he’s generously shared with us for use in our multimedia theatre piece, You Are Dead. You Are Here., coming up in CultureMart at HERE, NY. Check out some of the amazing work they’re doing with virtual reality therapy–and meet the visual world we’re working with in our piece. This video shows the program in action.
AlbertSkipRizzo's Channel – YouTube.
Tags: ICT, PTSD, Skip Rizzo, Virtual Iraq
Space and performance
22 NovIn talking with Erik Ehn this morning, I’m reminded again of the centrality of space–and the way we conceive of it–to theatre.
This is Erik, writing on the Soulographie blog: “Conversation comes up again and again around the idea of space… I have just about no understanding of Hegel and Heidegger, but I think I’m more on the side that space is more important a ground of being than time. Our experiments have a handle on duration – we’re steaming ahead there. But the political, economic and architectural spaces of theater, while also finding reform, are begging for a radical break. Our body is breaking down, our meme is weakening to the point where it can no longer include death, and without death (mortality, mourning) we ain’t live, and sure aren’t performance.” Continue reading
Tags: death, erik ehn, performance, space
Dates for performance
22 NovI’m looking forward to the next step in building YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. with my collaborators Joseph Megel and Jared Mezzocchi. We’ll be putting up the first act of the show, with full media, at HERE’s CultureMart in January 24th and 25th, 8:30 p.m.–more on that soon. Here’s our teaser trailer:
New Teaser: You Are Dead. You Are Here. from JaredMezzocchi on Vimeo.
Meanwhile, check out media designer Jared’s work and process in his blog, where he writes about his recent design process on A Child Shall Lead Them: The Night of the Hunter.
Tags: HERE arts, Jared Mezzocchi, new media, theatre, Virtual Iraq, virtual performance
Working with the ICT, home of Virtual Iraq
21 SepWe had an amazing visit with the 3 of us taking YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. to the Institute of Creative Technology in L.A. These are the guys that designed Virtual Iraq and are inventing other therapeutic uses for virtual technologies. YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. is repurposing Virtual Iraq to theatrical, multi-media narrative (away from its primary use as a therapy tool) and there’s much to learn from the collaboration with the designers and therapists. Here’s their take on our visit, from the ICT blog:
Tags: collaboration, ICT, multimedia, theatre, Virtual Iraq, you are dead. you are here.
Reading with digital media
26 AugFriday’s reading in L.A. should be exciting! A quick preview from our last workshop:
Come along if you’re in town, and please RSVP here.
L.A. reading
23 AugWorking this week with Dr. Skip Rizzo and the creative team at the Institute for Creative Technologies in L.A.
It’s fascinating to see new developments in Virtual Iraq and think about how we can work together in creating our theatre piece. Here’s a teaser trailer of the piece, YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. from our previous workshop in North Carolina.
We’re doing a reading this Friday at 4 pm with media at the I.C.T. in La Playa.: Event details are here. Please come if you’re in town– it’s free and open to the public. You’ll hear the play, YOU ARE DEAD. YOU ARE HERE. and see some of the amazing work the I.C.T. team are doing on Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality program for use in military rehabilitation from P.T.S.D.
