Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Elsewhere the play, performed by you
A: Do you know what Andy Warhol said? B: Art is whatever you can get away with. Elsewhere the play, performed by you is an original piece of autotheatre developed in residency at Elsewhere in early 2012. Two participants are invited to perform at a time. Each participant receives an iPod and a vest from Elsewhere’s…
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Paper Plane
Paper Plane was created in collaboration with 3 Sticks Theatre Company. [portfolio_slideshow] It performed in DUMBO, Brooklyn, at One Arm Red May 18-26th. Our Kickstarter.
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Fuck Woman School #3: The Name of the Piece is Talking Heads
The third installation of Fuck Woman School was an experiment in creating multiple simultaneous viewpoints onstage. I was also trying to challenge my own habitual tendencies in the way I make work, by having a ‘performance’ with no performer. The audience had to be physically engaged and mobile to explore the piece. The piece was…
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Fuck Woman School #4: Ghost in the Machine
The fourth and final installation of Fuck Woman School focuses on the presence of the artist as adapter. The movement sequence in the projections was co-choreographed by Eric Powell Holm (who adapted Woman School) and myself, set to the music that I listened to backstage before every performance of Woman School (Wings’ “Silly Love Songs”).…
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1419
1419 was an autonomous arts collective focused on the development and exhibition of experimental, interdisciplinary, and collaborative work created by emerging artists in Minneapolis and St. Paul. 1419 existed from September 2009 to March 2011. Below is a statement written at the end of that timeframe. 1419 is canceled. *As long as 1419 has…
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Social Media Consulting
Through my experience administrating and producing a spectrum of interdisciplinary events at 1419, called by the Twin Cities Daily Planet in early 2011 “Minneapolis’ hottest DIY arts space,” as well as through self-produced work elsewhere, including an independent, grassroots, national theatre tour, I’ve been exposed to a nice chunk of the field in terms of…
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The Wild Plan
The Wild Plan is a new model for an independent national theatre tour. The Wild Plan creates shared experiences for communities. It does not sell tickets. It does not take place in a theatre. It does not take itself all that seriously. The Wild Plan was co-invented by myself and Eric Powell Holm. Its maiden…
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Fuck Woman School
Fuck Woman School was a performance series based on Critique of The School for Wives by Moliere. It performed as a companion piece to Woman School, produced by Vintage Theater Collective in Chicago in October-November 2011. Fuck Woman School used Moliere’s play as a point of departure to investigate and discuss theatre’s place in contemporary…
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Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers
Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers performed as part of The Wild Plan’s national tour in August 2011. Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers, adapted by Eric Powell Holm from the play The Misanthrope by Moliere, was co-directed for The Wild Plan by Holm and Ben Gansky.
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The Polish Pugilist
The Polish Pugilist performed at 1419 August 19th-28th, 2010. It was directed by Jeremey Catterton and assistant-directed by Ben Gansky. Press for The Polish Pugilist: TC Daily Planet Minneapolis City Pages Cake in 15
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