Author: Ben
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Elsewhere Seder: Occupy Passover
[portfolio_slideshow] Taking as a point of departure the concept of a ritual meal in which every aspect of the evening provides metaphorical value in examining and re-telling the story of liberation from bondage, Elsewhere Seder: Occupy Passover was a meal-event that aimed to elaborate and deepen understanding and engagement with contemporary liberation narratives from around…
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WYLD PLAN
See: The Wild Plan. [portfolio_slideshow]
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In Conversation with Adam Curtis, Part I | e-flux
In Conversation with Adam Curtis, Part I | e-flux. I first read the name Adam Curtis in an article about Punchdrunk Theatre. Punchdrunk is the British company responsible for one of the most buzzed-about shows in NYC in the last several years–Sleep No More. No, I haven’t seen it (yet). Yes, I am…
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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…