N e w G e n r e X I I I A r t i s t s a n d E v e n t s :
Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble in Concert, a performance piece by Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble. Monk uses her voice as the instrument, and through her voice and the voices of her ensemble, Monk is able to create a haunting, poignant, terrifying and sometimes screamingly funny vocal whirlwind. The new multidisciplinary work takes us on a poetic journey to a place where music, dance, and video portraits reflect the delicacy and power of the human spirit. Performed: Saturday, March 18th 2006 at 8:00p.m at the Chapman Music Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. www.meredithmonk.org
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Living Arts is proud to present 2 films by Meredith Monk, Sunday, March 12, 2:00pm at the Philbrook Museum of Art
BOOK OF DAYS (1988) Directed by Meredith Monk Cinematography by Jerry Pantzer Art Direction and Costume Design by Yoshio Yabara Music by Meredith Monk Edited by Girish Bhargava
"A rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective.” (The New York Times)“Meredith Monk’s first feature is everything one would expect... It’s theatrical, intense, refreshing.” (Variety) Meredith Monk has said that “Book of Days is a film about time...about the sadness and joy of human nature.” The film takes place primarily in the Middle Ages, but the characters and their concerns are deeply familiar. Monk draws parallels between this age of war, plague and fear of the Apocalypse, with our modern times of racial and religious conflict, AIDS, and the fear of nuclear annihilation. Book of Days has a mythic quality, a sense of displacement; it encourages the viewer to ponder the ultimate fragility of the human experience. A production of Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc., The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc., La Sept, in Association with Alive From Off Center. - - - - - Black & White and Color, Sound Complete work: 74:21 minutes Television version: 55:36 minutes
ELLIS ISLAND (1981) Directed by Meredith Monk Produced and Co-Directed by Bob Rosen Cinematography by Jerry Pantzer Music by Meredith Monk
"An intensely memorable film evocation of America's immigrants, set in the crumbling halls of contemporary Ellis Island...spare, sober, and exquisite, it recalls the formality and beauty of vintage photos." (Village Voice) A film about the experiences of immigrants entering America at the turn of the century, Ellis Island was one of the last films shot on location before Ellis Island was restored. Neither documentary, nor fiction, Monk describes the non-verbal Ellis Island as a “ghost story told through the musicality of images.” The film was awarded the CINE Golden Eagle, Special Jury Prizes from the Atlanta and San Francisco Film and Video Festivals, and has been shown by PBS-USA, Channel Four-London, and ZDF-West Germany. - - - - - Black & White and Color, Sound, 28 minutes
Fata Morgana: Icelandic Sojourn, an installation piece by Robert Mueller at LivingArtSpace, is the result of three lengthy periods of time spent in the remote terrain of Iceland. Keeping a visual diary on the journey, Mueller recounts the feeling and spirit of the Icelandic journey through his artwork. Opening: Thursday, March 9th 2006 at 6:00- 8;00p.m at Living Arts of Tulsa. Exhibit continues through March 30, 2006. www.arts.ufl.edu/artex02/html/printmaking/mueller.html
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Cut: Film as Found Object - explores how contemporary artists use excerpts from pre-existing films in order to create new narratives, different emotional content and new musical scores. Open to festival pass holders March 9th -19th 10am-5pm Tues-Sun at Philbrook Museum of Art. www.philbrook.org
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The Mother of All Enemies, a comic performance piece by Paul Zaloom, which is a mutation of the traditional Karagoz shadow puppet play about being outside of society. This "object performance" is interfused with a story told through pictures about secret laws in the U.S. that one never knows if they are breaking. Performed: Thursday, March 9th 2006 at 8:00 p.m. & Friday, March 10th 2006 at 10:00 p.m. at the Nightingale Theater. www.paulzaloom.com
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Beakman ’s World - Half madman, half genius, the Obie Award-winning performance artist and puppeteer Paul Zaloom becomes his alter ego Beakman, from the CBS television children’s program. Beakman will dare to make science hip during this 60-minute interactive performance.
This is the first performance specifically for children that Living Arts has included in the New Genre Festival in its 13 year run.
Beakman's World was a tremendous hit in the Saturday morning lineup. Airing on the CBS network, it's a favorite for all children. Based on the newspaper feature You Can with Beakman and Jax, created by Jok Church and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, Beakman's World stars celebrated performance artist Paul Zaloom as Beakman. Beakman responds to popular and unusual queries by performing hands-on experiments using household items. This Beakman's World performance will help kids discover for themselves how the world works. “ Jok Church, Beakman's World: A Visit to the Hit TV Show. "Beakman's World certainly stands head and shoulders above virtually everything else on television for children." - TV Guide
Saturday, March 11, 2:00 pm at the Patti Johnson Wilson Hall, Philbrook Museum of Art
The Philbrook Museum of Art is located 2727 South Rockford Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114.
It is one block east of Peoria Avenue at 27th Place. 918 748 5309 or 800 324 7941
The Last Supper, an installation piece by Julie Green, utilizing over 200 hand painted china plates depicting the last meal requests of death row
capital punishment in the US. Opening: Thursday, March 16th 4:30-8:00pm at
Liggett Studio. Exhibit continues through April 6, 2006.
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Fear & Apathy an installation exhibit/performance by Joseph Daun dealing with the futility of work. Opening: Thursday, March 9th 2006 at 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Alexandre Hogue Gallery in The University of Tulsa, School of Art. Exhibit continues through March 30. www.joedaun.com
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The Last Waltz, is a cabaret-style performance piece by the ensemble Empire of Teeth which blends technology, cabaret, stylized movement, and philosophical pop references into a surreal, absurd look at elective versus ill-fated love. The work transcends gender, setting and time, exploring themes of need, longing, dependence and desperation via a subconscious theater of dreamlike images and raw emotion. Performance: Friday, March 10th
2006 at 8:00p.m. & Saturday, March 11th 2006 at 8:00 p.m at Mathews Warehouse. www.empireofteeth.org
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Ziusudra - a collaborative multi-media audience interactive performance work by over 25 Oklahoma City artists, dancers, poets, videographers, and musicians exploring the evolution over 350 million years of the three brains, one quantumself, and the truth behind the male-female sleepwalk.
Directed by Skip Largent. Friday, March 17, 7:00pm, Mathews Warehouse.
www.thepaseo.com/skipsilver/ziusudra & http://www.thepaseo.com/skipsilver/ziusudra/newgenre06/index.html
Performance Open A cabaret-style evening, with a variety of short performances. Works by the Monica Huggins Dance Theater, Terminal Shock, and Molly O'Conner will be presented. Friday, March 10th at 8:00 p.m. & Saturday, March 11th at 10:00p.m. at the Nightingale Theater. www.nightingaletheater.org/
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New Video Matinee March 19, 2:00pm
Circle 2 Cinema.
Experimental Video works from New Video Artists gleaned from the Dallas Video Festival.
www.circlecinema.com
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Specific Portions of this event are made possible with assistance from:
The National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Oklahoma Arts Council, The Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, the Cecil and Virgie Burton Foundation II, Kinslow, Keith & Todd, Inc. Architecture/Interiors, Specialty Materials, Inc., The Dallas Video Association, The Crowne Plaza Tulsa, The Nightingale Theater, The University of Tulsa School of Art, The Garland Kilmer Fund, The Circle Cinema Foundation, Philbrook Museum of Art, The Phipps Family, Liggett Studio, Jackie Cooper Imports of Tulsa, Cox Media, Urban Tulsa Weekly, The Friends of New Genre and Members of Living Arts. Many thanks to Pam Hodges, New Genre XIII Committee Chairperson, Jim Elmore, Poster Design, Katie Feiock, Publicity Chairperson, Christy Fell, President of the Board of Directors, and the many Committee Members and Volunteers who make this stimulating event possible.