THE JESTER OF TONGA

PS122

Nov 13-23
Wed-Sat 8pm
Sun 6:30pm
$20, $15, $10

Silovsky and his robot Stanley tell the very true and complex story
of Jesse Bogdonoff, the sensational modern-day Court Jester to the
Tongan Royal Court. Twenty suitcases packed full with island lore spill
their secrets, scandals and adventures onto the stage.

Joe is a quintessential brilliant and quirky mad scientist type; who is constantly derailed from his story telling by the technology and his own exuberant interest in absolutely everything.  But the digressions are the fabulously interesting, and he's got Stanley the robot to keep him on track and tell you all about the woes cased by the last big financial bump on Wall Street.

I imaging there will be a few pore sole will be run out of town in the dead of night due to this financial crisis.  But I very much doubt they'll have as odd a story as Mr. Bogdonoff or as entertaining a chronicler as Mr. Silovsky.

31DOWN radio theater
ASSEMBER DILATOR
PERFORMANCE:  Oct 16th 8PM FREE!
THE ONTOLOGICAL THEATER at ST MARK'S CHURCH
131 E. 10th St.  at 2nd Ave.

Presented by free103point9 Transmission Arts, in association with The Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR

31DOWN's ASSEMBER DILATOR
Starring Caitlin McDonough-Thayer
Featuring the work of Ryan Holsopple, Shannon Sindelar, Mirit Tal, Jon Luton, Andreea Mincic, TaraFawn Marek.

also performing

DJ DIZZY
JAPANTHER Poppy Dance Punk!
KILLER DREAMER Raw LA Punk.

SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED--ARRIVE EARLY!

ReSiDeNt @ LEMUR: New Works, New Instruments, New Artists
PERFORMANCE: Oct 9nd 8PM $5

ReSiDeNt Submissions

Deadlines are rolling, allowing artists to submit applications to be

considered for future residencies throughout the year.

We've borrowed a VGA
Distribution Amplifier or, 'splitter' as a simple way to send one
signal to  two projectors.  I personally own a VERY cheap 'splitter'
that looks like a V.  But i wanted to borrow the amplifier so that
there was no signal loss or messing with the image in either projector.

Each
projector is projecting the same image and when we only wish to see one
projector we'll use an analog shutter system (read cardboard and
pulleys).  I also borrowed the DUalhead 2Go in case the combination of
the splitter and long cables cause interference with the image.  In
that case i'd rewrite in Isadora where we are sending each image.  But
we might still use the shutter system so that the black square doesn't
get projected.

Projections are on the back wall and on the floor.

The Amelia Project, Phase II
@ The Flea Theater
with AERIAL DANCE,  LIVE MUSIC, VIDEO PROJECTION
June 19-22, 2008

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Oh What War
Juggernaut Theatre Company
PERFORMANCE: September 10-October 4 8:30PM $15
HERE Arts Center 145 Sixth Avenue

A fantasy of flagrant disobedience to authority, OH WHAT WAR follows a band of deserters stuck in No Man's Land. A mash-up of mud, vintage war songs, b/w video footage and battle noise, this original Juggernaut production zeros in on the great war machine that holds us captive.

Reid Farrington Presents : THE PASSION PROJECT
PERFORMANCE: Sept 10 20 2008 $20 7:30pm (additonal shows 9PM Sept 12,13,18,10)
Performance Space 122
150 First Ave. NY, NY

"One of the most satisfying theatrical experiences I've had in ages"
blogs Claudia La Rocco after previewing The Passion Project.
"[Reid Farrington has] a way of engaging with history and making
this historical work contemporary by exploiting the very distance
that exists between us and it."

Using a single live actor and multiple projection surfaces, Reid
Farrington explores the intersection of performance and film. He
uses Carl Th. Dreyer's 1928 immortal masterpiece, "The Passion of
Joan of Arc" as the main narrative along with the history behind the
making of the film, a discussion with a Danish archivist, the story
of making this project, and Joan's story; her trial, torture, and 'execution.

THE PASSION PROJECT explodes the film into the three
dimensions; placing the audience inside the film, sitting next to
Joan, subjecting them to the relentless rhythm of 30 mm film
projection. This piece vibrates between performance, film and
installation.

Developed at and with the support of 3LD Art and Technology
Center. Also developed with the support of Digital Performance Instituteand Ideal Glass Gallery.

I am the video programmer for Big Art Group’s production of SOS. We began working early last spring of 2008 through Isadora to create a patch that could cue 8 cameras and 8 projectors. In addition to the live feeds, we also used green screens, chroma keying small video files (looped) from 4 Mac minis. Totalling 8 live cameras, 8 projectors, 3 green screens, 4 Mac minis plus 1 Powerbook Pro (as master board), and 3 A/V switchers to allow for chroma keying.  All of this was patched through a 16x16 Matrix swticher, to allow for switching between different combinations of video feeds to the projectors. We communicated between computers through an Ethernet hub that conversed with Isadora on all desktops. 
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