• PERFORMANCEJen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist Jen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCESUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist SUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEJen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist Jen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCETrouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist Trouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCESUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist SUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEMiro Dance Theatre: Already Seen / Image: (c) L. Browning Miro Dance Theatre: Already Seen / Image: (c) L. Browning
  • PERFORMANCErainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo rainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCErainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo rainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCESUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist SUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCErainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo rainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo
  • PERFORMANCEJen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist Jen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCETrouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist Trouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCETrouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist Trouble: Sprey - A Narrow Vehicle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEJen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist Jen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCESUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist SUE-C & Laetitia Sonami: Sheepspace / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCErainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo rainpan43: AMAZINGLAND IN TROY EMagicPAC / Image: (c) Greg Costanzo
  • PERFORMANCEJen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist Jen Denike: Another Circle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCENational Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist National Theater of the United States of America: The Golden Veil: A Cautionary Entertainment / Image: courtesy of the artist

Event Info:

PERFORMANCE

Filament:
Live Shorts

10/1 - 10/3
Studio 2


INSTALLATION

Act Curtain

Running during the interstitial space between Live Shorts
Studio 2

Live Shorts

Live Shorts is a series of performances for the stage commissioned for Filament. Invited artists were asked to create a performance for a specific period of time under 20 minutes that made use of the following constraints: a 20’ x 30’ stage, with the possibility of using only one screen, one projector, and a sound system. Standing in contrast to EMPAC’s typical embrace of flexibility and open-ended possibility, these create a platform for working within a specific structure.

The result is a varied and vigorous set of short works created by a range of artists, from performers in the worlds of contemporary theater and dance, to experimental and electronic musicians, to visual artists whose work is typically exhibited in museums and galleries, all sharing the same stage and set of technical parameters. The interstitial space between performances is activated by dynamic lighting design by Wingspace Theatrical Design.




Friday October 1, 2010
8:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2A — Miro Dance Theatre / National Theater of the United States of America / Paul Abacus
Saturday, October 2, 2010
2:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2B — SUE-C and Laetitia Sonami / Wally Cardona / MTAA
4:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2A — Miro Dance Theatre / National Theater of the United States of America / Paul Abacus
7:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2C — Trouble / Jen DeNike / Steve Cuiffo, Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle
Sunday, October 3, 2010
12:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2C — Trouble / Jen DeNike / Steve Cuiffo, Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle
3:00 PM — Live Shorts: ST2B — SUE-C and Laetitia Sonami / Wally Cardona / MTAA

Act Curtain

Like the grand drapes of the great old theater houses, this installation transfers the audience's attention from the performance area to the auditorium during the interstitial moments between performances. Using the medium of light, it animates the whole of the theater architecture through both space and time. ACT CURTAIN was conceived and installed by Scott Bolman, Zane Pihlstrom and Lee Savage of Wingspace Theatrical Design.

Wingspace Theatrical Design

Wingspace is a Brooklyn-based collective of artists, designers, writers, and thinkers committed to the practice of collaboration in theatrical design. Wingspace has created lighting environments for numerous projects at the Old American Can Factory, including the 2009 Beaux-Arts Ball for the Architecture League of New York. Wingspace members have collaborated with artists such as Robert Wilson, Isaac Mizrahi, the Kronos Quartet, Shen Wei Dance Arts and the Grammy-nominated Lila Downs. Their work has been appeared at the Roundabout, the Public Theater, Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Alliance Theater, Baltimore Centerstage, the Old Globe, the Shakespeare Theater and the Guggenheim Museum as well as internationally at venues in Canada, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and South Korea. In addition to creating dynamic work of their own, Wingspace co-produces a salon series with XO Projects. Each salon brings featured artists together with the broader performance community for open-ended discussions of vital issues in contemporary theatrical design.

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