by orland nutt

IUD YOKE, USAGE AND DETAIL

IUD YOKE.
Aquarius -
Jess gets bucket to collect rain.
Emma puts Yoke over shoulders.
Jess puts bucket of rain and sand on either end.
Water Barer/Ovaries.
Jess picks up rag inside buckets. Lets water drip.
Wash faces.
Emma lowers yoke.
Jess takes buckets off.
Take off first pair of tights.
Quarter turn rotations.
Make mud with sand and water.
Mark calendar. Elbows.



First and third by Giovanna Parolari, second by May Juliette Barruel.

M O O N D U S T

photos by giovanna parolari.

LIVE ART IN BUSHWICK

I love my busted little neighborhood for a multitude of sins, including some awesome, accessible performance resources that I've only recently discovered.


CLASSCLASSCLASS
An approachable, affordable dance class series, some of which takes place around here, some of which happens in the city. Actually started three years ago by Jmy Leary of MGM Grand.

BRAZIL
Founded by dancer Anna Sperber in 2005, this charming little space in a warehouse around the corner is perfect for classes, rehearsals and small performances.

THE BARN
Just a tiny hop into Ridgewood, The Barn was founded by three dancers (one of whom I will see tonight at PS122) to support their practices and yours.

CHEZ BUSHWICK
An artist-run interdisciplinary space offering space rentals for just $8/hr and a wide variety of programming.


THE BUSHWICK STARR
A full-scale non-profit presenting venue with tech riders and all.

ARTS IN BUSHWICK
A volunteer community organization working to engage and sustain the neighborhood creatively. Known for putting on free festivals.

3rd WARD
A large-scale center for continuing creative education, 3rd Ward offers classes and facilities in everything from photography and woodshop to upholstery and inflatable sculpture. (Sadly no ceramics... hint,hint.) The classes are not cheap, but if you know how to utilize the resources and become a member of the space itself you have full access to all they offer.

CPR
Technically speaking, the Center for Performance Research is in Williamsburg. But it's real close, and they're connected to Chez Bushwick, and seem an amazing organization (and a totally LEED certified facility) for classes, shows and connections.

Now if this isn't enough to make you become my neighbor, I'll start talking tacos.

MGM GRAND BLANKET DANCE.

MGM GRAND IN NUT. I SAW THIS PIECE LAST WEEK AT THE KITCHEN AND HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. TODAY I FOUND THIS REVIEW OF THE PIECE FROM THE TIMES BY ROSYLN SULCAS.

DIRECTIONAL HAIR

MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF SPRING 2011

ERIC VEIT w/ JAMES at EXTRA-EXTRA. PHILLY, MARCH 2010. This space was rad.

ICE ICE BABY

Lots to update on, geez louise. I'm consumed right now by literally an avalanche of boxes, belongings and dust bunnies, a preoccupation with Mad Men and trying to get it all done. The countdown is on: My last day of work is next Friday, October 15th, and I will be departing Portland probably next Sunday. I'm filled with so many ideas I don't even know where to begin. Something I've wanted to post on for a while, though, is the Icelandic Love Corporation, a performance group/art collective Renee clued me in on. Their super visually charged work is incredibly intriguing and I'm dying to know more.





In their explanation of their piece Black Swans, which appears to be an installation, they said "All these artworks stem from performance, even though we meet no living bodies here... except for the audience body."

FIN

KINDER

Opening night down, so you are now invited:
Friday, October 1st 7:00 + 10:00 pm
Saturday, October 2nd 7:00 pm

Part of the one-act festival at Lewis and Clark College.
Fir Acres Theater, black box.
Sound by Scott Goodwin, Objects by Elizabeth Jaeger. Jewelry by Andy Lifshutz.

let me know if you are coming and i can give you the insider scoop.

Photo by wonderful May.

HAPPY FACE (?)

Yet so pleased I caught MGM Grand last Tuesday at Valentine's as part of their west coast tour of Oneness: Making it With Love. Photo by May Juliette Barruel.

SAD FACE

Sad I had to work and missed what looked like an amazing event. Eliza Fernand, Song and Dance. Photos by May.

AWESOME

ELIZA FERNAND
6 PM TONIGHT
NATIONALE

TBA

I am having a crazy September and am literally unable to make any TBA events (which I have justified with the consolation prize of an impending New York). Luckily, thankfully, I can catch my friends Woolly Mammoth Comes To Dinner and their insane line-up of comrades, including off-shoot projects of Oregon Painting Society and an all-star version of Miracles Club, tomorrow, the Works at Washington High School, 10:30.

woolly artwork by cori vander yacht.

YOUR OWN ARRAY

I enjoyed Elizabeth and Jenna's performance at Nationale last week partially for what it wasn't. They had wanted to perform outside and had set up a projection screen in front of the shop, but the Burnside construction noises had prohibited this from being feasible; instead, like sardines we packed in around Oregon Painting Society's sculptural objects to enjoy a performance in two parts: First, a video of the pair moving in psuedo-synchronicity in front of a rotating landscape ranging from New Mexican white desert to an Indian reservation to the lawn of the White House. There was no sound, the room was hot, the effect was spare and specific. After the video, Elizabeth read a series of movement directions - that in the end were revealed to be text messages sent from a friend to the girls during their road trip across the country and also the choreography from the video - and we were instructed to follow along. At first I groaned inside, my contrarian nature rebelling against active group participation. "Step four lengths to the left." "Put your face in a neutral position." But then something magical happened, and my resistance melted into total acceptance. "Look bored." "Put your arms at 90 degrees." Delight, in fact. "Whistle 'Walking After Midnight' By Patsy Cline." What could have been reduced to a spectacle for Burnside traffic was instead an intimate and hilarious experience that all attendants gave themselves to, hopping and grinning around the tiny gallery like demented chickens. It felt personal and unique, as any iteration of VERY LARGE ARRAY could in fact be.

Including your own! DVDs and MOVEMENTSCORE booklets are now available at Nationale for $8. Help support commodification opportunities for live artists, a gallery/shop that supports them, as well as buying yourself a great party trick and instant home performance art.
Review of show by Lisa Radon on Ultra.
Photos above by May Juliette Barruel.

VERY LARGE ARRAY

A performance by and with:
Sarah Elliott
Elizabeth Jaeger
Jenna Kaës
Thomas Oliver
...
Wednesday August 4th, 6pm
$6 / free with membership!
N A T I O N A L E

I asked Elizabeth Jaeger if she would be interested in putting together a performance, and she has concocted a wild ride for us with her friends out of their month of cross-country road travel through these United States. Elizabeth is a friend whose art practice I admire greatly - she is inventive, prolific and totally fearless. When she performed in Pinata she even amazed herself with the reserves of her own adrenaline. Please come!

VALLEY

F8

8 facts about this dance:

1. the title is F8, sounds like fate
2. F8 is an abbreviation for figure-8
3. the F8 is a pathway used in this dance
4. choreographed by Jin Camou
5. in collaboration with Lucy Yim
6. some of the material used in the piece was created by Linda Austin for her vlog "A Head of Time"
7. sound from self hypnosis tape #8
8. track 8 is by Morgan Hobart

i am curating some events at nationale, including this performance last week by lucy and jin that made excellent use of sidewalk construction and late afternoon light glittering off metallic costume.

C.L.U.E.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCES EVER. FROM THE WONDERFUL ROBBINSCHILDS.
T:BA 09 AT THE WORKS. COLOR - THEORY AND INTUITION. ARCHITECTURE - HUMAN AND CONSTRUCTED. GEOGRAPHY - REAL AND IMAGINED. PLUS SONYA AND LAYLA LIKE NAVARRE. THE WHOLE SET HERE.