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Discussing Art in the 21st Century_ A mixed media presentation of image demarcations via celebrity representation and theoretical post-functional analysis, sutured with the effects of cheap video technology and critical thought

Featured as part of MACHINE SHOP (Fusebox's residency program).

PANEL DISCUSSION is both our subject and object.  Meaning, how can we engage in a healthy, down-to-earth, discussion about art.  And how can that discussion be a platform to consider alternative performance strategies.  In this case, I've been toying with other ways, D.I.Y. ways, to make video a vibrant part of live performance.  Video is tricky--it's deeply seductive and impressive--and passive at the same time.  How do we liven up this relationship.  How do we parnter with video rather than admire it?  And what can it do to text?  We've constructed a kind of "video puppetry" in which people and video interact with each other in a rather vulnerable way.  It becomes a negotiation between people and technology, played out in real time with an audience.  PANEL DISCUSSION is also a first step.  Can the format of the ubiquitous panel become a platform for a future performance?  Fusebox Artistic Director, Ron Berry, and I are taking the concept of "video puppetry" a step further next year and we want to workshop the idea of the panel discussion as a theatrical form.  Thanks for being part of the process!

Other Performance Dates:

Thr, April 28  @ 9pm

Fri, April 29   @ 9pm

Sat, April 30  @ 9pm