Last week I have completed a run of a new performance project called “3600 cuts” at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis, US. I was very fortunate to be able to work on this piece with Pramila Vasudevan: a long time friend and collaborator.
We were joined by a cast of fabulous artists who supported the project with their superb skills and amazing work ethic:
Yasmin Abdi (performer)
Zoe Cinel (videographer)
Beverly Cottman (performer)
Holo Lue Choy (performance collaborator)
Kakuyu Dewberry (performer)
Heidi Eckwall (lighting designer)
Maxwell Hoaglund (screen contraption engineer)
Maryam Houshyar (performer)
Rachel Jendrzejewski (grant writer, communications)
J. Zachary Keenan (graphic designer)
Pedro Pablo Lander (performance collaborator)
Rahsaan Mahadeo (consultant on the racialization of time and the temporalization of race)
Koa Mirai (performer)
Lela Pierce (production assistant)
Ben Reed (screen contraption construction collaborator)
Greg Schomburg (interface designer)
Piotr Szyhalski (sound and media designer, performance collaborator)
Jasmine Kar Tang (dramaturgical consultant)
Chitra Vairavan (movement consultant)
Pramila Vasudevan (choreographer, performance collaborator)
Cassandra Velociraptor (performer)
The concept of the piece is a result of a close development process between Pramila and myself.
I performed a full length live score on my modular instrument, and generated some of the video content.
Here are a few images from the project.
(The video documentation is forthcoming.)
I will post more documentation as I receive the files.
We are hoping to tour the piece.
There are dates set to perform it in NYC in February, but we are also open to any other opportunities that might arise. If you know of a good venue that might be a good fit for this work, or know somebody that might be interested in presenting it, please let me know.
I also (as I often do) painted a floor size diagram, which serves two purposes: helps the performers with placement and orientation, but also maps out some structural ideas key to the project.
We worked really hard on making sure that the project was cohesive in every respect. Balance and thoughtful relationships between media, movement, sound, objects is super important, and I feel very strongly about understanding the reasons for presence of every component of the work. None of the things alone convey what we are aiming at, but ideas emerge from tensions/relationships between elements integrated on stage.
We are actually in the process of, hopefully, bringing the piece to Montreal. We did a residency there two summers ago at Studio 303, and are hoping to return to Montreal with this new work. If there was a way to make arrangements in Toronto as well, that would be amazing!
Hit up The Lab in SF, I saw some great stuff there. I have many friends in Denver as well, I’ll direct them to your documentation and see if they think of anything.
Thank you.
Yes, I will post specific dates and times for the February showings in NYC a little closer to the dates.
But, I would also love to see if we can connect with any of the folks in SF and Denver. We are excited about the piece, and would love to bring it to other locations!
