chashama-news Mailing List: events at chashama: January 2007

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Please note that chashama offices will be closed in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., this Monday, January 15th, 2007.

events

Hustler, WI written and directed by Michael Scott-Price for Asteroid B612 Theatre Company. January 23 - February 11, 2007 Opening Night, Tuesday, January 23, 8pm Wednesday through Sunday Wed-Sat 8pm,  Sun 7pm chashama, 217 East 42d Street  - between 3rd & 2nd Avenues Tickets: $19 General Admission/ $15 Student set by Bill Pierce costumes by Michele Davis lighting by Joyce Liao sound by Daniel A. Krause and AB612 Cast: Ali Stover (Kiki), Anthony D. Stevenson (Clarence), and Mike Keller (Bags) Hustler, WI is the crooked tale of a lonely man looking for treasure in the modern streets of New York City. In the play, a young man from the Midwest, recently out of the service relocates to New York City and makes an unlikely acquaintance with a clever pimp and a Southern streetwalker.   more info: http://www.asteroidb612.org

 

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windows

 

Day Job: American Peril

A multimedia installation with performance
conceived of & performed by Leah Braun Aron

Co-created by Mark Shaw

chashama, 266 West 37th Street Window Space

(between 7th & 8th Aves)
January 8 ? 31, 2007, weekdays from 10am to 6pm
Performances: December 18th - 20th

Day Job: American Peril is a performative installation that uses the form of a retail clothing chain to examine the inner workings of overt marketing strategies, blue-collar labor and the rising dissatisfaction of society's work force. Featuring day-long choreographed movement cycles derivative of the tasks assigned to a sales associate in a clothing story, highlighting the performative aspect of labor by interacting with physical materials in the space.

 

 Leah Braun Aron is an emerging young artist whose previous performance works include participation in Creative Time'?s 59th Minute Series, and  "Cake in the Rain," an original piece performed at The Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. This spring she will begin workshopping an original one-woman show with performance artist Karen Finley.

 

Mark Shaw, an award-winning creative director and artist, brings over 20 years of  experience to Day Job: American Peril with his creation of the original photography, video, and environmental graphics. Shaw's last public art project was a large-scale photo and video installation at Grand Central Terminal in 2006, entitled The Sandhog Project. He is a founding partner of Sweet Taste ­an international consulting, design, and production company working in the contemporary art and commercial industries. Mark can be reached at: mark [at] sweettastestudio.com.

 

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exhibits

 

Every Last Day
by Dos Pestañeos
chashama, 112 West 44th Street
(between 6th & 7th Aves)
January 11 - 27, 2007

Featuring: Reed Barrow (Chicago), Ben Fain (Miami), Vivienne Griffin (Dublin), Hope Hilton (Atlanta), Leigh Horowitz (NYC), Scott Lawrence (Atlanta), Andrew Ross (Chicago), Vanessa Mayoraz (Geneva), David Prince (Los Angeles), with performances and window installations by Mystic Order (Chicago/NYC), Terry Milledge (Atlanta) and Alex White (NYC).
Dos Pestañeos is an artist collective formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003. Expanding further as its members moved to other cities, Dos Pestañeos continues to curate and collaborate with local, national, and international artists, as well as exhibit nationally and internationally.
www.dospestaneos.com

 

 

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to read all the way to the bottom!  And Happy Holidays! - Anita Durst  www.chashama.org