2013 · 60 min · Captions
Amidst (The Painted Bird II)
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About this performance
Haunting images interface with a cast of three, juxtaposing the past and present, real and virtual, as a constant shifting illusion at the intersection of dance, visual art, and live music. The audiovisual elements engulf the audience, who is invited to make their own choices about where to experience the work. Blurred lines of presence and absence, memory and disappearance cannot possibly all be consumed. The Painted Bird fittingly focuses on nostalgia as a place of entrapment on a journey “home.”
Amidst is the second installment of The Painted Bird Trilogy. A live performance and animated video/visual installation, Amidst tackles themes of displacement, otherness and transformation. Amidst premiered at Baryshnikov Arts Center in June 2011. The complete four hour trilogy cycle The Painted Bird (Bastard / Amidst / Strange Cargo) premiered at Wexner Center for the Arts in September 2012 and in NYC at LaMama in June 2013.
Presented by Performance Space 122
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