ORGANIZER: Suzi Winson
CONTACT: suzi@circuswarehouse.com
LOCATION:
CIRCUS WAREHOUSE
53-21 Vernon Blvd
LIC, NY 11101 212-751-2174
On September 24th, Circus Warehouse is sponsoring 100 Thousand Poets for Change event: Aerial Text Experiments, an evening of collaborations of poetry, aerial arts, music, and visual arts. Be prepared to change your mind about poetry.
8pm Suggested Donation $10.
Profits go to Poets In Need
http://www.poetsinneed.org/
100 Thousand Poets for Change: Aerial Text Experiments
Time: Saturday, September 24 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Location
Circus Warehouse
53-21 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, New York
Created By
Circus Warehouse
Circus Warehouse presents 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Aerial Text Experiments, an evening of collaborations of poetry, aerial arts, music, and visual arts, on Saturday, September 24th.
100K Poets is the creation of my good friend and frequent co-editor/curator, Michael Rothenberg. Hundreds of other 100K events will be taking place all around the world that day (see link below for details about the event and its social agenda).
Though I could be wrong, I believe our event will be the only vertical presentation of poetry on the planet! Either way, it’s the next dimension in text, and I’m psyched to get poetry into the air!
All works will be collaborative, and all will involve text and movement. Participants will include Warehouse students, professional aerialists, musicians, visual artists, dancer/acrobats and, of course, poets. Since not all participants will be in NYC, ATE will include several long-distance collaborations.
We’re expecting eight to ten aerial text experiments, maybe five to ten minutes each in length, with “experiments” being the operative word: they won’t necessarily be finished works, we’ll just wait and see what happens.
Some of our participants have had a head start: Susan Brennan and Carey Hackett are in the early stages of working on their piece, and Francoise Voranger and Jillian St. Germain have just begun work with Abbie Winson. Liron Dan and Kelvin Daly already collaborate.
If you would like to participate or have someone you wish to work with, let me know ASAP at suzi@circuswarehouse.com. The more the merrier!
For more information on the worldwide event go to www.100tpc.org
Project #1
Aerialists Francoise Voranger and Jillian St German
Text: TBD
Paintings by Abbie Winson
Concept by Petra Tamboer
Photography by Rachael Shane
Additional Ideas by Julie Winson
Warehouse by Suzi Winson
Maker Faire New York: Circus Warehouse Interview
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/maker-faire-new-york-circus-warehouse-interview.html
rehearsals of Aerial Text Experiments
pictures from Sept 24, 100K Poets: Aerial Text Experiments,
Aerialists on Straps: Jillian St. Germain, Françoise Voranger
Dancers: Maddy Siraco, Ronnie Thomas
Paintings: Abbie Winson
Music and Lyrics: Nine Leaves, Stateless, Françoise Voranger
Visuals: Françoise Voranger
The ARTISTS, CONTRIBUTORS, THINKERS, and DOERS:
Jillian St. Germain, Françoise Voranger, Maddy Siraco, Ronnie Thomas, Abbie Winson, Nine Leaves, Stateless, Maia Ramnath, Susan Brennan, Carey Hackett, Michelle Arvin, DJ Vadim, Sarah Jones, Craig Whitehouse, Megan Cattau, Thomas Devaney, Samuel Cockedey, Summer Lacy, Bari Ann, Annie Plick, Thomas Devaney, Liron Dan, Kelvin Daly, Nicki Miller, Kendall Rileigh, Nolan McKew, Sylvia Plath, Katie McHugh, Brad Miskell, Rachael Shane, Will Joines, Petra Tamboer, Julie Winson, Laura Siegel, Gino Farfan, Suzi Winson, and Pacho.
The Program, sept 24 2011
1. TOUFFAILLES IN NEW YORK
Aerialists on Straps: Jillian St. Germain, Françoise Voranger
Dancers: Maddy Siraco, Ronnie Thomas
Paintings: Abbie Winson
Music: Nine Leaves, Stateless, Françoise Voranger
Visuals: Françoise Voranger
2. KITE
Aerialist on Silks: Maia Ramnath
Poetry: Susan Brennan
Ideas: Carey Hackett
Music: Night of the Skeptic, Tin Hat Trio
3. YOUR REVOLUTION WILL NOT HAPPEN BETWEEN THESE THIGHS
Aerialist on a chair (Improv): Michelle Arvin
Music: DJ Vadim featuring Sarah Jones
4. THE INVOCATION OF A CLOSE FRIEND
Aerialist on Silks: Liron Dan
Music: Kelvin Daly
5. THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING
Aerialists on Dance Trapeze: Craig Whitehouse, Megan Cattau
Poetry: Thomas Devaney, A Series of Small Boxes
Visuals: Samuel Cockedey, Inter // States
Music: Air
6. THE SMALL AND THE SHIMMERING
Aerialist on Lyra: Summer Lacy
Poetry: Bari Ann Leistner
Music: Sowilo Rune – Agalloch
Typography: Summer Lacy
7. THE HUNGRY TREE
Aerialist on Single Point Trapeze: Annie Plick
Performer: Alejandro Dubois
Poetry: Thomas Devaney
8. PRESENTING…
Aerialists on Double Hammock: Liron Dan, Michelle Arvin
Music, Poetry: Kelvin Daly
9. MAD GIRL’S LOVE SONG
Performers: Nicki Miller, Kendall Rileigh, Nolan McKew
Poetry: Sylvia Plath
Direction: Katie McHugh