Re: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...

["sharon mac menamin" <saoirse9@hotmail.com>]

Hola Catherine & Barry!

Break a leg with the performances...I wish I was in NY this weekend to 
witness them...instead, I'll be performing "Icarus & Aria" @ the Fools 
(where we're a dry theatre, now that the cops busted us on Saturday during 
the show...doesn't the L.A.P.D. have anything better to do?).

Hope all is well with you both & take care,\
Sharon MacM&M


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>Subject: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:22:41 EDT
>
>PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT
>Presents
>THE JUDSON HOUSE PROJECT
>A Performance Celebration of the History and Legacy of Judson House
>Before the Wrecking Ball Strikes!
>Four Days Only! Thursday, July 27 - Sunday, July 30!
>
>Peculiar Works Project presents THE JUDSON HOUSE PROJECT, a site-specific
>celebration of the history and legacy of Judson House, for four days only,
>Thursday, July 27 - Sunday, July 30. There are seven performance tours per
>night, beginning every half-hour, from 7PM - 10PM. Tickets are $15. On
>Saturday and Sunday from 4PM - 6PM, there will be an Installation Open 
>House,
>for a suggested donation. Reservations are required for the tours and can 
>be
>made by calling (212) 529-3626, ext. 44. Judson House is located at 237
>Thompson Street (at the corner of West 3rd Street).
>
>Throughout its history, Judson Church has been a breeding ground for social
>and cultural action. Since the turn of the 19th Century, they have 
>sponsored
>a number of health and social service organizations, many of which have 
>been
>based in Judson House. In the late 1950s, Judson House expanded its 
>community
>services to include providing a home for experimental artists of all
>disciplines. The first site of the NYC "Happenings" in the ‘60s, its
>ground-breaking Judson Gallery, Dance Theatre and Poet's Theatre were an
>integral part of the early Off-off Broadway, contemporary dance, and
>performance art movements. Such avant-garde legends as Claes Oldenburg, 
>Yoko
>Ono, Carolee Schneemann, Yvonne Ranier, Robert Rauschenberg, and Maria 
>Irene
>Fornes worked or lived at Judson House. In 1999, Judson Memorial Church 
>made
>the difficult decision to sell this historic house to New York University.
>The building is scheduled for demolition in August.
>
>Peculiar Works Project, the brainchild behind BIG ART in small places, is
>honoring this legendary mecca for avant-artists with THE JUDSON HOUSE
>PROJECT, a multi-disciplinary art and performance event. Consisting of 
>eleven
>performance and installation works in different spaces throughout Judson
>House, the audience is taken on a guided tour throughout the performances.
>Commissioning new artists from the fields of theatre, dance, performance 
>and
>installation art, THE JUDSON HOUSE PROJECT creates contemporary responses 
>to
>the heritage of Judson and the ground-breaking work that took place there.
>
>The artists who are headlining this one-time-only event are: Laurel Jay
>Carpenter; Yanira Castro; Soliton (Chris Burney, Fran Kirmser, Michael
>Paller); Nancy S. Chu; S.M. Dale; Steven Dean; Diane Dwyer; Funkopolis (Tim
>Brown, Shannon Maddox, Gabriel Shanks); and Renee Philippi.
>
>Peculiar Works Project, now in its eighth season, generates original
>performance that is accessible and fun for a diverse audience. Challenging
>the conventions of medium, structure and process in an alternative theatre
>context, Peculiar Works Project encourages collaboration, experimentation 
>and
>a rebel spirit in emerging artists by providing them with the tools and
>opportunities necessary to grow throughout the creative process. Performing
>in non-traditional spaces, they have taken their work directly into NYC
>communities by presenting site-specific productions in landmark buildings,
>gutted storefronts and other peculiar sites in the Village, Soho, TriBeCa,
>the Lower East Side and, most recently, cyber-space.
>
>THE JUDSON HOUSE PROJECT is funded, in part, with public funds from the New
>York State Council on the Arts, and with generous private support from The
>Peg Santvoord Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts,
>The Village Voice and Poland Spring.
>
>###

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