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Re: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...
I was actually very grateful...it's not often we get
to hear about a police raid busting up a play.
Love,
Allison
--- sharon mac menamin <saoirse9@hotmail.com> wrote:
> so sorry...my bad...that was only supposed to go out
> to Catherine & Barry @
> Peculiar Works
>
> face now clashing with hair,
> sharon
>
>
> >From: "sharon mac menamin" <saoirse9@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> >To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> >Subject: Re: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...
> >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:10:36 GMT
> >
> >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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