Re: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...

[Jonathan Westerberg <jwesterberg@earthlink.net>]

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> From: "sharon mac menamin" <saoirse9@hotmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:06:05 GMT
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> Subject: Re: RAT Peculiar Works Project presents...
> 
> 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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