Special Effects
New this year to New York City’s January festival scene is Special Effects, created by the Contemporary Performance Network and curated by network editors Caden Manson and Jemma Nelson. Special Effects is a four-day festival of contemporary performances at The Wild Project and Participant Inc. in the East Village.
LOCATION
| The Wild Project 195 East 3rd Street New York City |
Participant Inc 253 E Houston Street New York City |
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DATES
January 9 through January 12, 2014
TICKETS, SHOWS, & OTHER EVENTS
Tickets
Tickets are $10-$20
Shows
Chimpanzee and Geneva 16251 are two puppet pieces by Brooklyn-based actor and puppeteer Nick Lehane (The Pigeoning, The Little Mermaid, and LEM Project). In Chimpanzee, a non-verbal puppet play, an aging chimpanzee reflects on her early life raised with humans. In Geneva 16251 Lehane uses overhead projection shadow puppetry and a live theremin to meld childhood memories with a fictional mission to the north pole.
Location and Tickets: The Wild Project (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
CIRCLES – drawing upon the universe
CIRCLES is a performance by Danish artist Molly Haslund, a multi-disciplinary artist. The piece is about personal ritual and Haslund performs with a pair of oversized drafting compasses.
Location and Tickets: Participant Inc. (click here for tickets to 1/11 4:30PM performance, and here for tickets to 1/12 6PM performance)
Everything Is One Under The Sun
Conceived by Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, Everything Is One Under The Sun is set at an Egyptian karaoke bar at the end of time. The actors chant and sing along with VHS tapes featuring self-help gurus and extraterrestrial mediums.
Location and Tickets: Participant Inc. (click here for tickets to 1/11 8PM performance, and here for tickets to 1/12 2PM performance)
New York based artist Jill Pangallo (SKOTE, White, and The HoHos) presents solo performance Hope Is Expensive, in which she addresses “contemporary American pop-cultural insanity” using live and onscreen performance.
Location and Tickets: The Wild Project (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
New Toy Theater and Oakwood Apartments
David Commander is presenting two pieces at the Special Effects festival. The first, New Toy Theater, is a collection of three stories about a plane crash, massive food waste, and the 1819 sinking of the whale ship Essex. Commander uses sampled sound effects, voice modulators, action figures, and projection to create an unconventional, multimedia storytelling production.
The second is an installation depicting security footage from miniature sets, including elevators, loading docks, and a dilapidated apartment complex. The physical apartment complex set is included in the installation and viewers observe a live camera feed capture action figure residents as they discuss their lives and dashed dreams.
Location and Tickets: The Wild Project (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
Surveillance Punishment and The Black Psyche
Written by M. Lamar, Surveillance Punishment and The Black Psyche is a multimedia music theater piece that explores contemporary and historical perspectives on homosex, surveillance, and punishment. It is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis, a black man who was sentenced to death and executed for the murder of his white, male overseer and lover.
Location and Tickets: The Wild Project (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)
WAGE is a dance piece that “fucks with sexuality, gender roles, wage inequality, dreams, spirituality and ritual through the medium of dance.” It features Justine Reilly, co-founder of SPACE – Survivors of Prostitution-Abuse Calling for Enlightenment, who shares her personal story in the performance.
WAGE ticket prices vary for male and female identified audience members. The production notes that “Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell us that in 2010, women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median weekly earnings of $669. This represented 81% of men’s median weekly earnings at $824.” Tickets are $20 for male identified and $16.20 for female identified audience members.
Location and Tickets: The Wild Project (click here for performance times and to purchase tickets)