One Sunday a month, we present three original pieces in a varied mix, chosen from music, dance, film, theater, performance art, writing, and the like — each 12 minutes or less. The whole event is short and sweet, taking about an hour.
Following each event, we serve coffee and cookies in an informal gathering, a chance for conversation with the artists.
Jeremy Devine will present implementation, a combined video, music, and performance piece. Slapstick physical comedy meets otherworldly dread in this showcase of his current work. Jeremy says “Witness an alien being at its most vulnerable, attempting to assimilate itself into a tired populace to comedic ends.”
“Shadowy figures have recently circulated internal memos within the bowels of the federal bureaucracy that releasing the Mueller Report in text format was a naïve exercise in 20th century print nostalgia, and that if they wanted the public to digest the full import of the report, an episodic 10 minute cartoon format would achieve greater penetration of US political consciousness. These rogue operators have managed to exfiltrate one film reel so far, and will selectively leak additional footage starting with 12 Minutes Max. One Deep State representative will be available for questions and answers under the following terms: Representative is skyped in from an undisclosed location in SE Asia.”
Choreographer Fiona Nelson will present an excerpt of Semblance, a dance that “explores the phases of the moon, Mother/Daughter relationships, memory, longing, and loss. Movement motifs investigate circular floor patterns and retrograde themes, along with Fiona’s characteristic style of sweeping motions, articulation of the spine, deconstructed canons, and dynamic use of space.” The piece will be performed by Leslie Babalis, Kendall Fischer, and Jana Young. The original work with seven dancers was created within Myriad Dance Company's recent project, PENUMBRA.
This program is modeled after 12 Minutes Max, a performance laboratory originated by On the Boards in Seattle.
