12 Minutes Max is a curated monthly performance series featuring short works by local artists in many disciplines.
Libraries are the settings and inspirations for a collaborative dance-for-camera piece titled MDC 792.8, created and presented by Natalie Desch and Daniel Charon. This project was filmed on location at the Marmalade, Sprague, and Chapman Branch City Libraries and “draws energy from the vast content found in these spaces which represent possibilities for learning, connecting, and experiencing ideas of the past”.
Natalie has been an Assistant Professor in the School of Dance at the University of Utah since 2019. She teaches, performs, and creates works that question and find intersections between the past and present. Daniel is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer and has served as the Artistic Director of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company since 2013. Natalie and Daniel have been performing, teaching, and making work together since 1996.
In preparation for the release of his new music album Nothin’ Lastin’, Hal Cannon collaborated with three Utah-based video artists to make four music videos. They were released with singles over the summer of 2022 culminating in the full album release October 7. Hal will present these four videos, including Carol Dalrymple’s 360 degree Thirty-Six Miles, shot on the old Lincoln Highway in Skull Valley; Edward Bateman’s album cover animation for Silver Dove; and Dan Whitaker’s productions Tarantula March, and the title song from the album: Nothin’ Lastin’.
Hal Cannon is a songwriter and performer, best known for his current work with 3hattrio and past work with Red Rock Rondo and the Deseret String Band. He also has an extensive background in media arts, having produced scores of radio features for NPR and three Emmy award winning PBS specials. He resides in Virgin Utah with his artist/writer wife Teresa Jordan. Of the Tarantula March music video, LA based indie magazine American Pancake said: “To say this affair is trippy is an understatement.” The album in its first month has risen on the Euro-Americana charts to number two. AmericanaUK calls it “A stunning collection of songs that will be one of the lasting classics of the year”.
This program is modeled after 12 Minutes Max, a performance laboratory originated by On the Boards in Seattle.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Event | Performances & Presentations | Music | Arts & Creativity |
NOTE: The Main Library's Rooftop Terrace is closed for renovations.
Salt Lake City's Main Library, designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie in conjunction with VCBO Architecture, opened in February 2003 and remains one of the most architecturally unique structures in Utah. This striking 240,000 square-foot structure houses more than 500,000 books and other materials, yet serves as more than just a repository of books and computers. It reflects and engages the city's imagination and aspirations. The structure embraces a public plaza, with shops and services at ground level, reading galleries above, and a 300-seat auditorium.
A multi-level reading area along the Glass Lens at the southern facade of the building looks out onto the plaza with stunning views of the city and Wasatch Mountains beyond. Spiraling fireplaces on four floors resemble a column of flame from the vantage of 200 East and 400 South. The Urban Room between the Library and the Crescent Wall is a space for all seasons, generously endowed with daylight and open to magnificent views.
