12 Minutes Max is a curated monthly performance series featuring short works by local artists in many disciplines.
Members of the Salt Lake City U Adjacent String Group will perform a composition by David Payne called Insulation. It is a “futurist political piece, addressing our insulation from meaningful connection with each other due to space and time differences, as well as an inability to directly share data”. David is a long time local arcade artist and musician who also composes for the techsoteric theist worship music Group, Red Bennies, for the Midnight Jaguarz, and he also performs improvised electronic music in the Salt Lake City DEMONS. He is also “very grateful to perform at his favorite art show in SLC, Twelve Minutes Max”.
Luis Puente will screen his recent film I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. “Maria Luisa is ready to escape immigration limbo, but when her green card interview takes an unexpected turn, she faces the anxiety of losing the life she had planned.” Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Luis Puente emigrated to Texas during his childhood. He studied Media Arts at Brigham Young University, where he learned to develop his voice as a filmmaker.
Morgan Phillips will perform an excerpt of her contemporary pole solo dance piece titled Roots that she has been building since the start of this year. She is experimenting with not putting an "expiration date" on the creation of this piece, allowing it to evolve and change with time instead of catering to a deadline. Morgan is currently a freelance dancer in the Salt Lake City area. Her foundation in contemporary dance has evolved through her ongoing exploration of other movement forms including martial arts and aerial arts.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | 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.
