12 Minutes Max

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.

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