Arts Eclectic

Earth

March 20, 2013 11:04 am by: Mike Lee

EARTH
For the past few years, the folks at the Vortex have been producing performance pieces in the Elemental series, all of which have incorporated the elements themselvs; Air featured performers suspended in mid-air, Fire included actual fire, and Water had a waterfall. Now, the fourth installment in the Elemental series, Earth, will be staged on and in 17 tons of actual dirt, which was recently installed on the stage of the Vortex. Earth takes inspiration from centuries of poetry and art about the Earth itself, with an emphasis on conservation and spiritual connection. Like many performances at the Vortex, the show was conceived by Bonnie Collum but fleshed out and fully realized by the Vortex ensemble. Earth features original music by Chad Salvata and Chris Humphrey along with songs originally improvised by the cast; scenic design by Ann Marie Gordon; lighting design by Jason Amato and choreography by Toni Bravo....
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Arts Eclectic: Down the Drain

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Arts Eclectic: Down the Drain

Writer and director A. John Boulanger describes his new play Down the Drain as a "bleak comedy." That's because, while it began in Boulanger's mind as a staight (and fairly light) comedy, it's morphed over the months into something with dramatic elements and plenty of dark humor. In a...
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Cinema East

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Cinema East

Now in its second year, Cinema East is threatening to become a new summertime Austin institution. Every other Sunday night during the summer months, crowds of independent movie fans make their way to the French Legation Museum at San Marcos and East Eight Street to catch an outdoor film screening...
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Side by Side by Sondheim

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Side by Side by Sondheim

The Actors Coop is the newest producing theater company in Austin, and it was founded (by, among others, KUT's own business manager, Bob Cross) with the mission of providing opportunities for artists to polish and perform their craft. Openness is a big part of the coop's goal, and they're hoping to...
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Thought Cloud: Young Latino Artists 16

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Thought Cloud: Young Latino Artists 16

This summer, Mexic-Arte Museum will host the 16th annual Young Latino Artists show. Guest curated by Alexander Freeman, the show brings together ten artists from across Texas for an exhibition titled Thought Cloud. Freeman paired each young artist with a peer he felt complimented their...
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Around Town: Devotion

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Around Town: Devotion

Blue Lapis Light has made its name by creating site-specific aerial dance works. Over the years, they've performed on and around the old Intel building, the Long Center, and the J.J. Pickle Federal Building, just to name a few. Their latest aerial work is Devotion, which will be performed on the...
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Walking the Block

Photographer Jo Ann Santangelo's series Walking the Block documents the close-knit LGBT community in one block of New York's West Village. After finding herself walking past a bar called Chi Chiz one night, Santangelo discovered a world she didn't know still existed, even in New York. For...
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False Matters

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False Matters

Improvising in the style of particular genre or author has become a popular trend in Austin's improv community (look for our feature on the Hideout's improv Batman show soon). Usually, these shows are a labor of love, and False Matters is no exception. Creator/actor/director Shannon McCormick is a...
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The Good Thief

Hyde Park Theatre artistic director Ken Webster tends to prefer plays with small casts; it's pretty common to see two or four person shows at his theater. And sometimes the cast is so small it's just Ken himself. That's the case with Hyde Park's current show, The Good Thief. After staging...
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The Mona Lisa Project

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The Mona Lisa Project

Photographer Rino Pizzi’s latest endeavor is a reexamination of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. Arguably the most famous painting in history, Mona Lisa has been studied, contemplated, and debated about so much over the centuries that Pizzi feels it’s sometimes considered more of a subject of discussion...
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In 1984, Bernadette Nason took what seemed like a promising job -- a one-year contract with an Italian oil company that would pay her enough to renovate her new home in England. The one catch: the job was in Tripoli, Libya. Once she began to (perhaps unwisely) research the country and its leader,...
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Iron Wave and Trilobite Shade

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Iron Wave and Trilobite Shade

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Lear

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Holy 1960′s Batman, Batman!

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A Lie of the Mind

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