ART WORK: Readings

A few photos here (thanks, Ben!) Again, a great turn-out. This was the last of the three events in the ART WORK in dallas series inspired by Temporary Services' ART WORK newspaper project.

Thanks again to Undermain Theater for their support for the actors' fees, to Mark Ridlen, a.k.a. DJ DeLuxe, for the "audio surprise," to my collaborators at S.M.U. and CentralTrak, and to everyone else who worked so hard to make this series a success.

(You can also see visuals of the symposium here, and of the exhibition here. You can download a complete copy of the ART WORK newspaper issue here. For more info about the ART WORK project, see here. For more info about the ART WORK in dallas series, see here.)

Why You Can Hear Me Now There But Not Here . . .

seems clear once you see the graphic images of radio wave reception created by The Bubbles of Radio. More images at the link (via Mutable Matter.)

Some "Shakedown"

According to Information Clearing House,

"The 'escrow account' in 2010 is not $20 billion dollars. BP will put in $3 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2010 (ending September 30) and another $2 billion in the fourth quarter (ending December 31). Thereafter, it will have to make installments of $1.25 billion each quarter for the next three years. . . . [A] measure of perspective can be had by comparison . . . to the accumulated potential fines and penalties under the Clean Water Act. BP can be fined $4,300 per barrel of oil spilled as a consequence of gross negligence. With the recent acknowledgment that the spill volume is 60,000 barrels per day, . . . every 60 days accumulates a potential $15 billion fine under the Act. The voluntary arrangement to set aside $5 billion per year is meager in comparison."

Knitwear to Die For

by Lisa Anne Auerbach. More here (including such finds as Sell Art--Buy Shoes and Everything I Touch Turns to Mold).

(Thanks, snarky!)

Interactive Map of BP Spill

here, thanks to NOAA; apparently updated at least daily. The map below is a snapshot as of this posting; click on the image for a larger, updated version (give it a few moments to load):

Dallas's Death Star

Er, I mean the new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House - AT&T Performing Arts Center. (Not that I don't like it.) (Phone photos by Ben.)

Cardboard

This work by Don Lucho reminded me a bit of Jill Foley's (see also here.

Much more here. (Thanks, Ben!)

"ART WORK": Readings (Event #3 of 3)

This Saturday, June 19,
at CentralTrak, 800 Exposition Ave. at Ash, Dallas (see map below).
Doors open at 7:30 PM; program begins at 8 PM.

Excerpts from the ART WORK newspaper, including history, fiction, autobio, and other writings by artist/Artforum writer Gregory Sholette, artist Nicolas Lampert, author Cooley Windsor, theorist Brian Holmes, "Anonymous," and others.

Support for actors' fees provided by Undermain Theatre. Audio surprise by DJ DeLuxe. Organized by Carolyn Sortor. FREE.

(For more info on the ART WORK in dallas event series, see facebook or c-Blog. For why I took on this project, see my previous post.)

READERS (the Cast)

Josh Blann has been seen in Port Twilight at Undermain Theatre, Long Christmas Ride Home at Stage West, don’t u luv me at Dallas Children’s Theater, All’s Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare Dallas, and Goodbye Girl at Theatre Three. Additionally, he directed and acted in Green, a world premiere at the Out of the Loop Festival at Watertower Theater. Josh also spent three years at PlayMakers Repertory Company in plays such as King Lear (dir. Mark Wing-Davy), Richard II (dir. David Hammond), A Prayer for Owen Meany (dir. David Hammond), Caesar & Cleopatra (dir. David Hammond), and Salome (dir. Trezana Beverly).

Shannon Kearns-Simmons is an Undermain company member and was last seen as Monitor 1/ Donna in Len Jenkin's Port Twilight. Additional roles at Undermain include Tanya in David Rabe’s The Black Monk, Edith in Neil Young’s Greendale, Nina Iverson in The Snow Queen; Neasa, Shining City; Dorothy Wordsworth, The Appeal; Carrie Rodgers, Waiting for a Train; title role/ensemble, Margo Veil: An Entertainment; and Cate in Blasted. Shannon has also worked with Core Performance Manufactory, Echo Theatre, Theatre Britain, Risk Theatre Initiative & The Modern Stage, Kitchen Dog Theater, WingSpan Theatre Company, DMA’s Arts & Letters Live, and the Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville). She has worked under the direction of Henryk Baranowski, Liviu Ciulei, Peter Huszti, Kathryn Pogson, Laszlo Marton, and Fred Curchack, and has performed in festivals in Bratislava, Slovakia (Istropolitana) and Budapest, Hungary. She has performed with Mabou Mines and trained with members of Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Shakespeare & Company, Moscow School of Dramatic Arts, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Hungarian National Academy of Acting, Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and The Living Theatre.

Ryan Lescalleet most recently appeared in the Undermain’s production of The Black Monk by David Rabe. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy, where he enjoyed playing such roles as David in God’s Favorite, Horace in Hello Dolly, and Fred in A Christmas Carol.

Elizabeth Krudewig is originally from Marshall TX. She has appeared in All My Sons, Blood Wedding, and The Seagull at Baylor University. Elizabeth is a member of the artistic team at Upstart Productions and an intern at Undermain Theatre.

(Click on the map-nail for a larger version.) To get to CentralTrak, from downtown Dallas or west of downtown, take 30 going east and, just past downtown, exit at 2nd Ave.; turn left on Ash and then left on Exposition.

From east of Dallas, take 30 going west and exit at Exposition Ave./1st Ave.; loop around to continue going east on Exposition.

CentralTrak is at 800 Exposition Ave.