Anna Berndtson “Churned”
My best, oldest friend in the universe is a painter. He makes big abstract paintings. I think of these paintings, in the vernacular of theatre, as triple threats. They are first of all, beautiful paintings; secondly they are so big it is easy to looks at them as flat modernist sculpture; and lastly the process […]
Alice Vogler “An Evening of Messages”
Alice Vogler’s An Evening of Messages occupied a space at Rapid Pulse that was unlike any other work in the festival. She made neither a stand-alone performance with a set time (30 minutes in front of a seated audience, for example); or a durational work that the audience is meant to experience in whatever way […]
“The Lynching of An Artist” Şükran Moral
Right now in Turkey things are happening. Right now, enough is enough. Protests in Istanbul have quickly morphed into full-blown civil unrest throughout the country. Sadly, the tyranny of an unjust and uncaring government is not unique to its citizens. In the last week, a relatively small protest by 300 or so female environmentalists has […]
Mothergirl “Don’t Sleep, There’s A War Going On”
There are a lot of duos at Rapid Pulse. In the first three days of the activity, we’ve already experienced the work of three sets of duos. In total, there are 6 pairs of duos performing at the festival this year. It’s almost a theme. But who doesn’t love a duo? There is something about […]
“Ecce Homo” Carlos Salazar Lermont
Day 6 stinks. Literally. At the artist talk given by Zierle and Carter, the audience is assaulted with the smell of burning toast. Outside, volunteers are systematically burning dozens of loaves of bread in preparation for the headgear the artists will wear during their two-day durational action, but the smell invades the HUB. It’s hard […]