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The following is an excerpt from Performance #20 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Friday, February 27 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #20 is created by Zach Morris & Tom Pearson and performed by Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tara O’Con, Mayuna Shimizu, Nikki Berger, J Day, Arianne Gallagher, Zoe Scheiber, and Matthew Wagner.
Music by Kris Bauman.
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The following is an excerpt from Performance #19 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Thursday, February 26 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #19 is created by Tara O’Con and performed by Zach Morris and Marissa Nielsen-Pincus with Nikki Berger, Arianne Gallagher, and Matthew Wagner.
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The following is an excerpt from Performance #18 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Wednesday, February 25 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #18 is created by Tom Pearson and performed by Zach Morris, Mayuna Shimizu, Tara O’Con, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, April Biggs, J Day, Tori Sparks, and Matthew Wagner.
Music is by Mark DeNardo: markdenardo.com
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In addition to three evolving art installations and short (5-10 min) live performances each work day of February 2009 at the World Financial Winter Garden, these video shorts are also featured for the entire month on WFC plasma screens located throughout the Winter Garden. These short videos add another layer of meaning and tie together various elements from the live performances and the installations, furthering narratives and reiterating themes.
Undercurrents Video Short #4 from Third Rail Projects on Vimeo.
Undercurrents Video Short #5 from Third Rail Projects on Vimeo.
This set of video shorts was created by Zach Morris, Elizabeth Carena, and Marissa Nielsen-Pincus.
Part of Undercurrents & Exchange
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The following is an excerpt from Performance #17 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Tuesday, February 24 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #17 is created by Marissa Nielsen-Pincus and performed by Zach Morris and Tara O’Con.
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The following is an excerpt from Performance #16 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Monday, February 23 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #16 is created and performed by Zach Morris and Marissa Nielsen-Pincus.
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Zach Morris & Elizabeth Carena
Friday’s dance from Undercurrents and Exchange utilized the plasma screen by the North Corridor and linked the video component of our work to the daily live presentations [See Video Here]. We discovered that putting a dance near the area of highest traffic (the corridor leads to the food court), but without blocking the way, we forced people to make a choice, to either stop or to keep walking. But, there was no ignoring the fact of the performance you had to walk through.
As you’ll see in the video, many folks did continue briskly on, sometimes self-consciously, between the camera and performance. But what you don’t see is the large crescent of audience members who formed, at a safe distance, in front of Zach and the screen.
Something about the localized activity near the most interstitial of spaces in the Winter Garden allowed them to hit the pause button on their fast forwards. I would postulate that several other hooks grabbed their attention as well: the use of multi-media, the upbeat and funky electronic score by Kris Bauman, and the hip-hop echoes in the movement. These components are the right combination of the familiar and extraordinary that made some re-negotiate their propensity for dismissive-ness. Though as Marissa said a week or so back, it’s nice to figure out all the hooks we can give people for any given piece and then try to get away with using as few as possible.
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The following is an excerpt from Performance #15 of Undercurrents and Exchange, presented by arts>World Financial Center, Friday, February 20 at 1pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden.
Day #15 is created by Zach Morris with Elizabeth Carena, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, and Tom Pearson.
Music is by Kris Bauman.
Read more about the project in previous blog entries or visit thirdrailprojects.com