THE WASTELAND: A PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION Set for FringeNYC
By: Tyler Peterson Aug. 05, 2015
The Waste Land: A Performance/Installation is the collaboration between a painter, an actor and a poet. Eliot's famous 1922 poem is interwoven in its entirety into this performance/installation, designed by Daniel Domig and performed by Christopher Domig. This is the World Premiere.
A man and a figure sit alone after hours. The festivities are over, and everyone has left. Gradually, this unlikely pair begins a journey that mirrors the fragments and sequences of Eliot's electrifying poem, where a table, two chairs and a puppet head conjure a world that seems both strangely distant and eerily familiar.
Daniel Domig was born in Vancouver, Canada, raised in Salzburg, Austria and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he now resides. Domig's work engages with the darker, hidden aspects
of human psychology through exploration of the corporeal form, while simultaneously testing both the limitations and potential of painting and installations. His work is a commentary on the representation of the individual experience in the external environment. His installation "If All Else Fails" at Thrust Projects, NYC was awarded a Critic's Pick in the publication Artforum. www.currentlynowhere.com
Christopher Domig was born and raised in Salzburg, Austria, and now resides in Brooklyn. He holds an M.F.A in Acting from Southern Methodist University. His recent theatre work includes the world tour of the Award-Winning play Dirt by Robert Schneider, for which he received the NYCFringe Outstanding Actor Award. He is a two-time nominee for Outstanding Actor for the Innovative Theatre Awards for his role in Mysterious Way and Dirt. His feature films and TV include Apartment 4E, Bastards Of Young, 3 People I've Never Heard Of, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire, and Blue Bloods. www.christopherdomig.com
Performances: WED 8/19 5:15pm, SAT 8/22 2:45pm, MON 8/24 9:30pm, WED 8/26 3:00pm, SAT 8/29 7:00pm, Running Time: 1 hour, VENUE #12: 64E4 UNDERGROUND, 64 East 4th St. (Bowery & 2nd Avenue) For more info, please visit: www.wastelandproject.com
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