Redcat Announces Fall 2010 Season of Contemporary Visual, Performing & Media Art
By: Lauren Wolman Aug. 09, 2010
Today Executive Director Mark Murphy and Gallery Director Clara Kim announced REDCAT's Fall 2010 Season. Kicking off on September 16, 2010 with projects in both the theater and gallery, REDCAT gathers artists of diverse backgrounds and disciplines from around the world, encouraging exploration and discovery among its artists as well as its patrons. The season opening features a world premiere by legendary Indonesian choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo in collaboration with renowned lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; and the Los Angeles debut presentation of two pioneers of video art in China, Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia.
"We are launching our most international and daring program yet," remarks Mark Murphy, Executive Director of REDCAT. "The work embodies the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration that is the core of our mission, including new premieres and collaborations that celebrate the inventive partnership of great creative minds. We treasure artistic integrity and understand the importance of dialogue and exchange, particularly in challenging times."
Keeping its ticket prices low and gallery events free, REDCAT hopes to encourage visitors to come often and bring friends. A recently added membership program allows REDCAT Members to save 20% on ticket prices as well as receive other benefits throughout the year. Tickets and memberships are now on sale through the box office, by phone at 213 237-2800 and online at redcat.org.
REDCAT's eighth season spans the globe, bringing together diverse cultural traditions and new innovations, while highlighting artists pushing the boundaries of genre and artistic expression. A complete list of offerings this fall grouped by primary discipline follows:
ART
Sep 17-Nov 21 | Not Only Time: Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia
A focused, parallel examination of work from the early 1990s to present day, including new commissions, by the pioneers of video art in China.
Dec 7-Jan 30 | Decolonizing Architecture, A project by Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman
A research project using architecture as an arena of speculation that investigates the complex spatial dynamics of the West Bank.
CONVERSATION
Oct 28 | Alfred Brendel: On Character in Music
The legendary pianist gives a lecture-demonstration featuring musical examples from the Beethoven sonatas.
Oct 31 | Mark Danielewski: The Fifty Year Sword
In the spirit of Halloween, the critically acclaimed author creates a special treat for the occasion.
DANCE
Sep 16-19 | Sardono Dance Theater and Jennifer Tipton: Rain Coloring Forest
Evocative movement, music and visuals evoke universal themes in this world premiere multimedia performance.
Oct 8-10 | Traditions Engaged: An International Festival of Classical Indian Dance & Music
Leading Indian classical artists and emerging practitioners gather for three days of unparalleled performances and discussions.
O'Connor's richly layered choreography highlights unexpected shifts in rhythm and mood while building complex relationships.
Nov 10-14 | Ralph Lemon/Cross Performance: How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere
A multimedia work inspired by a 102-year old former Mississippi Delta sharecropper and his spaceship.
Dec 17-18 | CalArts Winter Dance
The centerpiece of this rich program is a restaging of Trisha Brown's 1983 masterpiece Set and Reset.
The Joyce Theater Foundation brings its wildly successful dance event to Los Angeles.
FILM/VIDEO
Sep 20 | Nina Menkes: Hitparkut (Dissolution)
Winner of the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Drama at the 2010 Jerusalem International Film Festival.
Sep 27 | The Best of Ottawa 2009
A selection of 12 outstanding films from the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2009.
A new film consisting of single-take, 16mm sequences filmed in and around communities near Lake Erie.
Oct 11 | Lewis Klahr: Dreaming over the Flux of Things Past
Master collagist Lewis Klahr returns with a new series, Prolix Satori.
Oct 23 | Between Displacement and Nostalgia: Conflicted Memories of Cuba
Cuban novelist Edmundo Desnoes is on hand to discuss two films inspired by his writings.
Oct 25 | Revelations of the Everyday: Films and Videos by Vincent Grenier
A collection of works from one of the most significant bodies of experimental films and videos.
Nov 1 | Spectacles of Light: Films and Videos by Peter Rose
Works on this program propose an annotated, nocturnal portrait of a vanished culture.
Nov 22 | Thom Andersen: Out of the Car and into the Music of the Streets
These three sad, funny, beautiful works take you through Los Angeles, 2009; and Munich, 1967/1968.
MUSIC
October 2 | Henry Grimes and Friends
Legendary jazz bassist Henry Grimes makes first L.A. appearance since moving to New York in 2003.
October 3 | Robert Henke: Monolake Live
The co-creator of the Ableton Live software gives a special Monolake Live performance.
Los Angeles' fearless new music ensemble returns with works by David Rosenboom and E.A.R. Unit members. Nov 2 | Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Hailed as harbingers of modern music, the quartet explores texture, sonority, rhythm, and ensemble fluidity.
Nov 5 | SCREAM Festival: Noisefold
A powerful synaesthetic experience where noise, music and image interact on a symphonic scale.
Jan 28-30 | CEAIT Festival: Iannis Xenakis: Now and Tomorrow
Three scintillating concerts by the legendary pioneer of music and architecture and composers he inspired.
THEATER
Sep 23-26 | Radoslaw Rychcik/Stefan Zeromski Theatre: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Two seductive frontmen have more than singing on their minds in this theatrical tour de force.
Oct 21 | Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir
Alpert Award-winning artist Billy Talen takes to the pulpit as Reverend Billy accompanied by his joyous 25-voice choir.
Nov 17-21 | Wunderbaum: Venlo
The daring Dutch theater ensemble returns to premiere a new work created while in residence at REDCAT.
Dec 1-12 | The Wooster Group: Vieux Carré
U.S. Premiere of The Group's multimedia staging of Tennessee Williams' memory play set in a boarding house in New Orleans.
Virtuosic puppetry, physical theater, dance, and music combine to tell the tale of a modern-day Everyman.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 9, 2010
Media Contact: Diana Wyenn
213 237-2873 | dwyenn@calarts.edu
REDCAT ANNOUNCES FALL 2010 SEASON OF CONTEMPORARY
VISUAL, PERFORMING AND MEDIA ART
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
U.S. PREMIERE OF THE Wooster Group'S VIEUX CARRE
LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION BY RENOWNED PIANIST ALFRED BRENDEL
ACCLAIMED INDONESIAN CHOREOGRAPHER SARDONO W. KUSUMO
FIRST U.S. PRESENTATION BY DECOLONIZING ARCHITECTURE
KEVIN JEROME EVERSON AND THOM ANDERSEN SCREEN NEW WORKS
LEGENDARY JAZZ BASSIST HENRY GRIMES PERFORMS
(Los Angeles, CA) Today Executive Director Mark Murphy and Gallery Director Clara Kim announced REDCAT's Fall 2010 Season. Kicking off on September 16, 2010 with projects in both the theater and gallery, REDCAT gathers artists of diverse backgrounds and disciplines from around the world, encouraging exploration and discovery among its artists as well as its patrons. The season opening features a world premiere by legendary Indonesian choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo in collaboration with renowned lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; and the Los Angeles debut presentation of two pioneers of video art in China, Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia.
"We are launching our most international and daring program yet," remarks Mark Murphy, Executive Director of REDCAT. "The work embodies the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration that is the core of our mission, including new premieres and collaborations that celebrate the inventive partnership of great creative minds. We treasure artistic integrity and understand the importance of dialogue and exchange, particularly in challenging times."
Keeping its ticket prices low and gallery events free, REDCAT hopes to encourage visitors to come often and bring friends. A recently added membership program allows REDCAT Members to save 20% on ticket prices as well as receive other benefits throughout the year. Tickets and memberships are now on sale through the box office, by phone at 213 237-2800 and online at redcat.org.
REDCAT's eighth season spans the globe, bringing together diverse cultural traditions and new innovations, while highlighting artists pushing the boundaries of genre and artistic expression. A complete list of offerings this fall grouped by primary discipline follows:
ART
Sep 17-Nov 21 | Not Only Time: Zhang Peili and Zhu Jia
A focused, parallel examination of work from the early 1990s to present day, including new commissions, by the pioneers of video art in China.
Dec 7-Jan 30 | Decolonizing Architecture, A project by Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman
A research project using architecture as an arena of speculation that investigates the complex spatial dynamics of the West Bank.
CONVERSATION
Oct 28 | Alfred Brendel: On Character in Music
The legendary pianist gives a lecture-demonstration featuring musical examples from the Beethoven sonatas.
Oct 31 | Mark Danielewski: The Fifty Year Sword
In the spirit of Halloween, the critically acclaimed author creates a special treat for the occasion.
DANCE
Sep 16-19 | Sardono Dance Theater and Jennifer Tipton: Rain Coloring Forest
Evocative movement, music and visuals evoke universal themes in this world premiere multimedia performance.
Oct 8-10 | Traditions Engaged: An International Festival of Classical Indian Dance & Music
Leading Indian classical artists and emerging practitioners gather for three days of unparalleled performances and discussions.
O'Connor's richly layered choreography highlights unexpected shifts in rhythm and mood while building complex relationships.
Nov 10-14 | Ralph Lemon/Cross Performance: How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere
A multimedia work inspired by a 102-year old former Mississippi Delta sharecropper and his spaceship.
Dec 17-18 | CalArts Winter Dance
The centerpiece of this rich program is a restaging of Trisha Brown's 1983 masterpiece Set and Reset.
The Joyce Theater Foundation brings its wildly successful dance event to Los Angeles.
FILM/VIDEO
Sep 20 | Nina Menkes: Hitparkut (Dissolution)
Winner of the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Drama at the 2010 Jerusalem International Film Festival.
Sep 27 | The Best of Ottawa 2009
A selection of 12 outstanding films from the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2009.
A new film consisting of single-take, 16mm sequences filmed in and around communities near Lake Erie.
Oct 11 | Lewis Klahr: Dreaming over the Flux of Things Past
Master collagist Lewis Klahr returns with a new series, Prolix Satori.
Oct 23 | Between Displacement and Nostalgia: Conflicted Memories of Cuba
Cuban novelist Edmundo Desnoes is on hand to discuss two films inspired by his writings.
Oct 25 | Revelations of the Everyday: Films and Videos by Vincent Grenier
A collection of works from one of the most significant bodies of experimental films and videos.
Nov 1 | Spectacles of Light: Films and Videos by Peter Rose
Works on this program propose an annotated, nocturnal portrait of a vanished culture.
Nov 22 | Thom Andersen: Out of the Car and into the Music of the Streets
These three sad, funny, beautiful works take you through Los Angeles, 2009; and Munich, 1967/1968.
MUSIC
October 2 | Henry Grimes and Friends
Legendary jazz bassist Henry Grimes makes first L.A. appearance since moving to New York in 2003.
October 3 | Robert Henke: Monolake Live
The co-creator of the Ableton Live software gives a special Monolake Live performance.
Los Angeles' fearless new music ensemble returns with works by David Rosenboom and E.A.R. Unit members.Nov 2 | Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Hailed as harbingers of modern music, the quartet explores texture, sonority, rhythm, and ensemble fluidity.
Nov 5 | SCREAM Festival: Noisefold
A powerful synaesthetic experience where noise, music and image interact on a symphonic scale.
Jan 28-30 | CEAIT Festival: Iannis Xenakis: Now and Tomorrow
Three scintillating concerts by the legendary pioneer of music and architecture and composers he inspired.
THEATER
Sep 23-26 | Radoslaw Rychcik/Stefan Zeromski Theatre: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Two seductive frontmen have more than singing on their minds in this theatrical tour de force.
Oct 21 | Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir
Alpert Award-winning artist Billy Talen takes to the pulpit as Reverend Billy accompanied by his joyous 25-voice choir.
Nov 17-21 | Wunderbaum: Venlo
The daring Dutch theater ensemble returns to premiere a new work created while in residence at REDCAT.
Dec 1-12 | The Wooster Group: Vieux Carré
U.S. Premiere of The Group's multimedia staging of Tennessee Williams' memory play set in a boarding house in New Orleans.
Virtuosic puppetry, physical theater, dance, and music combine to tell the tale of a modern-day Everyman.
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A PDF of the Fall 2010 Season brochure is available for download here:
www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/REDCAT_Fall10_Brochure.pdf
For high resolution and web resolution images of Fall events, additional information, media and interview requests, please contact Diana Wyenn at 213 237-2873 or dwyenn@calarts.edu.
GENERAL INFORMATION
REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) is an interdisciplinary contemporary arts center for innovative visual, performing and media arts located in downtown Los Angeles inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Through performances, exhibitions, screenings, and literary events, REDCAT introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in this region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT continues the tradition of the California Institute of the Arts, its parent organization, by encouraging experimentation, discovery and lively civic discourse. For more information, visit redcat.org.
General admission tickets to all REDCAT events are on sale now through the box office, by phone at 213 237-2800, and online at redcat.org. The box office, located at the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets, is open Tuesday-Saturday from noon until 6pm and 2 hours prior to any performance.
REDCAT is located at the corner of W. 2nd and Hope Streets, inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex (631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012).
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