CHANNELERS
AI ORACLE POPERA (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Co-creator | Performer | Designer
Channelers is a mystical, Artificial Intelligence-driven performance modeled as a hybrid post-show Q&A session/oracular divination ritual and set to a synthpop soundtrack, with all spoken language and lyrics generated by our bespoke-trained A.I. chatbot personae. Audience members converse in real-time with our A.I. chatbots, as channeled by our performers via in-ear receivers. A hyper-transactional Q&A gradually gives way to penetrating contemplation and critique about the nature of our bodily, emotional, and ecological autonomy.
An initial production residency and work-in-progress performance was staged at Hamilton College. Future iterations are in the process of becoming...
Channelers is a mystical, Artificial Intelligence-driven performance modeled as a hybrid post-show Q&A session/oracular divination ritual and set to a synthpop soundtrack, with all spoken language and lyrics generated by our bespoke-trained A.I. chatbot personae. Audience members converse in real-time with our A.I. chatbots, as channeled by our performers via in-ear receivers. A hyper-transactional Q&A gradually gives way to penetrating contemplation and critique about the nature of our bodily, emotional, and ecological autonomy.
An initial production residency and work-in-progress performance was staged at Hamilton College. Future iterations are in the process of becoming...
Production Credits
Conceived and Co-Created by Anna Huff
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Lighting Design by Duncan Davies
Sound Design by Anthony Christiana
Performed by and created with:
︎︎︎ Inchworm Development Grant, Hamilton College
Conceived and Co-Created by Anna Huff
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Lighting Design by Duncan Davies
Sound Design by Anthony Christiana
Performed by and created with:
︎︎︎ Inchworm Development Grant, Hamilton College
A QUIET PLACE
DANIEL FISH / CURTIS OPERA / PERELMAN THEATER, PHILADELPHIA
Projection Designer
The American premiere of a chamber adaptation of Berstein’s late-period masterpiece, A Quiet Place tells a story of a horrific accident that catalysizes an airing of long hidden and repressed family secrets. Act III was staged under the blaring beam of a 30,000 lumen projector that served as the only source of light throughout. Submerging the performers were home-movie-esque memories, surfacing in the morning light after a night of familial conflict.
The American premiere of a chamber adaptation of Berstein’s late-period masterpiece, A Quiet Place tells a story of a horrific accident that catalysizes an airing of long hidden and repressed family secrets. Act III was staged under the blaring beam of a 30,000 lumen projector that served as the only source of light throughout. Submerging the performers were home-movie-esque memories, surfacing in the morning light after a night of familial conflict.
Production Credits
Directed by Daniel Fish
Conducted by Corrado Rovaris
Scenic Design by Lael Jellinek
Costume Design by Terese Wadden
Lighting Design by Barbara Samuels
︎︎︎ Music by Leanord Bernstein
︎︎︎ Libretto by Stephen Wadsworth
︎︎︎ Adapted by Garth Edwin Sunderland
︎︎︎ Final Scene Video
Directed by Daniel Fish
Conducted by Corrado Rovaris
Scenic Design by Lael Jellinek
Costume Design by Terese Wadden
Lighting Design by Barbara Samuels
︎︎︎ Music by Leanord Bernstein
︎︎︎ Libretto by Stephen Wadsworth
︎︎︎ Adapted by Garth Edwin Sunderland
︎︎︎ Final Scene Video
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ALAN SMITHEE DIRECTED THIS PLAY
BIG DANCE THEATER
Projection Designer
Doctor Zhivago meets Terms of Endearment with a side of Le Circle Rouge.
Doctor Zhivago meets Terms of Endearment with a side of Le Circle Rouge.
Production Credits
Directed and Choreographed by Annie-B Parson
Co-Directed by Paul Lazar
Scenic Design | Joanne Howard
Costume Design | Oana Botez
Lighting Design | Joe Levasseur
Sound Design | Tei Blow
Projections Associate | Keith Skretch
︎︎︎ World Premiere: Les Subsistances | Lyon, France
︎︎︎ US Premiere: BAM Harvey
Directed and Choreographed by Annie-B Parson
Co-Directed by Paul Lazar
Scenic Design | Joanne Howard
Costume Design | Oana Botez
Lighting Design | Joe Levasseur
Sound Design | Tei Blow
Projections Associate | Keith Skretch
︎︎︎ World Premiere: Les Subsistances | Lyon, France
︎︎︎ US Premiere: BAM Harvey
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C A T C H !
PERFORMANCE SERIES / ANDREW DINWIDDIE & CALEB HAMMONS
CO-CURATOR
For nearly 15 years, and 80 events, CATCH! helped to define the NY downtown performance scene, bringing together artists and audiences encompassing a sprawling constellation of performance worlds. Together with Andrew Dinwiddie and joined by Caleb Hammons, CATCH! grew from the back room of a Williamsburg bar, to take the stage at some of the premiere downtown institutions in NYC and at venues and festivals across the US. Along the way, the misson expanded from providing a space for artists just making a splash, to bringing early-career and established artists into a shared creative context, and fostering an audience ready to engage with performance art of all stripes, all the while enjoying the scene with a beer in hand.
︎︎︎ OBIE AWARD WINNER
︎︎︎ “It's hard to justify seeking any other form of entertainment with your Saturday night." - NY Times
︎︎︎ "A crash course in what performance looks like today." - ARTFORUM
︎︎︎ Site Archive
︎︎︎ Vimeo channel
For nearly 15 years, and 80 events, CATCH! helped to define the NY downtown performance scene, bringing together artists and audiences encompassing a sprawling constellation of performance worlds. Together with Andrew Dinwiddie and joined by Caleb Hammons, CATCH! grew from the back room of a Williamsburg bar, to take the stage at some of the premiere downtown institutions in NYC and at venues and festivals across the US. Along the way, the misson expanded from providing a space for artists just making a splash, to bringing early-career and established artists into a shared creative context, and fostering an audience ready to engage with performance art of all stripes, all the while enjoying the scene with a beer in hand.
︎︎︎ OBIE AWARD WINNER
︎︎︎ “It's hard to justify seeking any other form of entertainment with your Saturday night." - NY Times
︎︎︎ "A crash course in what performance looks like today." - ARTFORUM
︎︎︎ Site Archive
︎︎︎ Vimeo channel
Venues and partners
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Galapagos Art Space
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La MaMa E.T.C.
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Starr Space Projects
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The Bushwick Starr
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P.S. 122
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The Bryant Lake Bowl | Minneapolis
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Center for Performance Research
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Fusebox Festival | Austin
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Abrons Arts Center
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TBA Festival | PICA | Portland, OR
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The Invisible Dog
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The Chocolate Factory
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Mount Tremper Arts
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The Neighborhood House | Thirdbird | Philly
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Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble
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BRIC House
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Bascilica Hudson
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Spin-off Festival | Chicago
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The Collapsable Hole
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Knockdown Center
- BOK building | Philly
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I USED TO LOVE YOU
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE CO. / ANNIE-B PARSON
Projection Design
I Used to Love You was created as conversation with Graham’s 1941 work, "Punch and The Judy"-- a satirical take on marriage replete with bullying and day-to-day marital antagonisms. Given carte-blanch to rework and reimagine the piece, original video footage seved as a jumping-off point, and is throughly remixed into a cacophonic milleu of imagery, sound, and dance.
I Used to Love You was created as conversation with Graham’s 1941 work, "Punch and The Judy"-- a satirical take on marriage replete with bullying and day-to-day marital antagonisms. Given carte-blanch to rework and reimagine the piece, original video footage seved as a jumping-off point, and is throughly remixed into a cacophonic milleu of imagery, sound, and dance.
Production Credits
Created by Annie-B Parson
Costumes by Oana Botez
Lighting Design by Nick Hung
Sound Design by Tei Blow
︎︎︎ Premiere at The Joyce, NYC
︎︎︎ Production Photos | Brigid Pierce
︎︎︎ Video excerpt
︎︎︎ Judy Triple Stack Video
Created by Annie-B Parson
Costumes by Oana Botez
Lighting Design by Nick Hung
Sound Design by Tei Blow
︎︎︎ Premiere at The Joyce, NYC
︎︎︎ Production Photos | Brigid Pierce
︎︎︎ Video excerpt
︎︎︎ Judy Triple Stack Video
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