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Top 10 picks, plus more at Philly Fringe/Live Arts
By Debra Miller The 2010 Festival line-up is staggering, with nearly 1,200 performances of approximately 200 shows, ranging from theater and comedy to dance, music, and the visual arts.
Artists at Work: ‘Muralmorphosis’ and ‘Inside the Painter’s Studio’
Last month I attended the first screening of Muralmorphosis, the short animated film documenting the mural project of the same name curated by Sean Stoops (and organized by the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program) at 2nd and Race Streets during the 2009 Fringe Festival last September.
Fair and Fowl at the Fringe
Post by Jacob Hellman On this final weekend of the Fringe/Live Arts Festival, and after my third year in attendance, I finally grasped the meaning of the phrase “Live Arts.” Thursday night, as we waited for Norwegian artists Verdensteatret to fix technical glitches in their show “louder,” I read and re-read their program – “[We are] artists from different fields who work together and make live-art and other art projects.” That little hyphen provided the elucidation: “Live Arts,” more than an umbrella term for theater, is also live-art, something akin to “fine art” as covered by this blog. Just as ... More » »
Oedipus at FDR Skatepark–a Philly Fringe event
Post by Jacob Hellman Notes from Oedipus at FDR created by Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey for Fringe Festival 2008 Cast bowing after performance of Oedipus at FDR Skatepark. All photos in this post by Jacob Hellman. Pig Iron, our forcefully creative theater company, has multiple presences at this year’s Fringe Festival. Last night, I let my $25 ticket expire to their headliner, Sweet By-and-By, when a spare one surfaced to the free but long-sold-out Oedipus at FDR. Emmanuelle Delphech-Ramey, former Pig Iron member, has done here what classics are made for, and re-imagined an old play in the present. By school bus ... More » »
The search for utopian connection in New York and Philadelphia
Lenore Malen, videos of the Harmonites in action, by Lenore Malen New York’s CUE Art Foundation invites curators of substance to in turn invite artists to exhibit in its beautiful space. This month, Pepe Karmel invited my friend Lenore Malen, who installed two new video projections, new photographs and a long vitrine with historical and fictional artifacts, including precariously stacked little magnets, which with their invisible pull and their ramshackle tininess seem to push up the extremely large expanse of glass. Magnetic power pillars holding up the glass top on the vitrine. I went up to see the exhibit with ... More » »
Weekly Update – Town Hall meeting on the arts
This week’s Weekly has my story about the Fringe Festival Town Hall Meeting on the future of the arts in Philadelphia. Below is the copy with a picture. Bohemian Rap CityA town hall meeting puts art on the mayor’s front burner. A must-see Philly Fringe event for every artist and friend of the arts is the Culture, Creativity and the City town hall meeting at the Painted Bride Sunday. The free public meeting, organized by activist Matty Hart and a team of concerned art-worlders, is the first step in a campaign to put the arts on the front burner for ... More » »
In an instant everything changes
Post by Andrea Kirsh Louise Barteau Chodoff at work on Grove Louise Barteau Chodoff has brought a bit of Wissahickon Valley Park to Northern Liberties with the first part of her larger project “Grove”: a wonderful installation at The Media Bureau (725 N. 4th St.; “Grove; Part 1: In an instant, everything changes” can be seen Thurs. – Sun., 5-8 pm through Sept. 15) as part of the Fringe/Live Arts Festival. I saw the beginning of this project in the artist’s studio seven months ago, and I’m absolutely amazed at what she’s accomplished, artistically and logistically. Grove, by Louise Barteau ... More » »
Beyond the Fringe–Miriam Singer at the Bride
by Miriam Singer One show at the Philadelphia Fringe is not enough. It’s so hard to know what will be good, what will not, that you sort of have to sample a bunch and hope for the best. This year, we finally figured that out and purchased tickets to four shows. Two down, two to go–plus a bonus. by Miriam Singer The bonus was added on to show number one. Murray and I got to the Painted Bride early to pick up our tickets, and there were works by Miriam Singer hanging on the wall in the cafe area, where ... More » »
Philly Fringe op — apply SOON
From the email inbox… Philadelphia Fringe Coordinator Mathilda McCommon wrote: The Philly Fringe invites diverse artists from near and far to this year’s Festival, which runs August 31 – September 15, 2007. For artists who wish to self-produce their own performances or presentations….There are only EIGHT DAYS LEFT to sign up for the 2007 Festival. Artists should simply go to the Festival website and from the home page click on “How to Participate in the Philly Fringe” to access the electronic participation form. Filling out this form is an important first step for artists wishing to be part of the ... More » »
