TODAY AT TBA: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
You can have this info emailed to you daily by signing up at Pica.org!
Celebrate hump day and drop by PICA after work for Khris Soden’s The Portland Tour of Tilburg; then, at 8:30 p.m., continue the evening with a choice of two stunning shows. If you’re in the mood for a quiet meditation on the reclamation of everyday objects, drop by the Winningstad Theatre for the final performance of Tiago Guedes’ wondrous Materiais Diversos. This is a show you won’t want to miss.
Or, if you want to run in another direction, have a cocktail after work and call all of your friends to meet you at the Someday Lounge for the most explosive, raunchy, horny performance in town: Kenny Mellman & Bridget Everett in Sexercise Live! A Tribute to the Potty-Mouth and Profound Millie Jackson. Mellman plays the piano while Everett channels Jackson, an R&B singer whose star peaked in the early 80s with hits like “If Loving You is Bad, I Don’t Want to be Right.” Check out Millie performing live.
6:30 PM – Khris Soden, The Portland Tour of Tilburg meet at PICA: TBA Central Box Office
8:30 PM – Tiago Guedes, Materiais Diversos at PCPA, at Winningstad Theatre
8:30 PM – Kenny Mellman & Bridget Everett, Sexercise Live! at Someday Lounge
The WORKS keeps raising the bar as an intimate gathering place for friends, artists, and local musicians. Tonight, keep the party rolling and head over to Leftbank for Portland faves Root Beer and French Fry as they weave together such diverse influences as Western epic soundtracks, rhythm & blues, and electro-pop into feet-skipping instrumental gems. After RBFF, dance into the early morn with the psychedelic digital funk of Nollifur, with a rotating group of musicians who hail from Boise, Idaho.
10:30 PM – Root Beer and French Fry at THE WORKS at Leftbank
11:00 PM – Nollifur at THE WORKS at Leftbank
More pics and goodies after the jump…
TBA:08 DAY SIX IN PICTURES
Top Row: (left to right): Khris Soden, The Portland Tour of Tilburg; Tiago Guedes, Um Solo; Daniel Beaty, Resurrection. Bottom Row: (left to right): Reggie Watts, tEEth and Mike Daisey in Occurrence at THE WORKS.
TOMORROW AT TBA INSTITUTE
12:30 PM – CHAT: Cognitive Dissonance, with Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, and Mike Daisey. Moderated by Mark Russell and Stephanie Snyder.
LIKE SCHOOL BUT WITH WAY COOLER TEACHERS
TBA Institute offers an inside look into how TBA artists create their work. Make sure to catch TBA:08 Institute events: Noontime Chats, Workshops, and Artist Salons. Advance registration is required for all workshops. Please visit individual project listings for details.
EXTRA CREDIT
Dive deep into the background and influences of TBA Artists. Visit the TBA:08 Resource List, specially created by the Multnomah County Library, and check out books, CD’s, DVD’s, and other ephemera that TBA:08 Artists have created or have used to influence their work. It’s extra credit that you want to take!
TBA MULTIMEDIA
Trying to get your bearings? Wondering what to see and when? Check out this daily collection of links to TBA press, articles, videos and more!
Mike Daisey Interview
with KINK’s Dave Scott and Sheila Hamilton
Shape Twister: Video artist explores multiple realities simultaneously
Jessica Wallenfels, Just Out, September 10, 2008
The PICA Blog (You’re on it!)
Recent entries on Sojourn Theatre, Lemon Anderson, and Mike Daisey
The Electric Mike Daisey in Monopoly
Justin Wescoat Sanders, The Portland Mercury, September 8,2008
Pronounced “Ae-You”
Ned Lannamann, The Portland Mercury, September 9, 2008
TBA BEHIND THE SCENES – PICA THANKS MALINA!
If procuring an Alfa Romero from Longview, WA, wasn’t enough, PICA crack tech crew has done it again. This time, the set for the Superamas performance got held up in LA. After exploring several options, PICA reached out to former Portland, now-LA resident Malina Rodriguez, who worked as technical director for two TBA Festivals. Malina drove the set in a 26-foot truck from Los Angeles to Portland in 18 hours with just a few hours notice.
She was greeted with much love when she arrived at THE WORKS at 10 p.m. last night, just in time for the performance by tEEth, a Portland-based performance ensemble with whom Malina has worked many times. Malina’s efforts landed her in the local press.
Superamas, BIG 3rd Episode (happy/end)
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday September 12-14
PSU Lincoln Hall at 8:30 PM
TBA:08 ON SIGHT: TAMY BEN-TOR
Baby Eichmann, 2008
DVD, 3:42 minutes
Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery
Gewald, 2007
Video, 8:53 minutes
Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery
In two new video works Tamy Ben-Tor continues her insightful and biting exploration of Jewish identity, caricature and history. Combining many dialects to form a hybrid language, Ben-Tor’s speech is intentionally garbled, yet still evokes a sense of understanding through cliché. In Gewald, pastoral scenes and folk customs are paired with subversive images of children’s storybooks, while shapeshifting women sing passages from Primo Levi’s important Holocaust memoir and ramble about the “comfortable” life of Jews in Egypt. In Baby Eichmann, a fair-haired flutist floats about while tales of an “idiot” leader who turned out to be a madman are recounted.
Become a TBA:09 Festival Sponsor! Call 503.242.1419 x225 or email Luisa Adrianzen Guyer.
Photo Credits (from top to bottom):
01. Tiago Guedes, Materiais Diversos photo: Patricia Almeida
02. Kenny Mellman + Bridget Everett, Sexercise Live! photo: Richard Mitchell
03. Root Beer and French Fry photo: Aïda Torresola
04. Khris Soden, The Portland Tour of Tilburg photo:Yasue Arai
05. Tiago Guedes, Um Solo photo: Wayne Bund
06. Daniel Beary, Resurrection photo: Carole Zoom
07. Regge Watts, host of Occurrence photo:Kenneth Aaron
08. tEEth, Occurrence hosted by Reggie Watts photo: Carole Zoom
09. Mike Daisey, Occcurrence hosted by Reggie Watts photo: Kenneth Aaron
JOIN PICA ON MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE, OH MY!
Or learn more about the Time-Based Art Festival, including a complete archive of current and past Festival Artists and events at PICA.ORG: the best and most current source of information for all things PICA and TBA related.
PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (PICA)
PICA is about the activity generated by a community using its energy. Since 1995, we have been committed to presenting diverse works by artists in various disciplines from all over the world. PICA develops exhibitions and residencies, stimulates conversation, commissions new work and encourages the simmering of new ideas.
