Monthly Archives: September 2008

Reggie Watts – Transition

Transition is a vague but appropriate title for Watts’ fragmentary collection of songs, routines, moments, recreations, parodies and monologues. The shifts between style, form and voice are numerous and varied. The liminal points became my primary place of interest, the … Continue reading

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Mike Kelley – Day is Done

Mike Kelley continues his obsession with the artifacts of mundane ritual in this three-hour video. Based on high school yearbook photos, with the eye of an alien explorer, Day is Done delves under the surface of Halloween parties, Prom Night … Continue reading

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Tim Crouch-“England”

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Tim Crouch Workshop: No Audience, No Echo

“I’m gonna talk a bit, then we’ll do some stuff, then I’ll talk a bit more. That’s usually how this goes, that’s all I know.”
With a laugh, and the smile that would become a familiar sight in the next three hours, Tim Crouch’s workshop began.
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Reggie Watts’ Transition

Trying to take specific notes during a Reggie Watts performance is like trying to gather Fall leaves in your hands as they flutter past in the swirling wind. You can write down phrases like, “You can’t land a goose on … Continue reading

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Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons In Concert with the Oregon Symphony, conducted by Gregory Vajda, Resident Conductor for the Oregon Symphony Co-presented with the Oregon Symphony Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Fri. Sept. 5, 2008, 8:30 pm Posted by: Camille Gerharter Antony … Continue reading

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“AN SOLILOQUY” with many voices – Reggie Watts’ Transition

As we filed into the theater, the room was already filled with the lulling sound and repetitive film sequence of skateboard trucks rolling over a ramp – a frequency that began to sound like crashing waves as the audience drowned … Continue reading

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we built this city

at today’s chat, Mark, Erin and Kristan discussed some logistics and philosophies behind and within this year’s festival. people, i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, if you want to take as much away from the festival as … Continue reading

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welcome back

before i start my first official post for this year, i’d like to point out something that’s so awesome about being a part of the timebasedart festival for several years now – time bleeds together. at this point, i can’t … Continue reading

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Sojourn Theatre BUILT

Sojourn Theatre BUILT, directed by Michael Rohd South Waterfront Discovery Center (680 SW Bancroft) Fri. Sept. 5, 2008, 4:30 pm Posted by: Camille Gerharter I love Sojourn Theatre. I’ve seen half a dozen of their productions in the past half … Continue reading

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