Author Archives: pica-blogger

Larry Bamburg

You have three days to get your ass over to the Corberry Press to see Larry Bamburg’s installation. I’m not going to attempt to describe it, anything I write would fall short or sound pretentious. Besides, I’m sure you’ve already … Continue reading

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Claude Wampler

WARNING: This review contains secrets about the show and gives away the ending. Do not read this if you want to experience this performance like a virgin. Claude Wampler’s “PERFORMANCE (career ender),” a performance art piece at the Gerding Theatre … Continue reading

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Claude Wampler

Amazing. The Claude Wampler performance I saw yesterday was amazing. It’s now 5pm the following day and I still can’t stop thinking about it. And that tune, that oh so catchy tune is now dancing around in my head. I’ve … Continue reading

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Guido Van der Werve, The Clouds Are More Beautiful From Above

(Most of) The films by Guido van der Werve rock. I went to the Living Room Theater to watch them the other day. They have each of the six different films in one of their six different theaters.* Due to … Continue reading

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tEEth: Normal and Happy

Everybody show your tEEEEEEth! Strangely beautiful and surprisingly amusing, tEEth’s Normal and Happy presents a world that could be at its very beginning (think primordial ooze) and/or reemerging post-apocalypse. Survival in this world depends on human contact and strength in … Continue reading

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Gatz on Oregon Considered

Not convinced? Check out this radio piece about GATZ on OPB’s Oregon Considered. http://www.opb.org/radio/archives/2007/09/fitzgerald_made.php#more posted by Kirsten Collins

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Kassys, Kommer

Kommer is not a theater piece followed by a video piece. Kommer is a single work about artists whose lives on stage may be more real than their lives off. That their post-show habitations and rituals are not unlike our … Continue reading

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And we will all go down together

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE Repeat After Me posted by laura becker Last night Billy Joel made me weep. His song interrupted the light-hearted musical meditations on America and hit me like a sucker punch. The chopper sounds and the lyrics of numbered … Continue reading

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Despair never had it so good

Dear Kassys, (ahem). I love you! I adore you! You’re the best thing I’ve seen yet, and during this festival, that is saying a lot. So I’m going to gush a bit. You’re adorable, hilarious, smart! You’re like the thinking … Continue reading

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Transaction fees

I hate to admit it, but Sell Out has thus far been the most controversial, provocative show I’ve seen. I hate to admit it because the show itself doesn’t have all that much to it, it’s pretty much micro waved … Continue reading

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