THE ELECTRIC ARTS ALLIANCE OF ATLANTA
presents
Electric Performance Art Night
Monday, September 16, 2002
Eyedrum, Atlanta, Ga
featuring performances by:
Seaberg Acrobatic Poetry
Cecelia Kane
White Crane Style
Andy Ditzler
Robert Cheatham, Richard Gess, & Kevin Haller
Adam Overton
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Seaberg Acrobatic Poetry
Ronnog and Steve Seaberg, Atlanta , GA
Three poems representing electrity as a metaphor.
1. Inner Electrity. Original electrity was given to us from heaven.
2. Death. Electricity is developed. We search in the dark by the light of a miner's lamp.
3. Connected. This is where we are now standing.
photo: Priscilla Smith
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"Counting"
Cecelia Kane
In her multi-media performance, "Counting," 12-year-old Cece bogs down in the details. Her mind and body are the battleground between impure thoughts and immodest feelings. Sister Charitina, Sister Mary Annunciata and God coach perfection from the sidelines, ready to find more boxes and more ways to burn in hell for all eternity. Cece survives by counting and fidgeting, thinking and feeling.
Cecelia
BIO AS RECIPE FOR THE ARTIST CECELIA KANE:
*Add one M.F.A. in drawing and painting
*Stir in a bachelor's degree in Sociology.
*Blend together a healthy dose of video, performance art, painting and photography.
*Stir in an obsession with ritual, the circus and the meaning of death.
*Add a dollop of humor
*Garnish with costumes, masks, puppets and storytelling.
*Season with a commitment to community building and social justice.
Heat until golden.
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Looping BUTOH
White Crane Style
Looping BUTOH is a piece that references the slow, deliberate process of digestion. The piece aims at being absorbed viscerally, as well—not analyzed through the head.
The piece is realized in video, sound, and movement. Kevin Hoth conceptualized, shot (except for the filming of his torso, which Blake did!), and edited the video component. He also contributes sound snippets manipulated on a laptop computer and live camera work. Colin Bragg is the main sound master, and contributes his skills playing, recording, sampling, and mixing. He will also do some live sampling and sound manipulation for the piece. Blake Dalton is the mover in the work, contrasting the technological aspects and performing his own intention of deliberation via the organic body form. Blake also contributes his skills in throat-singing and amplified dulcimer strumming.
Colin Bragg is a musician and composer.
Blake Dalton is a professional dancer, martial artist, and performance artist.
Kevin J. Hoth is a video and performance artist, photographer, and web designer.
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The Man in the Middle.
a study in self-consciousness
Andy Ditzler
Borders, Exiles, Panics: Apologetics
A performative newsflash brought to you by Robert Cheatham, Richard Gess, and Kevin Haller.
In your heart you know you're sorry for everything you've ever done. If you're not...why, then you should be ashamed.
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Hair.Ritual.No.38
Adam Overton
I am two people.
I am the outer, corporal man who intuits and acts with an automatism unique.
I am the inner, reasonable man who thinks and feels and decides.
Inner and outer meet: a watery surface reflecting ego inwards, outwards, upwards.
I find the ritual of cutting my hair cleansing and liberating.
I find the ritual of cutting my hair pointless and empty.
Transformation in three easy steps.
Going nowhere in notime the same as I ever was.
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Shen-hsiu wrote:
This body is the Bodhi-tree,
The soul is like a mirror bright;
Take heed to keep it always clean,
And let not dust collect on it.
Hui-neng responded:
The Bodhi is not like the tree,
The mirror bright is nowhere shining;
As there is nothing from the first,
Where can the dust itself collect?
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Adam Overton is a musician, composer and teacher from Atlanta. He currently organizes the Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta and plays with the rock band Moreland Audio.
overtones99@hotmail.com
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The Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta (EAAA)
The EAAA is a forum dedicated to the transmission of ideas, music and visual art that utilize electronic means and methods to create and manipulate sound and light. The EAAA presents an opportunity for artists to present their current work in the domain of audio and visual experimentation, while also serving as a place for artists of all disciplines to meet and exchange ideas, with the hope that such contact will stimulate further creation, collaboration, and exploration. The EAAA meets every third Monday of the month at Atlanta’s Eyedrum art and music gallery and is open to proposals for performance, presentation, and discussion that highlight individual and collaborative involvement in the electric arts of Atlanta.
Website ----- http://www.Electric-Arts-Alliance.org
Info ---------- EAAA@earthlink.net
List-Serv ---- Electric_Arts_Alliance-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Directions --- http://eyedrum.memoryflux.com/map.asp
Special thanks to Eyedrum for hosting this monthly event. Eyedrum is a non-profit art and music gallery that needs your support to survive. If you’d like to make a donation or volunteer, please talk to one of the Eyedrum staff members or visit their website at http://www.eyedrum.org
UPCOMING EAAA EVENTS (all at Eyedrum unless otherwise noted):
Monday, October 21, 2002 - Meet the Artist v.1.1
featuring the work of Atlanta artists Robert Cheatham and Oliver Smith
The 1st Atlanta Electric Arts Festival 2002
• Tuesday, November 5, 2002, 10 pm - Live@WREK 91.1 FM
Ben Davis & Adam Overton, Blake Williams, Kevin Wills
• Monday, November 11, 2002 - The 10-High (The Old Dark Horse)
Submarine Records Showcase: Larvae, Magicicada, J. Smiley
• Monday, November 18, 2002 - TigerBeat6 at Eyedrum
• Monday, November 25, 2002 - TBA
• Thursday, December 5, 2002 - Meet the Artist v.1.2
featuring intermedia artist Maria Blondeel (Belgium)
And:
Monday, December 16, 2002 - Marshall Avett
January 18-February 21, 2003 - L’Objet Sonore - a sound object art exhibition at Eyedrum
Monday, January 20, 2003 - L’Objet Sonore Artists Talk
Monday, February 17, 2003 - Ouie Dire - A sound art duo from France