Baryshnikov Arts Center and Danspace Project are co-presenting a new tri-part video/sound installation by Molly Davies and Iki Nakagawa, Traditions, Inventions, Exchange, on the 6th floor of BAC, now through June 11.
A vibrant, fluid interweaving of reflections in imagery and words, Traditions, Inventions, Exchange draws from the experiences of dancers and presenters who took part in the Triangle Arts Program (Indonesia/Japan/US) in the mid-1990s. I attended part of the special programming at BAC on Saturday--a great opportunity to see good portions of the three longish sections of TIE.
Unfortunately, the roundtable panel of artists, indifferently moderated, was less than illuminating, and no time was set aside for audience questions that might have probed a bit deeper and opened up richer information. I'm still not sure, from what I heard, what was fertile, significant and lasting about the interactions and experimental research among the TIE participants. What's more, the follow-up "informal gallery walk with Davies" turned into a DIY affair since Davies resisted the idea of offering anything as structured as a guided tour of the installation. Instead, she just urged us to go look and listen.
I get the point of the laidback, non-hierarchical philosophy of the American participants--Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others--but this special event could have used a sharper outline, a firmer shape, a little--yes, even hierarchical--direction. After I took in my fill of the installation--treasuring, especially, the flying geese and pecking shore birds and the breathtaking dancing of Kota Yamazaki, a shaman of movement--I found myself longing for more of the actual air of New York's beautiful day. I slipped away before the concluding live performance, which featured Sardono W. Kusumo, Polly Motley, Diane Madden, Paxton and Yamazaki and was probably wonderful.
You can visit Traditions, Inventions, Exchange during gallery hours, 11am-6pm, through this Thursday. If you'd like to be strictly linear about it and watch the entirety of all three looping sections, give yourself a couple of hours. Otherwise, you can certainly enjoy mixed/matched bits and pieces of TIE, as you please.
A vibrant, fluid interweaving of reflections in imagery and words, Traditions, Inventions, Exchange draws from the experiences of dancers and presenters who took part in the Triangle Arts Program (Indonesia/Japan/US) in the mid-1990s. I attended part of the special programming at BAC on Saturday--a great opportunity to see good portions of the three longish sections of TIE.
Unfortunately, the roundtable panel of artists, indifferently moderated, was less than illuminating, and no time was set aside for audience questions that might have probed a bit deeper and opened up richer information. I'm still not sure, from what I heard, what was fertile, significant and lasting about the interactions and experimental research among the TIE participants. What's more, the follow-up "informal gallery walk with Davies" turned into a DIY affair since Davies resisted the idea of offering anything as structured as a guided tour of the installation. Instead, she just urged us to go look and listen.
I get the point of the laidback, non-hierarchical philosophy of the American participants--Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others--but this special event could have used a sharper outline, a firmer shape, a little--yes, even hierarchical--direction. After I took in my fill of the installation--treasuring, especially, the flying geese and pecking shore birds and the breathtaking dancing of Kota Yamazaki, a shaman of movement--I found myself longing for more of the actual air of New York's beautiful day. I slipped away before the concluding live performance, which featured Sardono W. Kusumo, Polly Motley, Diane Madden, Paxton and Yamazaki and was probably wonderful.
You can visit Traditions, Inventions, Exchange during gallery hours, 11am-6pm, through this Thursday. If you'd like to be strictly linear about it and watch the entirety of all three looping sections, give yourself a couple of hours. Otherwise, you can certainly enjoy mixed/matched bits and pieces of TIE, as you please.
2 comments:
Hello!
In case you're interested, Sardono Dance Theatre is performing "Diponegoro" at Asia Society New York this weekend.
It should be a great show!
For tickets and more info:
www.muslimvoicesfestival.com
OR
www.asiasociety.org
Thanks for this note! I'll be participating in the World Science Festival this weekend, but I hope InfiniteBody readers will be able to take advantage of this opportunity.
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