Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World

Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World
by Enio Chiola, PopMatters, August 6, 2012

Antony Hegarty on "Swanlights"

Antony's "Swanlights"

Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights

a concert and performance event commissioned by The Museum  of Modern Art

at Radio City Music Hall

January 26, 8pm

Antony
Photo (c)Clive Obsborne

The Museum of Modern Art has commissioned artist/musician Antony to conceive, produce, and perform a large-scale concert and performance event, Swanlights, with Antony and the Johnsons,  at Radio City Music Hall.

Featuring a 60-piece orchestra, the performance piece is conceived as a new commission especially developed for the January 26 performance, and an evolution of the highly acclaimed The Crying Light, which was presented at the Manchester Opera House for the 2009 Manchester International Festival.

Envisioned as a meditation on light, nature, and femininity, Swanlights includes songs from all four of Antony and the Johnsons’ albums (self-titled, I Am A Bird Now, The Crying Light, and Swanlights), set to symphonic arrangements by Nico Muhly, Rob Moose, and Maxim Moston. It is produced in collaboration with light artist Chris Levine, lighting designer Paul Normandale, and set designer Carl Robertshaw. Antony and the Johnsons: Swanlights is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large of The Museum of Modern Art and Director of MoMA PS1, with the assistance of Eliza Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA PS1.

For more information, visit MOMA here. For tickets, click here.

Transeuphoria

Transeuphoria -- an exhibition of gender movers:

Mx Justin Vivian Bond

Sid Branch

Donna Collins

Josie Collins

Chloe Dzubilo

TJ Free

Antony Hegarty

Siobhan Meow

Breyer P‐Orridge

Curated by Chloe Dzubilo and Jeffrey Greene

Umbrella Arts Gallery

317 East 9th Street, Manhattan

(between 1st and 2nd Avenues; directions)

January 20 -- February 13
Reception: Thursday, January 20 (6-8pm)
Outsider Art Fair afterparty: Saturday, February 12 (8-10pm)


“I used to paint at night. Now I paint during the day.” -- Donna Collins


“Ain’t nothing like knowin’ what it feels like…when you slip thru the cracks of society, political niceties, political correctness, health care, housing, employment, wealth, shoe stores, subways, family outings, holidays, systems, systems, Systems. Ain’t nothing like knowing these facts deep in one’s bones. When you’re transsexual. Ain’t nothing like knowing triumph over all of these adversities.” -- Chloe Dzubilo

Contact: Umbrellaarts.com – 212-505-7196

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