Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
THE TUPAPAU WITHIN (PROLOGUE)
Event 1: WARNING
Reader: Jonny Blitstein (THE MASKED)
Isn't This a Time - Christian Wolff (b. 1934)
Performed by Ensemble
Keith Moore (b. 1970)
Performed by Ben Robinette and Nick Statzer
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SAXOPHONE MOB
Chris Bravo, Will Conlin, Shane Rathburn, Ben Robinette, Nick Statzer, saxophone
Event 2: SECURITY PROCEDURESDecember 1952 - Earle Brown (1926-2002)
Performed by Ensemble
Event 3: THE BEAST SINGSVocals: Jade Monk (THE BEAST)
December 1952 - Earle Brown (1926-2002)
Performed by Ensemble
Friday, December 10, 2010
Event calendar
Tue Dec. 14, 2010
6:00-7:30 PM: Opening reception
7:30-8:30 PM: The Tupapau Within (Prologue), Performance
Ensemble: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SAXOPHONE MOB (Chris Bravo, Will Conlin, Shane Rathburn, Ben Robinette, Nick Statzer)
Readers: Jonny Blitstein, Cédric Eeckhout
Vocalist: Jade Monk
Wed Dec. 22, 2010
7:30PM-12:00AM: The Tupapau Within: Phase I, THE HOST OF GODS, Performance
Ensemble: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SAXOPHONE MOB (Matt Hess)
Reader: Heather Delaney
Fri, Jan. 14, 2011
7:30-9:00 PM: The Tupapau Within (Phase III + Epilogue), Performance
Ensemble: PRISM Quartet (Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Matthew Levy, Taimur Sullivan)
Note: Please check blog for latest updates on the project as additional dates and events will be announced and dates and time subject to change without notice.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
The Tupapau Within
The Tupapau WithinA solo project by Alexander Lee
Newman Popiashvili Gallery
504 W 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
December 14th, 2010 to January 15th, 2011
The Tupapau Within is a project by Alexander Lee at Newman Popiashvili Gallery from December 14th, 2010 to January 15, 2011. During this off-season run, the artist will be taking residence in the gallery and using the space as a site for production, events and performances relating to the Tupapau (the Tahitian word for ghost and ancestral spirit), a vivid and threatening character in his Polynesian upbringing.
Throughout the run of the project, Lee will make a series of drawings on the walls and floor of the gallery, premiere a suite of performances in 3 acts with music composer Keith Moore, host guests and events –exquisite corpse style-- invoking the inner struggles and haunting meanderings of an artist at work, wrestling with the inner beast, set to music, in late night solitude or random gathering, and the carnage of it all.