EyeWash *Spiegel*

Monday, August 7th
in the Speigeltent at South Street Seaport
10pm-1am, admission: $10
for tickets log on to
http://www.spiegelworld.com/popups/darmstadt.html

featured artists include:
CHiKA + Zach Layton -view clip
Adam Kendall + Bradford Reed + Julia Ritter -view clip
VisualHornHonking + DJ ActivePhaze + Urban Wash Dance -view clip
FMT + DJ Duane Reade + Aerial Acrobat Michelle Dortignac -view clip
Peter Shapiro + the Swirl Girls -view clip

After wowing audiences the world over, the Spiegeltent has finally landed in New York City! A wondrous 1920’s venue of billowing velvet, stained glass, teak, and a thousand mirrors, Spiegeltent resides on the north side of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport (facing the Brooklyn Bridge) behind the Fulton Fish Market.

This special EyeWash event is a part of the Darmstadt “Classics of the Avant Garde” series hosted by Zach Layton. For directions to Spiegeltent click here.

Adam Kendall, Bradford Reed, and Julia Ritter

Adam Kendall, Bradford Reed, and Julia RitterChika Iijima and Zach LaytonEric Dunlap (FMT), DJ Duane Reade, and AerialAcrobat Michelle DortignacPeter Shapiro with the Swirl GirlsVisualHornHonking, DJ Active Phaze, and Urban Wash Dance Company

about the artists:

CHiKA + Zach Layton pair up for the Spiegeltent with a rare performance of “Time is on My Side”, a remix of Irma Thomas’ classic of New Orleans R&B. Zach’s series of resonant echo chamber effects push Irma’s haunting vocals into an abyss of floating harmony while Chika’s visuals evoke a fickering beauty comparable to 18th Century French ornamental design.

The trio of Adam Kendall + Bradford Reed + Julia Ritter presents a truly improvisational performance, combining artforms using their ears, eyes and limbs, and avoiding automated or reactive systems. Ritter brings her original choreography, Reed brings his self-made Pencilina (a stringed percussion instrument), and Kendall brings his custom video applications.

VisualHornHonking + ActivePhaze + Urban Wash Dance Company present a redux of their art dialogue about creation, convergence, and exploration of the human element in mulitmedia. Focusing on a similiar connection to each medium –video, dance, and music– through the common thread of journey, illusion, question, and definition.

FMT + DJ Duane Reade + Aerial Acrobat Michelle Dortignac collaborate with visuals, sound, and suspension in an ambient mix exploring themes of replication and reproduction in the natural world and the power of life within.

Peter Shapiro + the Swirl Girls Miss Maricar and Eeva the Flava unite gravity defiant HoOpALCiOus movement and mixing elements of media to experiment beyond the parameters and elements of your technology and motion.