Synesthesia (group show)
Synesthesia is a multi-arts group performance, produced by Electric Pear Productions, which takes place annually in New York City.
The show is assembled following the rules of the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse: Participants create their works in-sequence, with each artist allotted about two weeks production time. The first artist is presented a random seed (a fortune cookie) as an initial inspiration; subsequent artists are exposed only to the work of the artist immediately prior to themselves. All of these "hand-offs" are documented on video. When the final artist completes their piece, the collected work is presented live, in order, and incorporating the documentary footage.
Performances
Synesthesia 2007 took place from February 7 to February 10, 2007, at the Harris Lieberman Gallery.
Lineup:
- Scott Korb
- Steve Spehar
- Benjamin Percy
- One Ring Zero
- Beth Kukjian
- Ohad Meromi
- Rebecca Drysdale
- Jeremy Parise
- Darian Dauchan
- Performance Lab 115
- Ben Greenman
Synesthesia 2008 took place April 2, 3, 5th & 6th, 2008, at the Judson Memorial Church.
Lineup:
- Gregory Stuart Edwards
- Damian Lanigan
- Peter Hapak
- Project:Projekt
- Brian Whiteley
- Shanelle Gabriel
- Clay McLeod Chapman
- Jo-anne Lee
- Leah Siegel
Synesthesia 2009 took place February 25–28, 2009, at The Wild Project NYC.
Lineup:
- Aja Monet
- Harry Hancock
- Piehole
- Jessica Delfino
- Kevin Colden
- New Georges
- Ed Rice
- Dan Sharnoff
- Juliana Trivers
- The Mast Brothers
Synesthesia 2010 took place April 21–29, 2010, at The Wild Project NYC.
Lineup:
- Ari Hest
- Jon Morris
- Brent Arnold
- Mariana Elder & Andrew Elsesser
- Thomas Doyle
- Meghan Frederick
- Brian J. Bustos
- Stone Cold Fox
- Tarik Cherkaoui
- The Mayhem Poets
- Joel Bravo
- Adam Ramsey
External links
References
Ryzik, Melena (April 4, 2008), "Spare Times", New York Times
Jackson, Sharyn (March 27, 2008), "Passing Familiarity", Time out New York (652)
Denton, Martin (February 8, 2007), "Synesthesia", Nytheatre.com
"Electric Pear Program Descriptions", Electricpear.org