I don't know what it is about New York City, but the energy, especially the art energy is unmistakable, and (unfortunately) un-bottle-able. Last week I was there for the opening of A Book About Death at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery (http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com/) and for a FluxFest performance at The Boiler in Brooklyn. I performed my own original score, "Breath Piece", and assisted with Reed Altemus' performance of Luc Ferien's "Rose Piece" as well as Carol Starr's "Red Circle Piece (for Allan Revich)". I hadn't done any Fluxus performance work before, and had assisted in two pieces at the opening the previous night (Cecil Touchon's "Requiem for a Rubber Band" and Keith Buchholz' spoken word piece (the title of which I can't remember; sorry Keith!) Video of these performances here, and other shots of the opening as well http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2139753
So, why the rambling? My intention for The Studio is to create a space locally where this kind of activity could take place and be happily attended, a place to expose New Hampshire residents (and visitors) to performance work, especially Fluxus work, which can sometimes be more accessible to a wide variety of people than some other forms of performance work. But how to infuse this small New Hampshire city with even a little of the energy of New York?!
That's my dilemma and my challenge, but also my pleasure!
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