Hello, Dolly!
A live performance of Hello, Dolly!; all roles played, songs sung, and lines delivered by the artist.
Drawing from the writing of Victor Turner—
In dialogue with themes of the post apocalyptic, this performance is meant to be an example of theatre or spectacle uncontained by the cultural institutions which seek to bottle with categories of competition, strength, modes of simulation, and controlled disorientation. Existing out of the mesh of social control, this performance is an example of a bricoleur of the frail transient and idealistic constructions, like the magpie’s nest or the caddis worm. This “play” provides the possibility of changing our social goals, and therefore the restructuring of what our culture states to be reality.
This performance, as ultimately a video, will feature the set-up of cameras and sound recording devices, the construction of a simple sculptural proscenium (symbol of the theatre, and an attempt to frame the unframed, re-order the setting), and a live solo performance of the Broadway classic, Hello, Dolly! The play was chosen for its exaggerated gender representations, its contradictory master narrative, and farcical underpinnings. In relation to a post apocalyptic theme, it seems fitting that although most material possessions of a culture would be destroyed, the narrative remains in the surviving individual.Hello, Dolly! becomes man’s reassurance to existence; like its title- a second greeting to the dismantled society of a post apocalyptic world.
OCTOBER 15, 2011 - OCTOBER 16, 2011
High Desert Test Sites returns this fall for a weekend of new experimental art, architecture, and design projects sited in the Southern California high desert communities of Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Wonder Valley, Yucca Valley, and 29 Palms. HDTS 2011, curated by the McCarthy Family, Robert Stone, and Brooks Hudson Thomas, will feature new works by an exciting group of emerging and established artists, architects, and designers.
The weekendʼs festivities will include a dinner (first-come-first-served) and performances by E-Rock, Lisa Schonberg, Tara Jane ONeil, and Tyler Held with Von Tundra, The Sibleys, and Jamuel Saxon at the Palms Restaurant and Saloon in Wonder Valley.
A zine-style publication, designed by David Dodge, with original contributions by the Llano del Rio Collective, will accompany the event.
HDTS 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All sites will be open for viewing Saturday and Sunday 10 AM - 5PM*
Saturday, October 15, 2011
8 AM - 1 PM
Dawn Kasper, Nomadic Studio Practice Experiment: The Swap Meet, Sky Village Swap Meet
2 PM - 3 PM
Shari Elf, The World Famous Crochet Museum Presents: Gospel Revival, Art Queen
3 PM - 3:30 PM
Dawn Kasper, Nomadic Studio Practice Experiment: The Palms, The Palms
4 PM - 6 PM
Tyler Matthew Oyer, Hello, Dolly!, Iron Age Road
6 PM - 10 PM
Dinner (first-come-first-served) and performances by E*Rock, Lisa Schonberg, Tara Jane ONeil, and Tyler Held with Von Tundra, The Sibleys, and Jamuel Saxon, The Palms
Sunday, October 16, 2011
1 PM - 1:30 PM
bodycity, BODY DESERT: END TRAILS, Coyote Dry Lake
*The Sky Valley Swap Meet is open Saturday and Sunday 6 AM - 2 PM. The Palms opens at 3 PM.
