Even Steven
Even Steven plays with humor and entertainment in order to talk about quite basic issues: fairness, empathy and desire (pheromones). Even Steven is basically a poetic rumination, using fragments of comedy and other standard formats as vehicles. Even Steven employs the - equally heroic and sad - trope of the entertainer. It conjures up an atmosphere of low-budget, intimate spectacle.
Even Steven begins as an amateur stand-up routine. Westphalen is not a stand-up comedian, which makes this first part of the performance painful to watch. But before long the performance evolves into a touching, at times embarrassing dance performance.
Even Steven is supported by a grant from the Swedish Arts Council.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 8 pm*
Crown King Saloon
Crown King, Arizona
*please join us for Happy Hour & Dinner beforehand at the Mill Restaurant, a short walk from the Saloon!
OCTOBER 12, 2013 - OCTOBER 19, 2013
High Desert Test Sites hits the road for a full week of experimental art and exploration, from Joshua Tree to Albuquerque!
HDTS 2013, the ninth program in a series of free ranging and ever evolving contemporary art events, expands our range and depth to take in everything from Joshua Tree, California to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Roughly 60 new projects will take place over an entire week, during which artists and audience alike will traverse over 700 miles of desert roads to check out the new work and explore the hidden gems and diverse desert communities along this spectacular stretch of the Southwest.
Project sites include: Amboy Crater, Arcosanti, Area 66 (Yucca), Art Queen (Joshua Tree), Bluewater Lake State Park, El Malpais National Monument, El Rancho Hotel (Gallup), Giant Rock (Landers), Hill Top Motel (Kingman), Magdalena Ridge Observatory (Socorro), Mill Restaurant (Crown King), Montessa Park (Albuquerque), Palms Restaurant and Saloon (Wonder Valley), Petrified Forest National Park, Octopus Car Wash (Albuquerque), Pink Post Office Projects (Wonder Valley), Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque), Warehouse 1-10 (Magdalena), in addition to our regular HDTS sites.
The week’s festivities include a Saturday night opening dinner (first-come-first-served) at The Palms in Wonder Valley October 12, with musical performances by The Sibleys and The Renderers.
A zine-style publication, designed by Brad Hudson Thomas, with original texts by James Trainor and Eden Solas, will accompany the event.
