Multimedia Performance
Live Music + Animation + Live Painting
by Darcy James Argue & Danijel Zezelj
Preview Performance: The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, October 22, 2011
World Premiere: Next Wave Festival, BAM Harvey Theater, November 9-12, 2011
In the teeming metropolis of a future Brooklyn, longtime residents and fresh arrivals work together
to preserve their embattled neighborhoods. But plans are afoot to construct an immense tower --
the tallest in the world -- right in the heart of the city, and Lev, a master carpenter,
finds himself torn between ambition and community when he is commissioned to build
the carousel that will crown it. Co-created by acclaimed visual artist Danijel Zezelj
and Grammy-nominated composer Darcy James Argue, this urban fable unfolds wordlessly
through the combination of projected animation, live painting, and an original score
performed live by Argue's 18-piece bigband, Secret Society.
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
music
Danijel Zezelj
story, animation, live painting
Jim Findlay
video design
Isaac Butler
consulting director
Paloma Young
costumes
Scott Bolman
lighting design
Beth Morrison Projects
creative producer
Commissioned by
Brooklyn Academy of Music
for the Next Wave Festival
Supported by a grant from The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
UPCOMING
DATES:
TBA
PAST DATES:
November 9-12
BAM Harvey Theater
Brooklyn, NY
October 22
The Performing Arts Center
Purchase College, NY