Acting Out: Words That Connect

Acting Out: Words That Connect

March 29th – July 27th, 2014

A series of performances of original works written or composed with the art in mind. The
first set of performances is on March 29th and 30th with a play by Vicki Addesso, Susan
Hodara, Joan Potter and Lori Toppel and a performance by Lisa Karrer with David Simons.

The following works will be performed both evenings:

Vicki Addesso, Susan Hodara, Joan Potter and Lori Toppel | Still Here 

Under the thirty foot wings of Jeffrey Schrier’s
installation Unfinished Flight, Vicki Addesso,
Susan Hodara, Joan Potter, and Lori Toppel
present Still Here, a performance piece
adapted from their collaborative memoir, “Still
Here Thinking of You: A Second Chance With
Our Mothers” (Big Table Publishing, 2013). Like

the artwork — a powerful assemblage of more
than one million aluminum can tabs,
transformed into a cohesive work, "Still Here" is a collection of bits and pieces.

In their book the authors tell the stories of their relationships with their mothers, from their
early childhoods to their mothers’ later years. In Still Here they interweave short passages
from these stories to create an interplay of different personalities and circumstances, yet
surprisingly common emotional experiences. Spinning their distinct memories into a
thematic pastiche, the writers create a chorus that is — like Schrier’s sculpture, like their memoir, and like the complex mother-daughter relationship itself — simultaneously a patchwork of small moments and a unified and evocative narrative.

Lisa Karrer with David Simons | Meeting Chen Zhen: Drum as Doorway between Worlds

Multimedia performing artist Lisa Karrer creates a
theatrical duet with live and sampled voice, drum,
and video in collaboration with percussionist and

MAX/MSP programmer David Simons; the artists will
interact with artist Chen Zhen’s large drum sculptureTraitment Musical/Vibratoire. To “meet” Chen Zhen,

Karrer and Simons will treat his drum as a
supernatural doorway, physically interacting with its
surfaces and spatial area, and triggering visual and

sonic events with digital software design.

FOR MORE INFORMATION | see www.hvcca.org for more details and images from the
exhibition. Tickets are available on the website or call 914.788.0100

PRICES:

non-members: $25 2 evenings for $45