Opera House Arts is expanding its print news letter, which appears three times a year, with additional content on the web. Bookmark this page to learn what's new at OHA and read on for additional information on articles from the
Spring 2007 edition. You can download the full news letter HERE.
Spill Light Selections from the Spring 2007 Edition
In this Issue:
Full interview with Alison Chase continued from the News Letter
Conni's Avant-Garde Restaurant
Additional links for jazz in New Orleans and Larry Blumenfeld
Collaboration at the Quarry
I've always been a collaborator. That's what I did with Pilobolus. We never had a manifesto, or theory, that this is the best way to make art: we found that it worked. When several people agree on a good idea, it's usually a good idea. When we had consensus, we felt comfortable with our imagery and we moved forward. We learned to stick with our major images and proceed. If you allow yourself enough time in the sandbox, if you allow yourself enough time to play and be playful, the less likely you are to repeat yourself; and the more likely you are to find a richer vocabulary of imagery. Telling someone to collaborate is actually a very easy thing...Check back for the rest of this story.
Conni's Avant-Garde Restaurant
Last summer, as the cast from As You Like It walked past Conni's at the corner of 15A and Cemetary Road, they found inspiration for a new performance. Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, "where performance is the meal" was born. You can view their progress as they set up "Restaurants" in other cities and towns through their website.
Our Own in New Orleans
Larry Blumenfeld, who curates the annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival, has been named a Katrina Media Fellow with the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation. Competition opened in 2006 for the Media Fellowships, to stimulate and sustain a national conversation on the issues of poverty, racism, and government neglect raised—and too quickly quieted—following Hurricane Katrina.
Read the recent article in the Village Voice
See also Blumenfeld’s blog
Attend his talk Thursday, July 26, to open our 7th Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival.
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Taking to the streets in New Orleans.
Photo by Ariane Wiltse.
*In theatrical lighting, "spill light" is light that spills over its required margins, or shows through a gap. It lights areas not intended to be lit, margins, seemingly empty spaces. Like many happy accidents in art, it can show up possibilities not previously considered; it can create its own potent effect.
