The Unwritten History
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The Unwritten History
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Detail Record for Nora York
Event Title: Fox Fire
Series Title: The Future of the Present
Location: Pseudo
Date: 5/1/1998 -
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Type: Netcast
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Statement: Credits: Dave Hofstra - Bass Larry Baeder - guitar Marion Cajori - videographer Jan Hartley - Slide production Tiffany Ludwig - slide capture from animation |
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Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 1998 Contact: Martha Wilson Founding Director Franklin Furnace 45 John Street, #611 NY, NY 10038 212.766.2606 ffurnace@interport.net FRANKLIN FURNACE at PSEUDO PROGRAMS, INC. presents FOX FIRE Nora York with Nancy Spero Friday, May 1st at 5 PM at www.channelp.com NORA YORK with NANCY SPERO's hour on the Internet is like a string of small beads: ideas, music, monologue all punctuated by snippets of intimate conversation between the artist and the performer. They speak together about a range of things from power and feminism to freedom and sewing. In their inaugural Internet collaboration, York with Spero explores the terrain that lies between high art and entertainment. FOX FIRE opens with Nancy Spero's image of the Celtic Sheela-na-gig. A solo bass line splits her in two, and we see Nora York's head emerge through the animated womb of the Sheela. This first song is a "re-arranged" version of The Doors' 60s classic "Twentieth Century Fox." York changes the pronoun "She" to the personal pronoun "I," making the lyric "She's fashionably lean" become "I'm fashionably lean," "late," etc. This simple device shifts the song's meaning by York's taking possession of the song, claiming her own identity. The smiling guileless Sheela image is the gate through which York becomes a part of Spero's celebratory female characters. Following this opening song is a series of video shorts made by Ms. York. The films explore female sexuality and experience through her unique songwriting and interpretation of music together with the characters and ideas from Nancy Spero's work. NORA YORK is an international performer with two recently released CDs, To Dream The World (Evidence) and Alchemy (Polystar, Japan). York's performances are a collage of musical and theatrical elements, taking well-known songs and reorienting the listener through the shifting gender of the lyrics, or altering the emphasis of the song; her original songs are a mixture of poetry and musical genre. NANCY SPERO is well known for reinscribing the feminine in an extraordinary tapestry of visual events. Her celebrated installations present mythical and archeological images of women that resonate across cultures and time. Spero describes her work: "In collaging these disparate figures, juxtaposing, repeating, I create ritual like events, action-movement-across the space…" Using RealPlayer™ streaming technology, artists in the Franklin Furnace at Pseudo Programs series premiere works created especially for this new medium. To view upcoming and archived performances, download the RealPlayer plug-in first, available at www.real.com. Performances are archived for six months and available for viewing any time. Franklin Furnace's 1997-98 programs for emerging artists have received the generous support of Jerome Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, The Heathcote Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., and Pseudo Programs, Inc. |
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