Writing and Performance at Mount Tremper Arts

Brooklyn Rail at Mount Tremper Arts:
A Weekend of Writing and Performance
CURATED BY RAIL MANAGING ART EDITOR PATRICIA MILDER
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 & 6
647 SOUTH PLANK RD., MOUNT TREMPER, NY
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SMARTTIX.COM

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 - READINGS, MUSIC, AND DINNER AL FRESCO // TICKETS $20 // WEEKEND PASS $30

Both writing and performance exist in time. For this Friday night event, poet-critics share work that escapes neat boxes and definitions, and seeks to capture live experience, whether located in art, performance, or life itself.

7 PM: READINGS BY JOHN YAU, CLAUDIA LA ROCCO, CHRISTINE HOU, and PATRICIA MILDER

8 PM: PORK & POETRY!

Pig roast!

9 PM: MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY NEW ZION

Featuring Jamie Saft (piano/keyboards), Larry Grenardier (acoustic bass), and Craig Santiago (drums), New Zion Trio unites roots reggae, dub, doom, and jazz styles in an extra-mellow acoustic setting. Burning reggae and dancehall beats provide the platform for complex original jazz and soul compositions, forging a unique and deep new world of sound. NZT's debut album, Fight Against Babylon, was released in May 2011 on Veal Records. Individually, they've performed and recorded with Pat Methany, Bad Brain, Beastie Boys, B-52s, John Zorn, Foghat, and Donavan. jamiesaft.com

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 @ 8 PM - PERFORMANCE AS LANGUAGE // TICKETS $20 // WEEKEND PASS $30

AYNSLEY VANDENBROUCKE'S UNTITLED

Untitled is a written dance performed by one woman, her computer, and, perhaps, a couple of friends. An intimate meditation on the movement of language, it examines the making of meaning and the subtle processes of creating art and companionship. Choreographer Aynsley Vandenbroucke is Artistic Director of Mount Tremper Arts. Her work as been performed in New York City, San Francisco, and Brazil, and she is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Dance at Princeton University. www.movementgroup.org.

JIBADE-KAHLIL HUFFMAN'S TEEN WOLF/TEEN WOLF TOO

Teen Wolf/Teen Wolf Too is a poem in the form of two movies projected side by side. A text in the form of subtitles is projected in alternating turns on each of the two screens. As the projections run, Huffman will improvise a sound collage/score for laptop, turntable, and cassette players. Jibade-Kahlil Huffman is the author of 19 Names for Our Band (Fence Books, 2008) and James Brown is Dead (Future Plan and Program/Project Row Houses, 2011). He has exhibited and performed works of art and writing at MoMA/PS 1, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Tank.

THIS WEEKEND IS PART OF THE 2011 MOUNT TREMPER ARTS SUMMER FESTIVAL, FEATURING CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART FROM JULY 9 - AUGUST 21. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MOUNTTREMPERARTS.ORG.