Start date
January
1
2019
12:00 am
EDT
End date
February
9
2019
9:00 pm
EDT
On Death - One Night Only
Pollution.tv Studios 3239 Union Pacific Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90023
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7PM
Tickets on Sale January 1, 2019
At Pollution.tv Studios, Los Angeles
3239 Union Pacific Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90023
Created by Allison M Keating
Original Score by Paul Nabil Matthis
In the space of a one-night-only performance, which by design is as energetically potent as it is fleeting, lies artist Allison M Keating’s reflection on “why stay alive?”—an existential question posed after a friend’s suicide and Trump’s detrimental renouncement of the Paris Climate Agreement. As ephemeral as life itself, On Death invites us to celebrate in raw reverie what gives us reason to live. Appealing to the viscera of its audience with collaged visual metaphors of life-high mimicry and imaginative facsimiles of death (giant flies, song, hooded tap dancers, a TrumpFly, a choir), this cathartic unfettered release is bounded by the self-imposed limitation of Keating’s ultimate purpose—the creation of a papertape. This pre-1912 method of printing film stills onto paper has proven to be the most durable and longest lasting method in which to capture live performance. With technical and directorial decisions committed to the production of material testimony meant to outlast the humans in the room, the performance struggles with the tension between our id-driven quest for momentary pleasure and our ego-driven ambitions to leave a legacy beyond our corporal existence. Keating posits that both living in the moment and living for the future stem from the unitarily absurd motivation to cheat death as she asks us to consider this most influential of fears and reminds us that we always have hope.
Run Time: 70 minutes
Performed by
Shawn Brown
Murphy Martin
Katie McKewin
Kristin Tripe
Production Team
Created, Directed and Produced by Allison M Keating
Composer: Paul Nabil Matthis
Producer: Jade Cagalawan
Scenic Designer: Melanie Waingarten
Costume and Puppet Designer: Alexandra Friedman
Lighting Designer: RS Buck
Sound Designer: Cinthia Nava-Palmer
Videographer: Paul Fenkhart
Stage Manager: Jaime Mills
Marketing Manager: Phoenix Rodman
Wild Art Group is filming this performance and will be distributing the documentation. By purchasing a ticket you agree to be filmed and give permission to Wild Art Group to use your image.
Follow us on social media: @WildArtGroup #OnDeath
For more info, please go to www.wildartgroup.org
For ticketing information, please e-mail [email protected]
Tickets on Sale January 1, 2019
At Pollution.tv Studios, Los Angeles
3239 Union Pacific Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90023
Created by Allison M Keating
Original Score by Paul Nabil Matthis
In the space of a one-night-only performance, which by design is as energetically potent as it is fleeting, lies artist Allison M Keating’s reflection on “why stay alive?”—an existential question posed after a friend’s suicide and Trump’s detrimental renouncement of the Paris Climate Agreement. As ephemeral as life itself, On Death invites us to celebrate in raw reverie what gives us reason to live. Appealing to the viscera of its audience with collaged visual metaphors of life-high mimicry and imaginative facsimiles of death (giant flies, song, hooded tap dancers, a TrumpFly, a choir), this cathartic unfettered release is bounded by the self-imposed limitation of Keating’s ultimate purpose—the creation of a papertape. This pre-1912 method of printing film stills onto paper has proven to be the most durable and longest lasting method in which to capture live performance. With technical and directorial decisions committed to the production of material testimony meant to outlast the humans in the room, the performance struggles with the tension between our id-driven quest for momentary pleasure and our ego-driven ambitions to leave a legacy beyond our corporal existence. Keating posits that both living in the moment and living for the future stem from the unitarily absurd motivation to cheat death as she asks us to consider this most influential of fears and reminds us that we always have hope.
Run Time: 70 minutes
Performed by
Shawn Brown
Murphy Martin
Katie McKewin
Kristin Tripe
Production Team
Created, Directed and Produced by Allison M Keating
Composer: Paul Nabil Matthis
Producer: Jade Cagalawan
Scenic Designer: Melanie Waingarten
Costume and Puppet Designer: Alexandra Friedman
Lighting Designer: RS Buck
Sound Designer: Cinthia Nava-Palmer
Videographer: Paul Fenkhart
Stage Manager: Jaime Mills
Marketing Manager: Phoenix Rodman
Wild Art Group is filming this performance and will be distributing the documentation. By purchasing a ticket you agree to be filmed and give permission to Wild Art Group to use your image.
Follow us on social media: @WildArtGroup #OnDeath
For more info, please go to www.wildartgroup.org
For ticketing information, please e-mail [email protected]
Available Tickets
| Student/Artist | $15.00 | Wild Art Group has a limited number of Student/Artist tickets available to make On Death more accessible.These tickets are reserved for students/artists whose financial situation prohibits participation at the full price ticket level. These tickets are available on a first come first serve basis. |
| General | $30.00 | |
| General Plus Donation | $50.00 | |
| General Plus 1 Sheet of On Death Paper Tape | $100.00 | Purchasing this ticket provides guest with a special paper tape of the performance of On Death. When purchasing, please e-mail [email protected] your address. |