Concrete Daisies - by Carole Kim :: January 19-20, 2008; 7:30 pm :: The Velaslavasay Panorama at the Union Theatre, 1122 West 24th Street (@ Hoover), Los Angeles, CA.

Concrete Daisies is a site-specific performance / installation of dance, sound, and live-feed video projection. A stellar ensemble of dancers, musicians, and video artists will explore the interior and exterior spaces of the Velaslavasay Panorama, an historic exhibition hall, theatre and garden dedicated to the production and presentation of unusual visual experiences. The garden of concrete daisies will play foil to the theater’s own “garden of carnivorous plants and sinister foliage“. Opportunity for a bird’s eye view pointed to an investigation of that which can only be understood from above, thus introducing the concept of the labyrinth.

This performance assumes a hybrid form that collapses the boundaries between installation / live-feed video shoot / live dance / live music / and live video projection. The viewer is invited to roam through this immersive environment and grapple with the simultaneity of the live performers and how they are mediated into the visual and audio spatial mix. It is ultimately a structured improvisation where the viewer witnesses the instantaneous, responsive dialogue between dancer, cameraperson, video artist and musician.

ENSEMBLE OF PERFORMERS:

CAROLE KIM direction/video installation

dance
OGURI
ROXANNE STEINBERG
MICHAEL SAKAMOTO
SHURIU LO
JESSKE HUME

sound
ELLEN BURR flute
MARK DRESSER electro-acoustic bass
JESSE GILBERT sound spatialization
MOTOKO HONDA piano
JOE BERARDI percussion
JESSICA CATRON cello
KADET KUHNE electronics

visuals
ASTRA PRICE live video mix
BO SUL KIM live video mix
CHRISTINE MARIE shadow play
MAILE COLBERT live-feed video
MIRABELLE ANG live-feed video
ANN KANEKO live-feed video

SPECIAL THANKS TO: SASSAS for generously providing technical assistance in this production, BILL BALLOU-technical direction, JORGE MARTIN and CHAUNCY GODWIN-sound engineers:, BITA SHARIF-production assistant:, JIHYUN SONG, YOUNG-MIN SON-video documentation.

Please note: As this is an indoor/outdoor performance comfortable footwear and appropriately warm clothing are suggested. In the event of rain, the performance will be condensed primarily into the indoor spaces.