EPHEMERAL CEREMONY - ESSENTIAL
EPIPHANIES
EPHEMERAL CEREMONY - ESSENTIAL
EPIPHANIES
On Tuesday, May 16, through Thursday, May 18, 1995, designer, Stephanie Felton-Priestner (Master's Program in Engineering's Product Design Program), and sound artist, R.J. Fleck (PhD Candidate at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics - CCRMA), will give a series of mid-day presentations of a performance installation and architectural performance environment, employing sculptural forms, movement, and sound, on the mainstage of Memorial Auditorium.
"Ephemeral Ceremony" seeks to explore some of the psychological tension which may be created by the polarities and pluralities of contemporary life. The sacred and the secular, the ephemeral and the permanent, interpersonal exchange and connectivity versus individual autonomy and identity, and restriction and constraint versus the anarchic in structure and form: these are some of the ideas explored. The creators have found it appropriate to address the significance and essential elements within a context of the meditative and quasi-ceremonial.
Besides the contributions of Fleck (audio) and Felton-Priestner (visual), the event features performance reading by Bay-area singer, Emily Bezar, and movement by the Stanford improvisational dance ensemble High Speed Pink.
These performances were made possible by a generous grant from the Stanford Arts Roundtable, a consortium of Stanford arts program faculty. Assistance has also been provided by the departments of Music and Drama, the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and the Stanford Arts and Technology Initiative.
This event is open to the entire campus and outerlying communities and will be free of charge.
For more information contact R.J. Fleck at rjfleck@ccrma.stanford.edu or (415) 497-7201 or Stephanie Felton-Priestner at (415) 917-1039.