This and That
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September 7 - 24, 2022
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This and That » September 7 - 24, 2022 »
Performed by Steven Wendt
Directed by Phil Soltanoff
Board Operator Joseph Distl
What is THIS? What is THAT?
THAT imagines the creation of the universe. Video equipment comes to life by the cranking of tripod knobs, zooming in and out, maneuvering visual feedback loops, dissolving images together and apart, creating an abstract video puppetry before our eyes. No pre-recorded video, no tricks. THIS is about people – their romantic sense of longing, loss, alienation and near miss… a cowboy sleeps under the stars, a family puts their child to sleep for the night, a crooner serenades his lover, a jazz pianist fantasizes while he plays. Hand shadow vignettes, inspired by Henry Moore sculptures, morph from one scene to another.
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Phil Soltanoff
Phil’s recent projects include OYSTER at Roulette Intermedium (Brooklyn), Sanctuary for Independent Media (Troy), Skidmore College M-Docs (Saratoga Springs); AN EVENING WITH WILLIAM SHATNER ASTERISK featured in the Coil Festival (NYC), Fusebox Festival (Austin), PuSh Festival (Vancouver), Mass Live Arts (Great Barrington) and Live Arts Exchange (Los Angeles); SITSTANDWALKLIEDOWN on Governors Island (SITELINES) and The Williamstown Theatre Festival; The Soltanoff/Findlay Project commissioned by the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles; I/O created in collaboration with sound artist Joe Diebes was featured in Festival Novelum at Theatre Garonne (Toulouse). L.A. PARTY, premiered at PRELUDE09 was featured in UNDER THE RADAR (NYC), Fusebox Festival (Austin), PS122 (NYC), Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Orange County), the Hopkins Center (Hanover), The Flynn Center (Burlington), PuSh Festival (Vancouver) and Mass Live Arts (Great Barrington) among others. Mr. Soltanoff has created two works in collaboration with CIE111 (Toulouse, France). PLAN B and MORE OR LESS, INFINITY have performed around the world including Kampnagel (Hamburg), Eurokaz Festival (Zagreb), Trafo (Budapest), Vidy Theatre (Lausanne), Centro Belem (Lisbon), Pina Bausch's NRW International Dance Festival (Dusseldorf), Maison de la Danse (Lyon), Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), Theatre de la Ville (Paris), BITEF-42 (Belgrade) and the New Victory Theatre (NYC) among others. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, performed in a vacant Wall Street office building in NYC was also featured at BITEF-31 (Belgrade). Co-founded five myles with Hanne Tierney. Mr. Soltanoff was nominated for a Moliere Award in 2007, recipient of The Doris Duke Creative Exploration Fund Award and the 2020 Herb Alpert Award in Theatre. www.philsoltanoff.net
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Steve Wendt
Steven has been a member of BLUE MAN GROUP since 2012, he presently performs the show at The Astor Place Theater in New York City. BLUE MAN performances include Mexico, Canada, Jamaica, France, Italy, Spain and four United States National Tours. Steven was part of developing the recent (2022) BLUE MAN GROUP North American Tour. His work as a puppeteer has appeared on Cartoon Network and Kids W.B. Other performance credits include: GROUND TO CLOUD (RedCat Disney Hall Los Angeles), THE SOLTANOFF/ FINDLAY PROJECT (The Center Theater Group in Los Angeles), and GROWING UP LINDA by Marsian De Lellis (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Steven received a BFA from The California Institute of the Arts and he is also a musician and goldsmith. www.studiowendt. com & www.stevenwendt.com
Directed by Phil Soltanoff, Performed by Stev4n Wendt, Board Operator Joseph Distl
This work was made possible, in part, Henson Foundation Workshop Grant.