May 15, 2011
A few photographs from the recent performance of my Floriography I (Coimbra 1541) and Floriography II (Bavaria 1543), a diptych of text-integrated video installation. They were presented at Catalysis Projects’ MicroTextual performances at MiMoDa Studio in Los Angeles, curated by Aron Kallay.
In the background is the projection of my video installation, and in the foreground we have the immensely gifted and great-hearted Rafael Liebich reading my accompanying text in Portuguese (the red images), with trombonist Matt Barbier playing a composition by David Rosenboom. In the yellow images, we have the delightful Philip Shakhnis reading my texts in Hebrew to a soundscape of flies and frogs.
Many thanks to all who turned out to this first screening. The final iteration of these pieces will premiere this autumn in Manhattan at my solo show at Yeshiva University Museum at the Smithsonian-affiliated Center for Jewish History. Hope to see my NYC friends there!