[spectre] Demotic

[cuca esteves]

"DEMOTIC"

"Demotic" is a performance work about American Memory, a single character
whose many voices are woven together into a complex texture of language,
sound, and music to create a kind of covert national anthem.

Co creators: Antoinette LaFarge + Robert Allen
Stage Director: Robert Allen
Online Director: Antoinette LaFarge
Sound Artists: Maria de los Angeles Esteves and Jeff Ridenour
Theater Actor: Tracey Leigh
Online Performers: Marlena Corcoran, Ursula Endlicher, Richard Foerstl,
Lise Patt, Richard Smoley, Heather Wagner
Intern: Ellen Warkentine


ABOUT THE PROJECT
"Demotic: Of or pertaining to the current ordinary everyday form of a
language; of or pertaining to the common people"

"Demotic" is a performance work about American Memory, a single character
whose many voices are woven together into a complex texture of language,
sound, and music. It is an improvisation among different kinds of
performers and different modes of reality, involving sound artists, a
theater actor, and a group of Internet-based performers who improvise with
text. As an ensemble work in which actors, avatars, and musicians find the
music within the vast range of opinion channeled by the Internet, it is a
kind of covert national anthem. 

For more information about the project, please visit our web site:
http://yin.arts.uci.edu/~players/demotic/index.html

"Demotic" is made possible by a 2004 Beall Center Residency, as well as by
a UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) Grant and a UC Faculty
Research Grant.


PERFORMANCES
Performances of "Demotic" will take place at the Beall Center for Art and
Technology, Irvine, CA. There will be three performances only: 
	Thurs., July 29 at 7pm PST
	Fri., July 30 at 7pm
	Sat., July 31 at 7pm

Admission is free but seating is limited. Reservations are suggested:
949-824-4339

All performances of "Demotic" will be webcast live via RealMedia streaming
audio. To listen in during the performance times listed above, point your
browser or RealPlayer to this address:
http://media.nacs.uci.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/demotic.rm 
If you don't have RealPlayer or RealOne installed, you can get a free
player for either Mac or PC at http://www.airamericaradio.com. (Click on
the 'Download RealPlayer' link at upper left.) 

For audio Streaming with the RealOne Player:

http://media.nacs.uci.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/demotic.rm


The Demotic website:
http://yin.arts.uci.edu/~players/demotic/index.html