ANTI MATTER:
Performances, Events, Transactions
Saturday, October 4, 2003
Gallery at 6PM
Performances Start at 8PM
FREE

A multi-peformance, visual art event created by Buffluxus (that's Buffalo & Fluxus) performance/poet Ric Royer.

The ANTI MATTER project involves several performers, writers, and artists who choose tasks from a box created by Royer. The tasks are drawn from source materials related to Mata Hari (Exotic Dancer/ Spy?), William James Sidis (Child Prodigy/ Supermarket Cashier), and Stanley Milgrim (Social Scientist) (photo: front of box)

The event will be a combination of performances, visual art pieces, installations/sculpture, live music, readings, and all manner of mixed media and genre. Featured artists are from around the country including Buffalo, NYC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Columbus, OH.

Notes from Royer:
Last november I began a top-secret research project that has generated a large collection of material geared to initiate creative acts by others (material=assignments).

These assignments have been accumulating in a large orgone treated wooden box that also holds specters, audio, scores, charged objects, otherwise confidential photos, and a game rulebook.

THE BASICS: look in the box- pick an assignment- create something based on it- bring it to the location.

Sample Box Assignments
Sample 1 | Sample2

View Source Book for Box
The source book gives background information on the project, a listing of sources for the project, and additional notes for each of the assignments.


FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
(please note that time are approximate)

Performances

MAIN GALLERY

6:30pm – 7:45pm Aaron Platt - Discussions on carpentry
7:00pm – 10pm Chelsea Warren- solo for puppet
8:00pm – 8:10pm Sasha Blanton - Film “My Story”
8:15pm – 8:30pm John M. Bennett – Instructions
8:30pm – 8:50pm Mike Basinski - Performing “Mata Hari Rides in on Elephants"
9:00pm – 9:20pm Megan McShea, Blaster Al Ackerman & John Eaton
9:30pm – 10:00pm Lucas Crane - music for precocious children

ROAMING THROUGHOUT ENTIRE EVENT

Ric Royer- archive diffusion
Jackie Milad – “Answering Questions Quietly”
Matt Chambers - "Oracle Suitcase" and Atmosphere Poetry
Becca Bare – Solo for electronics
Temple Crocker – Photography as Social Influence and answering questions aloud


DIRECTLY OUTSIDE GALLERY

6:30 – 9:30pm Will Hester & Temple Crocker– Photography as Social Influence


2ND FLOOR STAIR LANDING

7:00pm – 8:00pm Heather Boaz - “Portraits in Invisible Ink”


BROOM FACTORY LOBBY

7:30pm & 9:00pm Jenifer Alonzo – Finger puppetry


LOADING DOCK OVERLOOKING FRONT PARKING LOT

8:50pm – 9:00pm Kevin Thurston/Ric Royer/ Rupert Wondolowski - Polka


BATHROOMS OUTSIDE GALLERY

9:00pm – 9:15pm Matt Sahr - Conditional Bazaar (MENS)
9:00pm – 10:00pm Julianne Franz – “Dolling Up” (WOMENS)


Installations

MAIN GALLERY

Minna Philips - box paintings
Allison Murray - Art for Sick Kids
John Long - sound and video manipulations
Brian Fending -Medical Percussion
Julia Dwzonkoski & Kye Potter - silent film
Ellen Redbird – poetry
Brett Masteller- for voice and electronics
Kevin Thurston – “33: A Study in Vibration”
Rosiland Cauthen - a list of everyone she knows


GALLERY BATHROOM

Bonnie Jones & John Eaton – “Sports Related Train Riding Exercises”


DIRECTLY OUTSIDE GALLERY (with table)

Char Dickerson – artist books
Christie Gorman – artist books
Danielle Stefanick – artist books
Diana Steinsnyder - Bedclothes Installation & postcard design


DOWN THE HALL FROM GALLERY

Carol Anne Perini – Self-composition


BROOM FACTORY LOBBY

David Kim Boyle - Sound Stimuli: For Mozart
Christina Kaulbach – “Wine Sweater”; prepared mannequin


Participants

Blaster Al Ackerman (Baltimore)
Jenifer Alonzo (Baltimore) – Finger puppetry
Dave Bachelor (Baltimore) – music accompaniment for “Meditations”
Becca Bare (Baltimore) – Solo for electronics
Mike Basinski (Buffalo)- Performing “Mata Hari Rides in on Elephants"
John M. Bennett (Ohio) – Instructions
Sasha Blanton (Baltimore)- Film “Meditations”
Heather Boaz (Baltimore)- “Portraits in Invisible Ink”
David Kim Boyle (Baltimore)- “Sound Stimuli: For Mozart”
Rosiland Cauthen (Baltimore) - Preparing a list of everyone she knows
Matt Chambers (Philly)- "Oracle Suitcase" with 150 poems
Lucas Crane (New York) - music for precocious children
Temple Crocker & William Hester (Baltimore) – Taking photographs and answering questions aloud
Char Dickerson (Chicago) – books
Julia Dwzonkoski (Ohio)- silent film
Kye Potter (Ohio)- silent film
Brian Fending (Buffalo) - Interactive medical percussion Web site
Julianne Franz (Baltimore) – "Dolling Up" performance
Christie Gorman (Buffalo) – pamphleteering
Bonnie Jones & John Eaton (Baltimore) - “Sports Related Train Riding Exercises”
Christina Kaulbach (Buffalo) – “Wine Sweater” Preparing a quilt or sweater
John Long (Silver Creek)- Live sound and video manipulation
Tracey Long (Buffalo)
Megan McShea (Baltimore)
Jackie Milad (Baltimore) – “Answering Questions Quietly”
Allison Murray (Baltimore)- Art for precocious children
Carol Anne Perini (Baltimore) – Self-composition
Minna Philips (Baltimore)- box paintings
Aaron Platt (Baltimore)- Discussions on carpentry
RANT performance group (Brett Masteller, Chelsea Warren, J.T. Rinker)- Costumery, electronic music, puppetry
Ellen Redbird (California) – poetry
Ric Royer (Baltimore) - Performance & show program
Matt Sahr (Baltimore) - Music for power drill
Danielle Stefanick (Chicago) spying on people
Diana Steinsnyder (Philly)- Bedclothes Installation & show postcard design
Kevin Thurston (Baltimore)- Sound poetry & show poster
Rupert Wondolowski (Baltimore) - Performance