Anthony Hawley & The Afield present a month-long evolving show and performance series.
From October 6-November 10 Anthony Hawley and The Afield (violinist Rebecca Fischer and Anthony Hawley's performance duo) will occupy Fiendish Plots, transforming the space into a series of shifting installations and environments with scheduled performances throughout. Hawley and Fischer have conceived of "The Book of Spells" as a kind of ever-changing book in space; one with different chapters, recipes, footnotes, appendices, illustrations, instructions, pop-ups, histories, scribbles in the margins and more. Unlike ordinary books, " The Book of Spells " is not meant to be read from beginning to end, but backwards, forwards, across and through. In an age where a new kind of premium is being placed on being "rock solid," on not "flip-flopping", and on defining oneself against instead of alongside difference, why not create a space that grows, sheds, and breathes. “The Book of Spells” does just that, rising out of a need to interrupt the present with an alternative set of actions, guides, and incantations.
Performance and Reception Dates:
Friday October 6 7-10p: Opening Reception
Tuesday October 10 at 7-9pm, Performance: “Spells for Color and Water” Tuesday October 17 at 7-9pm, Performance: “Spells for Dictators and Borders” (with mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer)
Friday November 3 7-10 pm, Performance, Closing Reception: “Spam spells” (with artist Nat Castaneda)
The Afield is a multidisciplinary collaboration between artist Anthony Hawley and violinist Rebecca Fischer. The Afield has commissioned works by composers including Nico Muhly, Paola Prestini, Lisa Bielawa, Augusta Read Thomas and others, and has premiered work at National Sawdust in New York, the HIFA Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe, and Bay Chamber Concerts in Maine. Upcoming performances include Boston University, the North Dakota Museum of Art, Kaneko in Omaha, Harvester Arts in Wichita, and PS 321 in Brooklyn. In 2018 The Afield have plans to found The Afield School, an organization pioneering interdisciplinary art-making and performance. The school will have a central hub as well as mobile, pop-up locations around the world.
For more information about The Afield, please visit http://www.theafield.com.
Contact
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: nanfriedemann@gmail.com Charley Friedman: charleyelrahc@gmail.com
Fiendish Plots
http://www.fiendishplots.com 2130 Magnum Circle Lincoln, NE 68522
More details at: Http://www.fiendishplots.com