| screaMachine
presents |
| "xeShow" |
| A
series of performances with collaborating artists |
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| a
three person performance event featuring: |
| Gearoid
Dolan (a.k.a. screaMachine), Ireland/New York |
| Aine
Phillips, Ireland |
| Jana
Leo, Spain/New York |
| Running
time: 1 hour |
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performance
sequence |
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1. "Drag" |
screaMachine8 minutes |
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2. "Watch No Touch" |
Jana Leo3
- 15 minutes |
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3. "Baby
Cake" |
Aine
Phillips8
minutes |
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4. "(Gotta)
Keep It Up" |
screaMachine10
minutes |
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5. "Touch
No Watch" |
Jana
Leo3
- 15 minutes |
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6. "Milk
Spill" |
Aine
Phillips8
minutes |
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| Aine
Phillips'
work investigates the personal and public face of maternity,
abortion and female sexuality, exposing cultural contradictions
and our own unease with such subjects. |
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| Jana
Leo deconstructs
the peep show and porn industry which play upon male
desires and needs while often subjugating working women.
She removes the power of the participating voyeur by
blinding or immobilizing, and turns the audience into
voyeurs of the participant. |
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| screaMachine dissects
the religious, social and mass media indoctrination as
relates to sexuality. The audience witness his endurance
of these burdens, and celebrate their release. |
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artists each present their bodies and actions with no
sense of guilt or pleasure. They are sexual beings presenting
sexual topics in a non sexual manner. The deconstruction
and re-presentation of images and actions that are normally reserved for adult
titillation or take place in the privacy of a home or medical facility, serve
to diminish the power given to them by our (Western) cultural/social institutions.
While the U.S.A. claims to be the land of the free and boasts liberation for
all, it has a puritan backbone that is not (as) present in Europe. The male and
female view points brought by these European artists offer a refreshing angle
on topics that have become difficult and painful here in America. |
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