In the Shadow of No Towers. (After Art Spiegelman)

Following its 2007 performance at Italy's Signal Festival, the Syntax Error will perform the American debut of their piece In the Shadow of No Tower (After Art Spiegelman) at ISSUE Project Room on September 11, 2008. An animated film and conceptual meagerie based on Art Spiegelman's graphic novel In The Shadow of No Towers, in which relates his personal experiences during the September 11th attacks, this multifaceted piece will be accompanied by a live experimental soundtrack, interwoven with spoken word.

Inspired by the compassion, light and irony evoked in Spiegelman's book,  Anne Rothshild, Maria Isabel Gouverneur and Marco Cappelli transposed and transformed the account into a video piece, paired with nuanced compositions that sweep through various musical vernaculars rooted in kaleidescopic improvisation. One of two special guests joining the ensemble for this premier will be renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Elliott Sharp, who will contribute guitar, bass clarinet and live electronic elements. The other is acclaimed actor, monologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Eric Bogosian, who will lend his distinctive minimalist style as narrator of the piece.

directions: (http://issueprojectroom.org/contact.html)

Thursday September 11th

@ ISSUE PROJECT ROOM - 8pm


ISSUE PROJECT ROOM

The (OA) Can Factory

232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11215


Telephone: 718-330-0313

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