Experiments & Disorders: New Poetic Forms
featuring Anne Carson & Robert Currie (with a special guest collaborator) and Legends
Saturday, 15 November, 7pm, $10
Dixon Place
#161 Chrystie Street
btw. Rivington & Delancey
New series curators Brian Kalkbrenner and R.A. Villanueva invite you to Experiments & Disorders, a reading series devoted to the investigation of new poetic forms. Each performance will feature emerging and established writers who endeavor to undefine the boundaries between fiction, poetry, drama, and the extratextual. On 15 November, we will open the 2008-09 season and celebrate the opening of a dynamic new space with performances from Anne Carson & Robert Currie (with a special guest collaborator) and Brooklyn-based duo, Legends.
Dixon Place is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 to provide a space for literary and performing artists to create and develop new works in front of a live audience. An artistic laboratory, we serve as a safety net, enabling artists to present challenging and questioning work that pushes the limits of artistic expression.
Reader Bios:
Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. She is currently a professor of Classics, Comparative Literature and English at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her publications include Eros the Bittersweet (1986), Glass, Irony, and God (1992), Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (1998), The Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simondes With Paul Celan (1999), The Beauty of the Husband (2002), If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (2002), Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (2005) and Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides (2006). Her trilogy of translations An Oresteia is to be published in 2009 and will be produced by the Classic Stage Company in NYC.
Robert Currie, randomizer, has collaborated with Carson on many performances and projects.
Legends is Elizabeth Reddin and Raquel Vogl. They began collaborating in 2006. Their pieces are long story songs. Both coming from backgrounds of music and writing, they work together on every aspect of the project.
Official Website: http://dixonplace.org