PORT CITIES NY Talya Chalef
About This Show
Using a live score by looping artist Cameron Orr, visuals by Horus Vacui and an ensemble that move, morph and mix between early settler icons and current day characters caught up in a world of systems and structures, PORT CITIES NY investigates the ghosts of Wall Street in an absurd immersive tour. Examining the 2008 economic crash against the backdrop of 17th Century Dutch Tulip Mania, the archeological discovery of a slave burial ground against commercial investments that incentivize mass incarceration, Port Cities NY aims to link the echoes of the past with the agendas of today.
About the Artist
Talya Chalef is a Brooklyn based South African/Australian interdisciplinary artist who has developed and presented new work since 2004. She is the cofounder of Public Works Department with Sofy Yuditskaya and a member of group Mapping Spectral Traces. Projects include: SITE (2006), IN OTHER WORDS (2007 Melbourne & 2009 Argentina nominated in the Victorian Green Room Awards.) and EYTON RD (2009 Melbourne & Cape Town)& L’CHAIM (2013). Talya is currently developing global interdisciplinary art project PORT CITIES. Recipient of multiple awards, most recently The Australian Council for the Arts 2014 ArtStart Grant. VCA (Devising/Theatre-making) 2004 & Columbia University MFA (Playwriting) 2013.
Thursday, Jul. 2 at 7:30pm
General Admission
$12 in advance
$15 at the door
Students/ Seniors
$10
70 minutes
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Credits
Theatre-maker / Director-Writer/Co-Producer
Talya Chalef
Co-producer
Alison McLaughlin
Projection Designer
Sofy Yuditskaya
Scenic Designer
Edward Morris
Lighting Designer
Greg Goff
Composer / Musician
Cameron Orr
Actor / theatre-maker
Xandra Clark
Actor/theatre-maker
Jabari Brisport
Actor/theatre-maker
Alexis Cash
Actor/Theatre-maker
Marcus Crawford Guy
Actor/theatre-maker
Johanna Kasimow
Stage Manager
Jill Woodward
Photo Credit
Talya Chalef