BOMB 118/Winter 2012
Raúl de Nieves and Colin Self get metaphysical with collaborative performances, dance parties, and the challenging of corporeal limitations.
Jennifer Lindblad experiences Carsten Höller and discusses the ways in which his work explores contemporary theories of body.
In the second installment of this two-part interview, Suzanne Snider talks with renegade choreographer, Yvonne Meier, about her early years in Switzerland, her improvisational Scores, and being both a mother and a maker.
In the first installment of this two-part interview, Suzanne Snider catches up with Yvonne Meier to discuss the revival of The Shining, Meier’s 1992 Bessie-winning work that involves refrigerator boxes, unmarked vans, flashlights, and macking.
Artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy collaborated with producer SOPHIE and triple-threat Chelsea Culp at the New Museum in September. The result? Paint on the dance floor, and an inescapable harmony that you can’t help but whistle to.
Alex Zafiris talks to theater director, writer and media designer Jay Scheib about his recent play, World of Wires, which closes his trilogy, Simulated Cities/Simulated Systems.
Lauren Bakst catches up with choreographer and performer Michelle Boulé during a rehearsal for her latest work, Hello, I need you.
In her latest Shifting Connections, Kathleen MacQueen reflects on three of her favorite shows of the season.
New York artist Liz Magic Laser has staged her work in bank ATM vestibules, on a staircase in Times Square and for her recent Performa 11 commission in a movie theatre.
In this inaugural entry of Performance In Process, Lauren Bakst visits Jen Rosenblit’s rehearsal to spend some time watching and discussing her latest project, In Mouth.
Kareem Estefan reports on the jarring, dizzying, and—above all—important experience of bearing witness to Ordinary Witnesses.
Is CHERYL a raging dance party wherein participants share blood, glitter, and a penchant for freaky felines? Hell yes—but that’s only the beginning.
Richard J. Goldstein explores the shifting, spectral geometry of Dorothea Rockburne’s retrospective, In My Mind’s Eye. Watch a video of his visit in the second of a two part installment of BOMB on the Scene.
Ever wonder what stuff the BOMB staff likes? Check out the new Stuff We Like column and then get watching, reading, and listening.
Lauren Bakst reviews performance artist Karen Finley’s Make Love, a post 9/11 cabaret show inspired by the iconic image of Liza Minnelli, but most of all, by New York.
Samuel Jablon engages artist Aaron Sheppard in a discussion about his new work the cake in the room, Alice in Wonderland, Jesus, and Miss Havisham.
In her latest Shifting Connections, Kathleen MacQueen reflects on three of her favorite shows from the Summer of 2011.
“It feels to me like the difficulty of the conversation is actually the difficulty of the piece.” Lauren Bakst talks with choreographer John Jasperse about Canyon, at BAM through November 19.
Arkadi Zaides’s work lives deeply within the embodied landscape of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Lauren Bakst talks with him about the process of his most recent piece, Quiet.
What happens when choreographers and performers delve into the field of visual art? Lauren Bakst had a chance to find out at the Art (dance) Show, the opening event of Movement Research’s Spring FESTIVAL!
It’s been two years since the last odd numbered year, and you know what that means—it’s almost time for the Venice Biennalle! Check out our handy BOMB guide to exhibition’s offerings.
Listen to “The Splits I” from The Splits, composed by Matt Schickele for Jane Benson’s splits dectet.
Choreographer Muna Tseng’s latest work, STELLA, channels her late mother through relics and memories. She talks to Katy Gray about family history, the New York art world of the ‘80s, and identity.
Tatiana Berg speaks to performance artist Anya Liftig about the embarrassment and humor inherent in her work—and what it feels like to lick a cactus.
The once-staid atmosphere of New York City Opera has lately received a dose of downtown experimentalism. Nick Hallett discusses what he sees as a welcome intrusion.
This BOMB podcast co-produced with 651 ARTS is a conversation between artist/performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Ntozake Shange.
Our friends at ISSUE Project Room are hosting a benefit in celebration of Elliot Sharp’s 60th birthday and BOMB is proud to be an official media sponsor.
Samuel Jablon talks to one of the original innovators of theremin music, Eric Ross.
Marnie Weber haunts the grounds of the Altadena Cemetery in her latest film/installation/performance project. Eternity Forever marks the death of her band The Spirit Girls and the birth of a new one, Fäuxmish.
Invariably multiplicitous, Yanira Castro’s Wilderness treats performance as a new language in which the audience and the performer “read each other.” Castro speaks to these themes and more in this conversation with Andrew Frank.
