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"75 min / digital / sound / 2013

Traveling along the path of a labyrinth, the viewer passes through a series of extremely diverse landscapes, which are created through lush animation, evocative orchestral music, and rich dialog, in which words are used as much for rhythm and texture as they are for meaning. A man and woman guide us on this trip, taking us past gently falling Mondrian paintings, violent car crashes and bombing raids, and a pair of dancing, multicolored boxes, among many other settings. Based on an improvised performance, SUGGESTIVE GESTURES leads us gradually and indirectly towards a mysterious animal, hiding in the center of the maze.

DAVID FINKELSTEIN has been making performances since 1982. He has been developing a style of improvised performance work since 1993, which he has performed at Here, Theater for the New City, the Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Movement Research at the Judson Church, PS 122, The Knitting Factory, New York Improvisation Festival, and many other venues. He has taught Improvisation Technique for 3 years at Movement Research, where he was Artist in Residence in 1997. His work has been funded by The Fund for Creative Communities, The Field, Movement Research, meet the Composer, The Brooklyn Arts Exchange, BACA, and many individual donors. His video work has been featured in the PBS series “Under the Pink Carpet,” the OMA Awards, the PrideVision cable network, and numerous film festivals and screening events. "

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-Presented by No Idea
+"'''75 min / digital / sound / 2013'''
-Dutch avant-vocalist and legendary sound poet Jaap Blonk returns to Texas for a special three-day tour to celebrate the release of two CDs on the Balance Point Acoustics record label featuring Jaap in collaboration with Texas-based improvisors Damon Smith, Sandy Ewen, and Chris Cogburn.
+Traveling along the path of a labyrinth, the viewer passes through a series of extremely diverse landscapes, which are created through lush animation, evocative orchestral music, and rich dialog, in which words are used as much for rhythm and texture as they are for meaning. A man and woman guide us on this trip, taking us past gently falling Mondrian paintings, violent car crashes and bombing raids, and a pair of dancing, multicolored boxes, among many other settings. Based on an improvised performance, SUGGESTIVE GESTURES leads us gradually and indirectly towards a mysterious animal, hiding in the center of the maze.
-===Set 1===
+DAVID FINKELSTEIN has been making performances since 1982. He has been developing a style of improvised performance work since 1993, which he has performed at Here, Theater for the New City, the Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Movement Research at the Judson Church, PS 122, The Knitting Factory, New York Improvisation Festival, and many other venues. He has taught Improvisation Technique for 3 years at Movement Research, where he was Artist in Residence in 1997. His work has been funded by The Fund for Creative Communities, The Field, Movement Research, meet the Composer, The Brooklyn Arts Exchange, BACA, and many individual donors. His video work has been featured in the PBS series “Under the Pink Carpet,” the OMA Awards, the PrideVision cable network, and numerous film festivals and screening events.
-:Jaap Blonk -- voice
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-:Damon Smith -- double bass
-Performing selections from their cd For Hugo Ball: Sechs Laut-und Klanggedichte 1916 (Six Sound Poems, 1916). The cd (and performance) highlights the pioneering work of Dadaist Hugo Ball.
-===Set 2===
-:Jaap Blonk -- vocals (Netherlands)
-:Damon Smith -- double bass (Houston)
-:Sandy Ewen -- guitar (Houston)
-:Chris Cogburn -- percussion (Austin)
-The quartet will perform a series of free improvisations in support of their recently released cd North of Blanco recorded in 2013 while the quartet was on tour in Texas.