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"shìshí shì shíshì" - Vivian Hua

In the Gallery | 6-8pm

"shìshí shì shíshì" is the sonic romanization of the Chinese sentence, "事實是實事", which loosely translates to, "Reality is a true fact". Using video, sound, and text-to-speech software, this project will explore how repetition can make words feel increasingly out-of-this-world -- especially a tonal language with a very different structural foundation than English.

Vivian Hua (華婷婷) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker who is fascinated by metaphysical themes, underrepresented humans, multiculturalism, and psychedelia. She likes talking to strangers about nothing or anything at all.

Playing with juxtaposition and repetition to deconstruct old American phrases and idioms from the 1800s, Hannah Jove will perform a live poetry reading over the video and sounds of shìshí shì shìshí. Side by side, Chinese and English will encourage viewers to contemplate what exactly defines a word and how world views are defined by linguistic know-how.

Hannah Jove is an Austin based poet, artist and very kind freak who is fixated with putting words where they are least expected. Her performances are an intimate extension of surrealist internal dialogue interacting with the images and textures that staying alive requires.

ANNI

In the Foyer | 6-8pm

Part of ARCOS Dance’s transmedia performance Domain, ANNI (the Archival Narrative Network Initiative) is an interactive installation exploring the rapid evolution and impending ubiquity of artificial intelligence. Sign up to have a brief conversation with this AI that learns from human stories: https://anni.ticketleap.com/moha

Honey - A Story of Bees

In the Venue | 8pm

Rae Red is a talented multi-media artist, based in Marfa, TX. She combines personal narrative, with beautiful shadow puppetry, animation, & live singing to create stunning & jubilant performances. Her work is playfully macabre at times, and often explores what it means to transform.

"Honey- A Story of Bees", a multi-layered shadow puppet show including stop motion animation, song, and honey! The show tells the story of different types of bees using facts and fiction to bring an imaginative spin on the roles bees play in our world. There is a honey tasting before the show highlighting different single-source honeys with a broad spectrum of flavors.

Siren Song

In the Venue | 9pm

"Siren Song" is an animated short film by Beth Link that tells the story of rival mythical sirens engaged in an escalating competition of skill. At turns wickedly humorous and otherworldly beautiful, the short was created through a stop-motion process involving light box-illumination and paper cut figures. The short will be accompanied by an original live score by Ben Martin, and performers Nadia Hulett, Caity Shaffer, and Tiffany Criswell.

Country Songs and Campfire

In the Yard

10pm - Charles Ben Russel (Huntin Hotdogs in the Wild, Insert Cartright yada yada)

10:45 - Tyler White (Dirty Pop Till You Drop, Columbus OH)

11:15 - JR FISHER (Folk Punk Salad Toss, Columbus OH)

12 - Nathan Ulmer (Alien Crop Circle Country) (insert member of Manatee Tights yada yada)

Featuring Beverages from 9 Banded Whiskey & Austin Beer Works