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SUMMARY:The Exponential Festival Presents: The Ben Shapiro Project and Our bodies like dams
DESCRIPTION:The Exponential Festival and The Brick present\nThe Ben Shapiro Project\nby Ella Davidson\nand\nOur bodies like dams\nSarah Finn\nJanuary 16-21\, 2022 \nThe Ben Shapiro Project \n \nElla wants to save America and herself\, so Ella becomes Ben Shapiro. Then Ella confronts Ben Shapiro. America can’t be saved\, but can Ella be saved? \nElla Lee Davidson: writer/director/performer\nPaul Levine: Co-Director \nAnuka Sethi: Producer\nChris De Santis: Playing the Role of Ben Shapiro \nTiana Richards: Dramaturg and Social Media Manager \nTori Oatway: Stage Manager \nAva Elizabeth Novak: Lighting Designer\nCamelia de los Ángeles Muñiz: Sound Desginer\nJason A. Goodwin: Costume Designer\nElla Davidson\, a young black socialist\, embodies Ben Shapiro\, right wing political pundit in a performance piece in which she envisions a world without him. When that isn’t enough for her to feel like she’s made a difference in some way\, she concocts a plan to meet Ben in person and confront him. She meets and debates Ben\, hoping to change him for the better through the power of human connection but he remains unmoved. Can Ella help save America and can she even help save herself? \nOur bodies like dams \n  \n \nSet in a handmade\, flooding city\, this part love-story\, part eco-fantasy\, imagines a woman’s unexpected metamorphosis in the face of romantic and coastal decay. \nCreator/Director: Sarah Finn\nDirector of Photography & Editor: Xuan Liu\nSet Designer & Co-Puppet Builder: Karen Loewy-Movilla\nSound Designer: Sid Diamond\nDancers/Puppet models: Evan Ray Suzuki and Tam Nguyen \nOur bodies like dams is a short film made with animation\, live-puppetry\, miniature sets\, and wearable sculpture\, to follow a surrealistic narrative of a couple embracing as their apartment floods entirely. A seemingly straight apocalyptic love story\, it gradually unfolds into a queer\, post-human fantasy. A love letter to Brooklyn’s disappearing shorelines\, audience members are invited to join for the film’s premiere\, followed by an interactive installation of the film’s sets\, puppets\, sculpture and process. \nThis project was developed with additional collaborators including: Shayna Strype\, Marcella Murray\, Amanda Card\, Ash Winkfield\, Camellia Bayle-Spence and Christina Tang.\n\nThe film\, Our bodies like dams\, is sponsored\, in part\, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).\nSpecial Thanks: Fresh Ground Pepper’s BRB Residency \n \nTHE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL\nJANUARY’S BROOKLYN-BASED THEATRE FESTIVAL\n~ A pleasure\, a mess\, a thrill\, and a dream. ~​ \nExponential is a month-long January festival dedicated to New York City-based emerging artists working in experimental performance. The participants in this multi-artist\, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists\, forms\, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing\, mentoring and the championing of risky\, rigorous work in eclectic fields. theexponentialfestival.org \n*** \n \nThe Brick is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We rely on the generosity of our patrons. Consider giving a tax-deductible donation today to help make The Brick a sustainable hub of experimental performance for many years to come. Donate Here or Join Our Patreon \nIn consideration for the health and safety or our staff members\, artists\, and audiences\, The Brick remains committed to maintaining vaccination requirements and mask mandates for our in-person presentations for the foreseeable future. We ask that all audience members remain masked. All staff and performers will be vaccinated; performers may not be masked. Audience can provide proof of vaccination with a government issued I.D. along with a physical copy or picture of your COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card\, the NYC COVID Safe App or the New York State Excelsior Pass. Please be patient with staff.
URL:https://www.bricktheater.com/event/the-exponential-festival-presents-the-ben-shapiro-project-and-our-bodies-like-dams/2023-01-16/
LOCATION:Brick Theater\, 579 Metropolitan Ave\, Brooklyn\, 11211\, United States
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