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REMEMBER ME (Klaus Nomi Bathroom) "Last weekend, even the art was missing." "Remember Me has a sense of humor, but it isn't a joke—it's the terminus of a chain of passings that began thousands of years ago."
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STRIKETHROUGH "There's something admirably—and grotesquely—decadent about a performance that doesn't want your attention, love, or money. People won't clamor (or pay) to watch Strikethrough, but people would clamor (or pay) to do it." "Strikethrough stakes out an unbounded space to imagine what might be happening, what should happen, and what will never happen behind those (presumably) locked doors." "They're kidding. Of course they're kidding. Are they kidding?" "Is it art without an audience? Does the unseen work need out, with content that might not be possible if there was an audience? We won't know. It's a private event forever after." |
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A CLOCKWORK REDUCTION ""A Clockwork Reduction" is very much a continuation of the Warhol aesthetic." |
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MOTEL "He had one stipulation—that, before it was demolished, he could turn the entire motel over to artists for a night of installation and performance art. It will be a wake, an exorcism, and a séance all in one." "The installations and performances will be temporary art for a temporary location." "Seattle's at the brink of destroying itself' said DK Pan. "It's saying, 'We love the art, but we hate the artists.' All the affordable, accessible spaces are being turned into condos." "Rarely does an art or theater event have such powerful smells. There’s nothing abstract or indirect about a smell." |
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A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: REMIXED "A review of A Clockwork Orange REMIXED is not possible. What we saw in that theater was the grin of the invisible Cheshire cat." |
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SWING VOTE "They offer none of the practiced prattle that usually comes out of the mouths of debate guests. Because they're not politicians, they actually say what they mean." "People were swearing up a storm at Re-bar—happy cursing while greeting a friend, careless cursing while chatting in the drink line, consternated cursing after spilling a pint of beer." |
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THE POP SMEAR TEST "As with most things undertaken by Seattle School, the Pop Smear Test is hilariously intricate" "Nurses take the temperatures of the two pre-selected audience judges and jot down their readings. The younger gals who are here tonight "seeing something weird!" stay quiet until their blood-alcohol levels creep above .08%." |
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MARKET RESEARCH SYMPHONY ""How do you want this piece to end?' he asks. |
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THE STRANGER 2005 GENIUS AWARDS "When it came time to consider worthy arts organizations for this year's Genius Award, Seattle School's name came up and never went away." "After the awards reception, someone swept up the chicken and everyone tried not to look disgusted." |
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IRON COMPOSER "We all left completely clueless as to what had just happened but sure we wanted to experience it all again." "There are good ideas, there are ridiculous ideas, and then there is Iron Composer." "This is the stuff of sweaty anxiety dreams - right up there with realizing you're naked at a job interview or late for the one exam that will determine the course of your destiny." "It's actually good that no one can really describe what Seattle School's monthly Iron Composer shows are like. The point is to go and find out—in fact, the point is to go and actually become a part of the show." |
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GRAPEFRUITS: Performance Works by Yoko Ono "A lot of Seattle's musicians are looking for ways to refresh the classical concert experience: taking this spirit to a welcome extreme is Seattle School." "Sears feels a kinship between Seattle School and Ono, because, he says, 'these works often involve discipline, confrontation, humiliation, endurance and surprise revelations of emotions that the audience didn’t realize they harbored, often splitting the audience in two.'" "Seattle School, a gutsy collective of musicians bent on exploring the links among the human body, words, physical action, and music, has secured Ono's blessing to perform." |
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FEAR, KARAOKE, DISCIPLINE AND PAINTBALL "Your brainy date will love it." "Sears won, singing Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity." As his prize, he got to fire three rounds at the judge, School member Mike Min. Min bared his chest. Sears fired. After two rounds, blood started to flow." |
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