New World Iliads, Part Two and Three
(Photo: Anna Lamadrid. Pictured: Jelena Stupljanin, Jason Howard)New World Iliads was an interesting ForePlay series for Flux. On the one hand, our benefit that kicked off the series was well-attended, and represented a high water mark for quality in the series.
The two that followed were both strong artistically, but due to the overwhelming pressures of producing Ajax in Iraq, we weren’t able to bring in large audiences, and that was a shame.
On the plus side, this marked our first ForePlay that featured a cross-discipline collaboration. Our partnership with Carrier Pigeon was really fruitful, and I hope we can build on that for future ForePlays and beyond.
It was also a wonderful opportunity to work with Flux vets we’d been itching to reunite with, like Lynn Kenny and Carissa Cordes; and a chance to develop new relationships with artists we admire, like J. Holtham and Jelena Stupljanin.
Still, how to manage this series at the same level of attention now that our Membership is the smallest it has ever been is a serious challenge, and I expect we’ll be relying more on our excellent Friends of Flux moving forward.
What follows are some pics from the event courtesy of the wonderful Anna Lamadrid, and some images from the Carrier Pigeon artists that inspired the playwrights.
(Art by Kristy Caldwell)June 12th, 2011: Afghanistan
The Plays:
The Labyrinth of Enduring Freedom by Aja Houston
The War Museum by EM Lewis
By the Victors by Isaiah Tanenbaum
NEO by Mac Rogers
Directed by Jordana Williams
(Art by Bruce Waldman)All Apologies (or Ana in the White City) by J. Holtham
A Footnote by Brian Pracht
Book of Memory by David Ian Lee
Directed by Heather Cohn
(Photo: Anna Lamadrid. Pictured: Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Jason Howard)
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