OnEdge, the experimental live performance series, returns February 19 – March 4, 2016. The FREE admission series will feature Chicago and world premieres from national and international artists and companies.
OnEdge performances include Bronx Gothic by Okwui Okposkwasili, Yellow Towel by Dana Michel, and Mon, Ma, Mes by Jack Ferver. Additionally, OnEdge features performances of My Voice Has an Echo In It by Temporary Distortion and Broken Red Balloon Dog by The Institute of Failure, which are...
OnEdge, the experimental live performance series, returns February 19 – March 4, 2016. The FREE admission series will feature Chicago and world premieres from national and international artists and companies.
OnEdge performances include Bronx Gothic by Okwui Okposkwasili, Yellow Towel by Dana Michel, and Mon, Ma, Mes by Jack Ferver. Additionally, OnEdge features performances of My Voice Has an Echo In It by Temporary Distortion and Broken Red Balloon Dog by The Institute of Failure, which are also a part of the fourth edition of the popular IN>TIME Festival. A convergence of performance practices in Chicago, the IN>TIME Festival takes place January 29 – March 4, 2016, in 18 venues throughout the city including the Chicago Cultural Center. Additionally, during OnEdge workshops and discussions will take place with select participating artists to complement their performances. For more information OnEdge, visit: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/onedge8.html
Broken Red Balloon Dog by The Institute of Failure
February 23, 2016, at 6:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater (2nd Fl North) – 78 E. Washington St.
Broken Red Balloon Dog is a series of monologues in adoxography, the art of praising worthless things, written by Tim Etchells (Forced Entertainment), Matthew Goulish (Every House Has a Door) and invited Chicago writers and performed by members of acclaimed UK performance company Forced Entertainment. Broken Red Balloon Dog takes its title from a shattered Jeff Koons sculpture, which embodies The Institute of Failure’s study of failure in all aspects of human behavior. Broken Red Balloon Dog is part of the fourth edition of the IN>TIME Festival and is presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Chicago writers' texts will be performed by members of Forced Entertainment whom they do not know, but who share (or almost share) the same first name – a series of blind dates:
Blair Bogin writing for Claire Marshall
Robin Deacon writing for Robin Arthur
Catherine Eves writing for Cathy Naden
Tim Kinsella writing for Tim Etchells
With
Richard Lowdon performing a text by Richard Powers