The Weather Vein Project
Aniccha Arts, led by Pramila Vasudevan, and driven by Mark Fox, Jennifer Jurgens, and Mike Westerlund present the Weather Vein Project. This project consists of a blog, workshops at various performance and educational locations, a performance at the Pillsbury House Theatre (June 5-7, 2009), and an installation at the Weisman Art Museum (July, 2009).
Cloud Turn, Pillsbury House Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sun, June 5-7, 2009
Aniccha Arts premieres Cloud Turn, an interactive dance performance. As a part of The Weather Vein Project, this piece is a reflection of humans playing God with regard to weather. Renowned for their originality, they bring detailed, sinuous, and percussive Indian based dance movement integrated with their rich, colorful and highly manipulated media style. This performance is constructed with content from workshops conducted at various facilities throughout the Twin Cities as well as from the blog. To purchase tickets, click here.
Installation, Weisman Art Museum, July 5-August 30, 2009
Aniccha Arts presents documentation of The Weather Vein Project with a live interactive sculpture created by Mark Fox. As a part of the Art(ists) on the Verge commission, with five other grantees, this installation is open to the public from Sunday, July 5 - Sunday, August 30, 2009. You can meet all of the artists at the Opening Party: 8 p.m.-10 p.m., Thursday, July 9, with excerpts of Cloud Turn at 9:00 p.m. and projection by Andrea Steudel at 9:30 p.m.
We Can Change The Weather Blog
The purpose of the blog is to engage people in conversations about the human connection with our weather. As we move toward a warmer climate, we capture weather memories through the lens of weather control. Continuous contributors include Cecilia Martinez, Shalini Gupta, and Mark Seeley, who bring in multi-faceted perspectives regarding our weather connection. Other contributors include anyone and all to comment and provide a weatherscape in the form of text, audio, and video. This blog is research material for the performance at Pillsbury House Theatre, and also for the installation at the Weisman Art Museum.
Workshops
Locations of the workshops include Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul Junior High, Highland Park, St. Paul, MN; Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN. Excerpts of the workshops will be posted on the blog. Audio content from the workshops will also be used in the performances as part of the audioscape.
Sponsors
The Weather Vein Project is a commission of Northern Lights' Art(ists) On the Verge program with the generous support of the Jerome Foundation. Additional support is provided by the McKnight Foundation, the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and Pangea World Theatre.