BAR
Tamar Levine
AUSTRALIAN
Premiere
Wendy Houstoun
Happy Hour
DJ SPOOKY
LIVE
Raise a glass for this wry toast to the art of drinking!
“Exhaustive in its scope and absolutely epic.” Pitchfork Media
A foaming pint of movement and text reveal the state of bitter England, all
from the mouth of a barmaid on a bender. As the night wears on and the
drink takes hold, bar stool philosophy turns to bar floor desperation. Both
disturbing and funny, Happy Hour is a piece about drinking and what
happens in a bar.
To coincide with the Australian premiere of his colossal multimedia work
Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid takes to the
Beck’s Bar for a night of infectious beats and intelligent music as he mixes
avant-garde jazz, compositional music and electronica with recordings from
vast audio archives.
Wendy Houstoun is a movement/theatre artist who is committed to finding
new forms to address her themes. Over the years, her work has developed a
distinctive style that combines movement with text and meaning with humour.
DJ Spooky is a New York–based musician, conceptual artist and writer also
known as Paul Miller. He has collaborated with a wide variety of pre-eminent
musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch
Morris, Kool Keith aka Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest of Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko
Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth among many others.
Since 1980 Houstoun has worked extensively as a solo performer and in
collaboration with companies and artists whose work challenges, enriches
and extends the boundaries of dance and theatre.
DJ Spooky is presenting his Festival work Terra Nova Sinfonia Antarctica at
the Arts Centre, Playhouse. See page 38 for more information.
Happy Hour was initially performed in London. It was then developed with
Tim Etchells and has since toured to bars throughout the western world.
Houstoun is also presenting Desert Island Dances as part of the Festival.
See page 18 for more information.
“A maverick to the tip of her toes, [Houstoun]
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