Mr. Boat-head's Electrical Dream Ship
Kate + Brendan's Vancouver Fringe 2011 Onsite Adventure
Stories, dreams, poems, and lies are captured and ground into pickled delicacies for his creative feast… There was a feeling of kinship as we sat around our electronic campfire. I was struck by how interesting tales of the mundane actually are.
In this groovy, unpretentious little show, Brendan Albano and Kate Barbaria invite tiny audiences—the max is eight people—to sit around a warmly glowing lamp underneath a tarp and drink tea or cocoa… Intimate and elemental. I totally dug it.
September 8-17 | 8pm and 9pm | Tue - Sat
Triangle Square, Granville Island,1680 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3S2
There are eight audience members per show on the electrical dream ship, and we run twice per night, so we recommend buying your tickets in advance.
Tickets are available at the door, online, and at the Fringe Box Office on Granville Island. Dress for the weather—rain or shine, the show will go on! Also, please bring a story, dream, poem or lie to share.
Sneak peak at an audience member’s story at a test performance of Mr. Boat-head’s Electrical Dream Ship at 9pm, Sept 2, 2011.
DISCLAIMERS + DECLARATIONS
| 1. This is not a play! |
| 2. We are not actors! |
| 3. There is no Mr. Boat-head! |
| ....3A. There is no electrical dream ship! |
| ....3B. It’s metaphorical |
| 4. It's interactive |
| 5. Your creativity fuels this performance |
| 6. You will be telling the stories |
| 7. We will be audio-recording your stories |
| 8. These recordings will form an online archive of this performance and of performances like it |
| 9. You may become intimate with strangers |
Posters posters posters! Also we have a Facebook event now: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144038249020124
MR. BOAT-HEAD’S ELECTRICAL DREAM SHIP
“It is not a question of knowing whether this interests you but rather of whether you yourself could become interesting under new conditions of cultural creation.”
—Guy Debord
September 8-17 | 8pm and 9pm | Tue - Sat
Triangle Square, Granville Island,1680 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3S2
Show site: http://electricaldreamship.tumblr.com
Contact Kate Barbaria at 604-441-3293 or katelynbarbaria@gmail.com for all media inquiries
IN BRIEF: Mr. Boat-head’s technicians are building a dream ship to grind your dreams into the sausage of destiny! The electrical dream ship is an interactive, site-specific performance audio-recording dreams and nightmares from audience members to create an online dream archive for those with underdeveloped imaginations, in need of inspiration, or who simply never remember their dreams. Mr. Boat-head is a part of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival Onsite program.
SHOW DESCRIPTION: Mr. Boat-head’s Electrical Dream Ship is not a play. Devised by the creative partnership Kate+Brendan, Mr. Boat-head is a situation, an event, a happening—a real process with a real product. Our hope is to create a publicly accessible database of dreams and nightmares collected during the Vancouver International Fringe Festival.
The heart of each performance lies in the space between the audience’s lips and the microphone into which they share their dreams and nightmares. We explore the casual telling of stories, the unexpected depth of creativity revealed through dreaming, and the archiving of subconscious personal histories with an intimate audience of eight.
Audience members are encouraged to dress for the weather, as the show will be outdoors, and to bring a dream or nightmare to contribute to the archive. Expect hot chocolate, warm blankets and delicious treats.
ARTIST BIOS:
Kate Barbaria has a BA in Art History with a minor in Medieval Studies from UBC. She focuses on the social constructedness of artistic intervention in everyday life. Her practice stems from an engagement with delight in the potentiality of shared futures and conjoined individual histories. Recent curatorial work includes “Faces” at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, “I’m a Debaser” at the AMS Art Gallery, and “Post No Bills” at the Museum of Vancouver, in conjunction with “Hard Core Logo: Live” by Touchstone Theatre.
Brendan Albano is a visual and theatre artist interested in the intersections between the creation of audiences, objects and social spaces. Graduating from the UBC BFA in Visual Art program with a minor in Theatre, he received the University of BC Medal in Fine Art. Recent credits include performing with Theatre Skam at Hive 3 and directing “Our Time” for the Ignite! Youth Festival and “Feast!” for Hive the New Bees at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Recent exhibitions include “Playground” and “Tiny Parties” at the AMS Art Gallery, “Effects Become Causes” at the AHVA Library Gallery, and the UBC Visual Art grad show “How do you sleep with yourself?”
TICKETS: $10
Tickets can be purchased at http://www.vancouverfringe.com/ticket-information/
Audience capacity: 8
Performance length: 30 minutes
PHOTOS
View press photos at http://electricaldreamship.tumblr.com/post/8437224003/press-photos
Direct links to high resolution press photos:
- http://brendanalbano.com/storage/mrboathead/mr_boathead_brendan_albano_and_kate_barbaria_photo_by_brendan_albano.jpg
- http://brendanalbano.com/storage/mrboathead/mr_boathead_brendan_albano_photo_by_brendan_albano.jpg
- http://brendanalbano.com/storage/mrboathead/mr_boathead_kate_barbaria_photo_by_brendan_albano.jpg
Show site: http://electricaldreamship.tumblr.com
Contact Kate Barbaria at 604-441-3293 or katelynbarbaria@gmail.com for all media inquiries
Press photos for Mr. Boat-head’s Electrical Dream Ship! Photos by Brendan Albano. Contact Kate Barbaria at katelynbarbaria@gmail.com for all media inquiries.
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