Half Life
The BodyCartography Project

2010. Costume and set design in collaboration with Otto Ramstad and Olive Bieringa.

½ Life investigates the survival of the body amidst a world of scientific research, data, and control. The performance hovers geographically at the edges of the Pacific Ocean - connecting nuclear super power USA, atomic survivor Japan and nuclear free New Zealand.

Co-creators: Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad
Composer:Zeena Parkins
Lighting: Heidi Eckwall
Physicist: Bryce Beverlin II
Performers: Takemi Kitamura, Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad
Critical Mass: Sinan Goknur, Andrea Zimmerman, Becky Olson, Sophie Rog, Taja Will, Jennifer Arave, Romina Takimoto, Kimberly Lesik, Emma Rainwater, Melissa Birch, Laressa Dickey, Nick LeMere Kimberly Lesik, Emma Rainwater, Melissa Guerrero, Sharon Mansur and Laura Grant


Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. December10-19, 2009

The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 28-31, 2010

PS122, New York, New York. February 11-14, 2010

For more information please see: http://www.bodycartography.org/

Photos by Otto Ramstad, Olive Bieringa, Sean Smuda


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