obsessed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8ZJrfeohzU&feature=share

from harvard

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vHoDiki1PRxgM-5IqE9uqpGmiAP2v1jYe9gWzEzqQf0/edit

and then

http://jezebel.com/5867232/

incredible video with really interesting ideas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCvX2N-RoEg&feature=share

beautiful photographs for the day

http://www.flickr.com//photos/rustycosworth/sets/72157626697022525/show/

two interesting takes on opera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bxnltke6KY&feature=related

Wozzeck Frankfurt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqekMbPqwR8

some photos from my last show

Click on the first set of links!

http://www.bu.edu/bpt/press-photos.html

this is beautiful

http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/16/the-past-and-present-of-alzheimers-patients/?hpt=hp_c1

if you arent reading this...

...you should be!

http://theaterinthenow.blogspot.com/

i like this concept for a lighting backdrop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWN04reRzIs

what can cat videos do for my business??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOQw96cfyE&sns=fb

interesting thoughts for the day

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/13/opinion/greene-google-kodak/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

management is

 “getting things done through people.”

change of scenery

http://www.desicolours.com/is-there-anything-cuter-than-this/04/02/2009

absolutely AMAZING chinese artist!

Li Wei

SCALE

WATCH THIS

kowloon

intense
http://www.archidose.org/KWC/Main.html

image of the day and other things

  also, I am thinking about investigating this group:
Beautiful Soup Collective

thoughts?

This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

swaying columns!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eodpu8uovRI&feature=relmfu

2 billion

here's a shout out to the biebz!

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/01/justin-bieber-sets-youtube-record/?&hpt=hp_c2

check this out!

http://youarebananas.tumblr.com/post/10388382826

come see "The River Was Whiskey" at Boston Playwrights!

just a fun shot from the tech tonight:

make your own stars!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/urban-stargazing-london-oscar-lhermitte.php

i want to do this

class

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/10/colour-photographs-of-fashion-and-cars-1950s-by-john-rawlings/

im into this

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

kodachrome

Las Vegas 1962 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo.

The River Was Whiskey

This week I am doing a show at Boston Playwrights' Theatre with Jim Petosa, The River Was Whiskey.  Here's a nice photo from our notes call this morning..

some inspiration for the ladies out there...

http://www.cracked.com/article_19478_5-real-princesses-too-badass-disney-movies_p2.html

every space program does need a dream

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/science/space/18starship.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1318894162-UFPLxfVfgLF6GRRFGvt6kg

two beautiful things for today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIeUlvHAiM&ob=av2e


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNo07Xp8aQ&ob=av2e

come see my show!!

The Argument

presented by Interrobang Theatre Company
Viaduct Theatre
Chicago, IL

Oct 6- Nov 6

lovely

red tide

incredibly interesting photography project...

http://infograficos.estadao.com.br/que_imagem_voce_levaria_para_marte/?lang=br

obsessed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4mBG17NdVw

id like this

http://www.zoffany.com/pages/products/products_wallpapers-detail/nureyev1/1/

interesting link

http://vimeo.com/27376376

check out my friend's acting studio!!

STUDIO

watch a video here

upcoming work

Hold, Music gets an IT award nomination!

Check it out! 

2011 Innovative Theatre Award Nominations

a look i love

http://secrettheatre.com/images/marat_basement.png

image from the secret theatre.  check them out!  http://secrettheatre.com/facilities.html

AMAZING opera on the lake

check out this beautiful and awe-inspiring opera on a lake!


  outdoor-opera-on-the-lake-stages-of-bregenz

cool festival in NYC

definitely going to try to do this next year!!!

Bring To Light NYC

cool sculpture idea

http://io9.com/5822719/this-anamorphic-medusa-painting-is-the-coolest-thing-youll-see-all-day

NDPR and new portfolio pages

Tomorrow morning at 8 am, I head out on Amtrak to NYC, where I will be showing at the National Design Portfolio Review this weekend, along with other graduating MFA design students from across the country.  Come to the Bohemian National Hall this weekend and see art!!


In honor of my last review of the year, I have added Hedda to my portfolio--check it out!

really cool art

ryoji_ikeda

Light and Power

some fun photos from the opera that i've been working on...

chorus, featuring the LED arms that I made

LINK to other photos: http://www.cayugastrat.com/photo/clients/lnp/content/index.html

photos courtesy of Juventas New Music Ensemble and Keith Collier.

HEDDA GABLER

stunning photo work

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1fu9bs/www.designfloat.com/blog/2011/04/25/wwii-photo-sergey-larenkov/

another reason to come see hedda!

"The excursion train is leaving..." - you better be on it! HEDDA GABLER May 6-13, Boston University Theatre. http://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/production.aspx?id=9845&src=t

come see HEDDA!

ticket information

hedda begins!

here are some lovely pictures of the load-in process for HEDDA GABLER

fun with mirrors

dream play update

mark has seen my thesis!! and it's almost time for other people to see it too! COME SEE DREAM PLAY!!!

dream play tech

the last 3 days have been spent in 210--hanging, focusing, moving scenery...and it's almost time!!

come see dream play!!

if there were money...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/75-abandoned-theaters-from-around-the-usa

heathersby heist tech begins!

last night, we started teching The Great Heathersby Heist--a new musical by Brian Tuttle and Erin Murry and also the first musical that 11:11 has ever done. The story is loosely based on the Gardner Museum heist in 1990. (Read about that HERE.) Our show is definitely a comic undertaking however--complete with a chorus of biddies! It is absolutely fabulous--so funny and so cute. The music is great, the book is great, the acting is great...tech has been an incredibly fun process so far.
This is the first musical that I have done since Factory Girls in 2009 and I have so enjoyed being back in that environment. I hope yall all come! Find Ticket Info HERE

dream play: a graduate thesis project

I am pleased to invite everyone to my thesis, which will be happening very shortly here at Boston University's Studio 210. Come one, come all!

"It's not real but maybe it's more than real. It's dreaming while you're awake."

Join me in a study of light and emotion as part of my graduate thesis project at Boston University. Come explore a visual and emotional landscape inspired by August Strindberg's A Dream Play. Performances run about 7 minutes and are individual experiences-- email me for an appointment during show times!


dream play

boston university lane-comley studio 210

april 14th-16th 7:30-10:30 pm
april 15-16th 2:00-5:00 pm


INFO HERE

hedda gabler develops

the scene designer, director and i have been having what we call our "moments" meetings--basically sitting with the model and physically going through the show to make sure we understand all the parts and possibilities of this play. here's what we have to show for it so far. (this show is going to be so pretty!!)

the icebook

my friend posted this link on her facebook--I couldn't resist showing it to everyone. the things that this couple can do with light and paper are absolutely amazing.

The Ice Book (HD) from Davy and Kristin McGuire on Vimeo.

lighting experiments for Hedda begin!

Hold, Music review

Excellent review for Hold, Music

READ HERE


Come see the show! Weekends as part of the Culture Project's Women Centerstage Festival @ The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St, NYC

my YDT USITT exhibit

more Hold, Music photos

photos by Hunter Canning

Hold, Music sneak peak!

Hold, Music opens tomorrow night at 8 pm at the Living Theatre (21 Clinton St, NYC). (Photos by Hunter Canning)

Come see this awesome work of theatre magic!

BU InCite video

One of the undergraduates in our department has posted the video that BU is showing at USITT and our InCite festival in NYC.  There are some great pictures of Good in the middle!

watch here

hedda gabler set update

article!

BU CFA News

really nice article about my USITT award!

thesis inspiration

Trevor Martin (wonderful projection designer) sent me this.

7 Lights

This is totally on the right track for what I am trying to achieve with my thesis!

hold, music UPDATE/new york is cool

 i had a chance to go down to NYC and check out the model and the space for Hold, Music over Valentine's day.  Very excited about making this show happen!

ALSO:

i would love to do an installation HERE

great article about Hold, Music

spotlight on Calla, the director

buy tickets to the show! 

thesis introduction

So: it's time to introduce my thesis.  In a nutshell, I am presenting a lighting exploration of Strindberg's A dream play, which is one of my favorite plays of all time and full of really exciting imagery and craziness.  While the actual thesis will be presented in mid-April, I am workshopping some ideas with audience at the end of this month (scary thought!) in several venues, which is really great since I am trying to create narrative/experience/emotion through only light (no scenery, costumes, props, actors or sound).  In Strindberg's story, a girl named Agnes comes down to Earth to discover what being human is like.  She journeys through various senarios, all in a dream-like fashion: time and place are extremely fluid and people come and go as they are necessary.  I am currently in the process of finding the specific narrative within the material that I want to tell. 

That being said, I have started really looking into how we visualize our dreams: what do you SEE when you dream? I have begun to write down my own dreams in the morning, hoping to have a better understanding of how we assign relationships and importance visually in our dreams.  I've also been asking anyone and everyone to tell me a little bit about what they see when they dream.  If you are interested in contributing to my non-visual visual research (hehe!), then please consider completing this survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/59WMBMF

I have also begun to explore other people's visual representations of dreams and dream-like states.  In particular, my advisor suggested that I go back and watch Fantasia and the like.  (I've been looking at Disney, Miyazaki, Kurosawa, Dali.....anymore thoughts?)  Here are some highlights from that process so far: 

Seem interesting?  I sure think so!  More to come, but if you are in Boston and interested in coming to see a few experiments, please let me know!  I am super excited about this project and it's ability to  challenge me to think about light in a different way.

the ballerina project

i post this simply because its beautiful.

http://ballerinaproject.tumblr.com/

design-your-own

make your own lamp!

pick the type, the colors, the artwork, what have you!  i am SO tempted.

also, art has a place in the awesomest places

HOLD, Music

I just wanted post this link to the newest PEGLEG project--I am very much looking forward to the collaboration: it's the old team back again! Plus, new handheld objects, awesome sounds and projections and....FLYING practicals!

the show features a character who hears music in his head and can't get rid of it or place it. very neat stuff.

HOLD, MUSIC

remember those plates I posted a while back....??

WELL!!

i won the lighting award!

james clar

James is a visual artist who works a lot with light and its interactions with other media. very awesome

CHECK him out

i dont often wander into costume land....

but i just CANT get enough of THIS

LED, anyone?

Supposedly, looks like an incandescent. And dims.

Cree LED bulb

first look at the master forger

some pictures from Q2Q today. it's gonna be so awesome!

SEE THE MASTER FORGER



picture courtesy of Gary Slootskiy

practical that we found

lighting/painting/picture-taking

my friend posted this link.

STUNNING

warning: there is very loud music that plays with the slideshow

"projections of light"

this is incredible

Jonsi time lapse of the concert

workshopping hedda gabler

My final show as a graduate student at Boston University will be a production of Hedda Gabler, held on the Mainstage/Boston University Theatre in May. We are most of the production team from diventare (with some exciting new additions) and we are bringing the fun collaborative/workshop style to this show that we discovered working together last year. Last week, we had a four day workshop for Hedda--exploring space and text together and developing a visual vocabulary for the show. I took video--there is no lighting, but it's pretty cool to watch and certainly was immensely helpful to the entire production team in figuring out what this play wants to be.

laughter is good medicine

for the love of jules fisher

lighting fixtures are beautiful

I was given this catalogue a while ago and just today went online to find their store. Amazing.

Rejuvenation Lighting

I particularly like their Restored Antiques section. Check out this awesome lamp!

starry starry night

i have never been to nyc during the holidays before--and when i was there this past week i got to see all the awesome christmas and new years lighting all over the city. i found these stars in the columbus circle mall. they were synced to orchestral christmas music.

you can watch a video HERE