Abstract:
Creating & Performing Pinang & Ayu: A Love Story
A Lesbian Shadow-Puppet Performance: I fell in love with wayang kulit (Indonesian shadow-puppet theater) in Jan
Mrázek’s art history class in 2003. This love led to my own performance, 6 years
later, as a graduate student at the University of Oregon. On May 7th, 2009 I
performed Pinang and Ayu: A Love Story, for my Folklore MA. The performance
was largely collaborative, as I was working with Gamelan Sari Pandhawa of
Eugene, OR, and I owe director Qehn considerable thanks for his guidance. The
creative and learning processes, and of course the performance itself, were
unforgettable experiences -- The Bailout Biennial (January 15 until April 15, 2009): How can and do we respond to the economic, political, and social world around us
as artists at a time of heightened frenzy and pending doom? Can art shed some
light on the current situation or poke some holes in the dull screen of it all?