Join Artistic Director Rachel Cook for an introduction to and evolution of 18/19 Artists-in-Residence Tim Smith-Stewart and Jeffrey Azevedo's project Salvage Rituals hosted by The Cloud Room and On the Boards [May 6, 6:30PM PST].
This event is free with pre-registration! RSVP HERE and you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Tim Smith-Stewart is a queer interdisciplinary artist who uses text as his primary medium for creating installations and performances. He was recently a resident artist in the spring 2018 PICA Creative Exchange Lab cohort.
Jeffrey Azevedo is a Seattle-based theater artist and the managing director of Washington Ensemble Theatre. As an actor Azevedo has performed in the Washington Ensemble Theatre’s productions of Cherdonna’s Doll’s House, The Things Are Against Us, and Teh Internet is Serious Business. He holds degrees in Theater Arts and Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
In 2017, Smith-Stewart and Azevedo premiered Awaiting Oblivion... at On the Boards and The Perpetual Insurrection of Claude Cahun at the Henry Art Gallery. They have also presented performances at On the Boards' NW New Works Festival, Risk/Reward (Portland), Velocity Dance Center, and Fresh Oysters Performance Research (Minneapolis), as well as installations at New Tomorrow, Erasure (curated by Lion’s Main Art Collective), and the Lofi Arts Festival. From 2010-2013 they co-created The Eternal Glow Project—a four part performance/installation which premiered work at The Seattle Center Next50, OtB's NW New Works Festival, and the Lofi Arts Festival.
ABOUT SALVAGE RITUALS
Salvage Rituals invites the audience into the first iteration of an ongoing community practice and dance party. Born from a private ritual to mourn friends very much alive but lost to unsupported neurodivergence and addiction, Salvage Rituals is interested in the potential of communal ritual intersecting with DIY engineering as an embodied practice of mutualism/mutual aid. A rigorous movement score takes place on a hexagonal platform constructed of piezoelectric tiles, which transforms the mechanical stress from the performers' bodies into electrical current, actively powering the stage lights.
Performers/collaborators include Alyza DelPan-Monley, Sophie Franco, Alice Gosti, Alexandra Harding, Erin McCarthy, Stefan Richmond, Charles Smith-Stewart, and Paul Smith-Stewart. The performance culminates in a dance party featuring DJ Alice.
ABOUT ON THE BOARDS
As one of the leading organizations of their size and focus in the United States, On the Boards produces unique performance projects by leading artists and creates one-of-a-kind experiences for our audiences.
On the Boards make significant investments in the performing arts community to help increase the quality of new work created. On the Boards contributes to the vitality of arts and culture in our region by helping launch and continue the careers of some of its most promising artists while growing audiences for experimental performance.