Beginning on Wednesday, August 27 at 7:00pm and running continuously until Sunday, August 31 at midnight, KBOO will become a generator of altered states of consciousness as we do our best to shed the world of reason and rules and explore the Marvelous with a rich and wildly varied collection of material created locally, nationally and internationally over the almost 100 years since it all began. For more information, on the One hundred one hours of innumerable small events which may or may not be related to one another, please see the special page.
Wednesday
7p--CABARET VOLTage AIRwavEs: All of this weekend's participants plus any and all listeners are invited in to help create a mix of recreations of classic major Dada and Surrealist pieces, some originally presented at Cabaret Voltaire, Club Dada, and other Dada events from 1916-1924. Hear material written by Louis Aragon, Jean (Hans) Arp, Hugo Ball, Theo Van Doesburg, Man Ray, Harold Rosenberg, Jacques Rigaut, Philip Soupault, Tristan Tzara and Jacques Vache. There will be six primary speaking parts but 273 lines will be determined by lot to divide amongst any who arrive at KBOO studios, 20 S.E. 8th by 6p sharp on the day of performance to get your lines.
9p—More Live Performance. As we go to press the exact volume of the Cabaret is still undetermined and might run past 9p. But the finish of the Cabaret will be followed by what we hope will be a series of duets of reader/musician combinations. At this point Jessie Isaac is schedule to perform on flute to readings of A Day in the Life of a Musician by Eric Satie read by Richard Francis and Euthanasia by Marianne Van Hirtum read by Barbara Tilche who will be performing all of the voices in the piece.
10p—Antonin Artaud. KBOO's own Walt Curtis gives a presentation on Artaud and gives a reading of Artaud's Shit to the Spirit.
11p—Naughty Bits: The Beard. A play by Michael McClure, arguably the most controversial play of the 1960s, in which a quick tempered Billy the Kid meets up with baby-faced Jean Harlow and their confrontation presents McClure's notions of human beings as sex-obsessed bags of meat. Directed by Grace Hague and starring Jennifer Robin and Jeff Kipilman.