Composer Spotlight
Curtis Taylor
Abstract Change Pleasure
Wed., Feb. 10 @ 7:30pm
Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle
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Curtis Taylor will present two short music films and a brief lecture on, variously, the incompatible vocabularies of cinema and opera, the compatible vocabularies of cinema and automobiles, and a mystery in music that cannot be penetrated.
Curtis Taylor is a narrative filmmaker. In Seattle he operated the underground theater Vodvil from 1996 to 2006, and under these auspices created original folk operas, cabarets, recitals and sound art installations. His recent work has combined mannered musical languages (murder ballads, sacred choir and opera) with historic stage traditions (ballet, vaudeville and burlesque) to consider themes of art, life and time. He is currently in residency at New City Theater in Seattle, at work on a project that explores flying dreams and suicide.
Supporters
Jack Straw Productions gratefully acknowledges The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4Culture King County Lodging Tax Fund, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, PONCHO, ArtsFund, Seattle Foundation, and individual contributors for their support of Jack Straw Artist Programs.