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New York Premiere of Palladio: an Interactive Movie about Lust,
Greed, Art, and Advertising - By Ben Neill and Bill Jones
Composer Ben Neill and media artist Bill Jones premiere Palladio, an
interactive movie with musicians and video mixed live.
www.palladiomovie.com
(PRWEB) February 14, 2005 -- Palladio
By Ben Neill and Bill Jones
adapted from the novel by Jonathan Dee
www.palladiomovie.com
NEW YORK PREMIERE
FRIDAY MARCH 4th and
SATURDAY MARCH 5th, at 8:30pm
SYMPHONY SPACE
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
212.864.5400
to 96th Street
Tickets: $21; Members $16; Seniors/Students $18
6TIX! - Only $18 each
RUSH - $10 Rush Tickets at the door at 6:30, 2 per person, cash
only.
Brought to you by Green Beet Productions http://www.greenbeet.com
and First Pulse Projects, Inc. http://www.firstpulseprojects.net
PALLADIO
Premiering at the New Territories Festival 2005 in Glasgow,
Scotland, February 12, 2005 and The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at
Symphony Space, New York City March 4-5, 2005
Artistic passion and commercial greed collide in a new digitally
created narrative/performance format that fluidly mixes sampled
commercials, live action cinematic drama, and live music. Palladio
asks the question, "In a world where the line between culture
and commerce is increasingly blurred, can you really sell out
anymore?" Based on the 1998 novel Palladio by New York Times
Magazine writer Jonathan Dee, Neill and Jones’ new media
performance work tells the story of an unlikely romantic triangle
set against the backdrop of the often conflicting worlds of music,
art and advertising.
Coming out of the world of DJ/VJ culture, Neill and Jones' networked
instrumental ensemble plays the video and music simultaneously. The
musical score includes Neill's evocative instrumental compositions
as well as songs with lyrics written by Lance Jensen, the award
winning advertising creative director. Mikel Rouse, a noted
composer/performer and creator of the TV talk show opera Dennis
Cleveland plays a leading role as an actor and singer.
Palladio's video component, projected onto a movie theater screen,
includes commercial samples seamlessly merged with live-action
footage as the lead characters played by Rouse, Zoe Lister-Jones and
Cort Garretson are digitally transported into an environment created
from the ads portrayed in the story.
Ben Neill, internationally known composer, performer and inventor of
the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument, has been a
pioneer in the use of interactive computer technologies in live
performance. Neill’s music has been recorded on Six Degrees,
Universal/ Verve, and Astralwerks. Visual artist Bill Jones has been
exhibiting in galleries and museums for over two decades. He is also
a noted writer and editor who has founded a number of periodicals
including The Independent Film and Video Monthly and ArtByte the
Magazine of Digital Culture.
Neill and Jones have collaborated on performance works and
exhibitions since 1996. Their previous projects have been presented
in festivals, concert halls, clubs, galleries and museums
internationally. Palladio expands the techniques they have been
successfully developing together in the context of DJ/VJ culture
into a full-length cinematic and dramatic work.
Contact: Zachary Hastings Hooper, The Rosen Group, 212.255.8455
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