31DOWN radio theater
ASSEMBER DILATOR
PERFORMANCE:  Oct 16th 8PM FREE!
THE ONTOLOGICAL THEATER at ST MARK'S CHURCH
131 E. 10th St.  at 2nd Ave.

Presented by free103point9 Transmission Arts, in association with The Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR

31DOWN's ASSEMBER DILATOR
Starring Caitlin McDonough-Thayer
Featuring the work of Ryan Holsopple, Shannon Sindelar, Mirit Tal, Jon Luton, Andreea Mincic, TaraFawn Marek.

also performing

DJ DIZZY
JAPANTHER Poppy Dance Punk!
KILLER DREAMER Raw LA Punk.

SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED--ARRIVE EARLY!

Assember Dilator
PERFORMANCE:  June 20,  21 8PM $10
Bushwick Starr

207 Starr St. Brooklyn, NY

ASSEMBER DILATOR is A loud work in progress with Caitlin McDonough Thayer and Mike Sharpie.
Featuring the work of Shannon Sindelar, Mirit Tal, Jon Luton, Andreea Mincic, TaraFawn and Benjamin Brown.

31 Down creates moody, audio-based imagistic work infused with obsession, voyeurism, time and ingenuity; covering such topics as surveillance, privacy, invention and innovation; telepathy, radio, television, the Internet and mass media; sanity, delusions and the last days and thoughts of people’s lives.

This past year, as part of the Digital Performance Institute and Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre’s Artists Residency Theatre, 31Down Radio Theatre spent 2 months developing the show “Universal Robots” at the DPI multi-use workshop space. One of 31Down’s goals was to build an interactive performance environment where the performers are in control of the stage, which means that they control all the technology. In theatre, ‘tech” usually means lights, sound, and set, but 31Down takes theatre technology up a notch with its performer controlled sensor/computer systems and projected set and performers. In this particular piece, “Universal Robots”, 31Down worked towards a unique goal: to run an (almost) robotic performance. “Universal Robots” is based on RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots), but also incorporates a mixed-in storyline of the brothers Karel and Josef Capek, who wrote and created RUR, experience of World War II.

Karel Capek is most known for his authorship of books that dealt with the fear of social disasters and dictatorships, and when World War II began, refused to leave Czechoslovakia. His brother, Josef Capek was also a writer, and frequently wrote alongside Karel. Together, they contrived the term “robot”, coming from the word “robota”, which in the Czech language means “forced labor”. Josef Capek was captured and later died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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http://31down.org/upcoming.html
PERFORMANCE: June 28 - July 7 8PM $17
($12 student)
At the Ontological Theater at St. Mark’s Church
131 East 10th Street, NYC

DPI residents 31 Down Radio Theater presents Universal Robots


Loud music, cool air conditioning, humans struggling with the
impending doom of ROBOTS taking over the world…
what more could you want?

31 Down returns this summer with a hypnotic sound and image collage
inspired by the lives and works of the Brothers Capek, who coined the
term robot in the 1920s with their famous science-fiction play, R.U.R.

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS examines the role of technology’s advancement in a
modern day society in search of utopia. The play fuses dark
foreshadowing excerpts from R.U.R. with several other works from the
canon of Karel and Josef Capek and the last year of their lives.

The company includes the work and assistance of Ryan Holsopple, Mirit
Tal, Shannon Sindelar, Jon Luton, Shauna Kelly, Thom Sibbitt, Jonathan
Valuckas, Kelly Tuohy, Justin Tolley, Mike Radosta, Tara Fawn,
Benjamin Brown and DJ Mendel.

see also satellites.learningworlds.com

http://31down.org/performances/CanalStreet.html
Now - October 31

31 Down presents a public interactive artwork that you will may walk by every day without even noticing.

31 Down Radio Theater’s interactive telephone mystery set in the corridors of the Canal Street Subway Station for the NQRW, 6 and JMZ trains.

From ANY public pay phone in Canal Street Station inside of the turnstiles call this TOLL FREE number to begin:

1-877-OR-WHAT-31

1-877-679-4283

http://www.free103point9.org/event.php?eventID=1027
INSTALATION: February 24, 2007 4:33PM
Free 45 Minutes
Gigantic ArtSpace
59 Franklin St.
Manhattan, New York 10013

A live performance installation featuring: Kelly Tuohy, Stephanie Silver,
Mario Quesada, Frank Boudreaux and Mike Sharpie; I used to be curious
[silence],
voyeuristically folds the
politics of sub-titles, answering machines and food.
created by Ryan Holsopple, Shannon Sindelar and Mirit Tal.