The intersecting work of John Cage, Merce Cunningham,
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Marcel Duchamp
explored the collision between chance, collaboration,
and often the game of chess. Join the septet Morricone
Youth for an interactive musical and dance performance
generated by a chess game played by the audience. The
chess game will determine the musical progression of the
concert and the movements of the dancers. Matthew Caron and Rebecca Gaffney will create spontaneous visual
juxtapositions for each move on the chess board using an array of live
cameras, prepared video clips and "ready made" objects curated in the
spirit of Marcel Duchamp.
This program
is offered in conjunction with the exhibition
Dancing around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp, on view October 30, 2012–January
21, 2013. Two time American Women’s Chess Champion Jennifer Shahade will emcee.