ENTER: Week 5
Madeline Best & Brian Rogers, Tei Blow, keyon gaskin, Dynasty Handbag, Annie-B Parson

From our homes we press ENTER to view new works, new artistic forms, which aim to constitute a kind of artistic digital time-capsule; a ray of hope for the artistic world which has been hit hard, yet another proof that we are not alone. The Chocolate Factory Theater, a strong voice in New York City supporting awareness of the power of the arts, has been assigned by the Onassis Foundation to curate this week’s works.

The works will be available from Monday, 25 May: Lighting designer and director of production of The Chocolate Factory Theater, Madeline Best, along with director, film maker, and artistic director of The Chocolate Factory Theater, Brian Rogers, explore how the end of the world can be so boring in “4 Fixations”. In “Essays in Idleness”, performer and designer Tei Blow revisits the work “The Tsurezuregusa” by Yoshida Kenkô, immersing us into the world of the Zen monk and poet, while his house transforms into a scenic space. keyon gaskin’s “How to Get Away With Westworld” comments on the way we can deal with the Western world. Performer, video artist, and actress Dynasty Handbag gets ready for an invisible destruction in “Untitled Emergency!”. Choreographer and artistic director of Big Dance Theater, Annie-B Parson, deconstructs all that we have been required to do in terms of the body in order to prevent the spread of the disease in “6'".