This is an archive recording of the first 24 Hours 24 Artists broadcast. This 1 hr section features a film by Carmen Martínez and a live puppet show by Mina followed by a Q&A with the artists.
Sharon Bridgforth is the Lambda Award winning author of the bull-jean stories, and love conjure/blues. Both books are published by RedBone Press. Bridgforth has broken ground in ground in the creation and presentation of the performance/novel and in doing so has advanced the articulation of the Jazz aesthetic as it lives in theatre. She has developed a method of facilitating creative writing that she calls, Finding Voice. With the Finding Voice method Bridgforth mentors/and or facilitates writers through a creative process, encouraging them to use the page as a canvas; to use identity-culture-memory-family histories-dreams to articulate and examine the socio-political realities of their lives in a form that is part poetry, part oral history, part performance art; to examine their creative process; to work in community as they use art as a vehicle for social justice. Sharon has a unique voice that travels from the page to the stage to the soul. Her words transcend a specific form as it combines musicality and performance. Sharon Bridgforth has won numerous awards for her writings, her theater and her activism. For the 24 Hours 24 Artists project she will be presenting live selections from her new theatrical work delta dandi, which will premiere in Austin on January 9 and 10, 2009.
Rupert is a filmmaker who’s been working with mobile phones for a few years now. He set up twittervlog with the idea that he could shoot and edit on his Nokia N93 phone and then upload it directly to the internet, have it posted on his blog and have his twitter account announce it all in one shot. With that premise he’s been making some of my favorite work – capturing his frustration and joy as it happens. Here’s a sampling, playlist style, the way Rupert does it.
Scott Turner Schofield is a man who was a woman, a lesbian turned straight guy who is often called a fag. He has turned identity politics on its head with hilarity, TRANSgression, and great hair (a big reason why people think he is gay). Since 2001, Schofield’s three major works, “Underground Transit,” “Debutante Balls,” and “Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps” – as well as readings from his book, Two Truths and a Lie – have entertained feminists and fratboys, season subscribers and people who “don’t like theater” in big cities and small towns across the US. His performance work spreads empathy and education about gender identity and sexual orientation with shows that are as hilarious as they are touching, thought provoking, and beautifully performed. Almost entirely grassroots supported and the recipient of major mainstream honors, Scott’s is a simple complexity: one that must be engaged to be fully understood.
Btw…I have no idea what he will be doing for 24 Hours 24 Artists. What I do know is that he will make you think, make you laugh and make you feel.
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