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Photo Courtesy of the Artist
Reid Farrington
Dickens: The Unparalleled Necromancer
6.00PM | Elebash Hall
"What beauty there is in Mr. Farrington’s work.” - New York Times
Over 70 films have been adapted from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. No other story has had as many interpretations into film. Drawing from the this body of work and social commentary about the story, Farrington will collage together a new version that brings the cinematic world of film alive on stage.
Artists Involved:
Reid Farrington - The Director
Neil Alexander - The Magician
Laura K. Nicoll - The Assistant
Synge Maher - The Dramaturge
Paulina Jurzec - The Video
Reid Farrington is a new media artist, director and designer based in New York City. His directorial debut was THE PASSION PROJECT, which premiered at the PS/K2 festival in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2007. Gin & “It” his second theater piece premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2010. He worked as a video artist for The Wooster Group in New York City from 2001 to 2008 and designed video and created hardware and software systems for the integration of video and sound for six of the company’s productions: To You, the Birdie!, Brace Up!, Poor Theater, House/Lights, WHO’S YOUR DADA?!, and Hamlet. He has toured internationally with his work and five of The Wooster Group’s productions. He has toured productions to Copenhagen, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Brussels, Athens, Vancouver, and Columbus, OH. He has held creative residencies at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, and the 3LD Art & Technology Center. reidfarrington.com
Upcoming:
Residency at the Henry Street Settlement's Abrons Art Center running an educational program developing the video elements for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
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