WALLY CARDONA
with JONATHAN BEPLER
a plump single-color bulb, or a dance NOV 14-16, 2024
Life is tenuous.
But beautiful.
And predictable.
Yet not.
These performances of a plump single-color bulb, or a dance are dedicated to Georgiana Pickett.
Dance, setting & performance: Wally Cardona Music & performance:Jonathan Bepler
Lighting: Thomas Dunn
November 15 Stay
Late Conversation moderated by Matthew Barney
SPECIAL THANKS
Much gratitude to Bill T.Jones,Janet Wong, Kyle Maude and each and every person at New York Live Arts for being so pleasant and supportive throughoutthe process, and Isabella Achenbach, Matthew Barney, DD Dorvillier, Daqi Fang, Carla Fazio, Fondation Cartier,Jade Archuleta-Gans, Colin Gee, Blake Hiltunen,Jett 3D,Julian Henri Louie, Finn McMurray, Isabel P. Roberts, Pam Tanowitz, David Thomson, Rahel Vonmoos, Cathy Weis, Chikako Yamauchi and Ain Gordon.
FUNDING
Wally Cardona is a 2023 – 2025 Live Feed Residency Artist at New York Live Arts.
a plump single-color bulb, or a dance is a production of WCV, Inc., a 501c3 not-for-profit organization committed to the creation of new work, underthe artistic direction of Wally Cardona. All contributions to WCV, Inc., are tax-deductible to the full extent ofthe law. WCV, Inc., 175 Prospect Park SW #2A, Brooklyn, New York 11218.
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Biographies
Wally Cardona
After many years of creating works that demanded highly controlled conditions in orderto be made, choreographer Wally Cardona’s current process is one of softly undoing, initiating intimate collaborations where ways of doing can mutate in proximity to others.
Choreographic works range from The Set Up: Island Ghost Sleep Princess Time Story Show, a 7- part dance made overthe course of six years with dance artists from France, Bali,Java, Cambodia, Myanmar,Okinawa, France and India;to TOOL IS LOOT,resulting from games of aesthetic disorientation, made with Jennifer Lacey and Jonathan Bepler; Interventions 1-7, made from encounters between Cardona and the requests and opinions of a sommelier, astrophysicist, architect, social activist, among others; Really Real, a “people piece”for100 individuals, including new music by Phil Kline performed by the full Brooklyn Youth Chorus; A Light Conversation, a physical dialogue on aesthetics vs. ethics, love, commitment and sacrifice, made with choreographer Rahel Vonmoos; Site, a craft-work for wood, paper,tape and the Capital High School Band of Helena, MT; and Everywhere, a work forfive dancers, 400 columns and 50 boomboxes.
Honors include a Bessie
Award, a Guggenheim
Fellowship, a NYFA
Fellowship, an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, an inaugural Doris Duke Artist Award, a six-year LMCC Extended Life Residency, a Danspace
Project/Robert Rauschenberg Captiva Project Residency, and a Krannert Center Reflective Time Residency. As a performer, he has appeared in multiple works by Ralph Lemon, David Gordon and Deborah Hay and in
Matthew Barney’s film, Secondary. Current work in developmentincludes TIMES FOUR/David Gordon: as seen, read and imagined, a rendering of Gordon’s Times
Jonathan Bepler
Jonathan Bepleris a composer who collaborates often with artists, choreographers and filmmakers, and enjoys working across disciplines, as well as making improvised and pre- composed music. Much of his work has been in the context of close collaborations with artist Matthew Barney, including many films and performances,from 1994 to 2024.
His concert music includes works forthe Ensemble Modern, the Glenn Branca Ensemble,the Basel Sinfonietta, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de
Radio France. He has collaborated with choreographers including DD Dorvillier,John Jasperse
(California, Within Between), Sasha Waltz (S, Gezeiten), Jennifer Lacey (This is an Epic, Mhmmm, and Les Assistantes), and Wally Cardona (Tool is Loot, GIVEN in The Black Box). Collaborations with Cardona also include several extensive working periods in Southeast Asia forthe making of The Set Up: Island Ghost Sleep Princess Time Story Show.
Thomas Dunn
Thomas Dunn designs lighting throughoutthe US and abroad. Thomas’ approach to lighting stems from years of
investigative work with light, treating it as both a sculptural medium and a facet of stage design. Selected design credits include works with JoAnne Akalaitis,Jonathan Bepler, Wally Cardona, Steve Cosson, Annie Dorsen, DD Dorvillier, Daniel Fish, Beth Gill, Trajal Harrell, Ted Hearne,Jennifer Lacey, Noémie Lafrance, David Levine, Molly Lieber,Ong Keng Sen, Zeena Parkins, Tina Satter,Jay Scheib, Eleanor Smith and Muna Tseng. Thomas is the recipient of a Kevin Kline Award for
Outstanding Lighting Design, The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as well as a Bessie Design Award, Nottthing Is Importanttt, DD Dorvillier/human future
dance corps. Thomas teaches scenic and lighting design at Auburn University.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney is a globally celebrated artist known for his broad-ranging practice
encompassing film, performance, sculpture, photography, and drawing.
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