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GAZA LOVE by Kyle Goen
Physical Plastic Joins Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
In solidarity with the people of Palestine, Physical Plastic joins our fellow theater artists in the international call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and complies with the guidelines of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
May 17, 2024 She was at On Bodies Festival
Dancehouse Lefkosia presents our new work-in-progress as part of its international On Bodies Festival, May 17-19 2024.
She was is a hybrid musical performance by Physical Plastic in collaboration with butoh dancer Aneesha. Where artistic urgency veers into self-destruction, She was reflects on the complexity of pedagogy and mentorship—the loss, or merging, of personal identity, the price of perfection, and the role of intimate and communal care. At the intersection of Eastern and Western conceptualizations of art, devotion and spiritual practice, we dive into perilous gaps in understanding and the student-master bond. We make a ritual of our grief over friends lost, and attempt a gesture towards collective healing.
String Games Release
Now available for purchase on Bandcamp!
From the sound-theatre performance Touch(ed), the pop track String Games is inspired by folkloric tales of nefarious female spirits who seduce mortal boys through play. Its composition and some of the lyrics borrow from the song Gravity by “womb pop” musical artist They/Live—a reference to singer Leah’s personal experiences of intimacy and gender bias in the field of performance.
April 4, 2024 Touch(ed) at Rialto
Rialto Theatre, Limassol, will present Touch(ed) as part of its 2024 FlashArt program.
Touch(ed) is a solo performance using autobiographical events to confront gender bias and cultural ideals around intimacy—in life, in art-making, and in dance itself. The artists ask how art can be a vehicle for transgressive ideals which prove difficult to uphold in real life, pointing to “slut-shaming” and the Madonna-whore dichotomy as a cultural mythology propagated in art and life alike—a status quo which hardly serves the de-sexualized mother-artist.
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March 26, 2023 An Evening of Interdisciplinary Vocal Performance
ARTos Cultural and Research House presents Los Angeles based composer and vocalist Odeya Nini and sound-theatre duo Physical Plastic in An Evening of Interdisciplinary Vocal Performance.
A Solo Voice, composed and performed by Odeya Nini, is an investigation of resonance, extended vocal techniques, performance, and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body and the various landscapes it can yield. The work is a series of malleable compositions and improvisations aiming to dissociate the voice from its traditional attributes and create a new logic of song that is not only heard but seen through movement and action. Odeya will be performing pieces from her recently released album Ode, recognized as a notable recording of 2022 by The New Yorker Magazine.
In Lullaby for a traveller, composer Yiannis Christofides reworks texts from Physical Plastic’s experimental theatre work ALARM, presented in Los Angeles by REDCAT Studio, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (2017) and Los Angeles Nomadic Division (2018). Using security alarms and the ancient Greek Sirens as points of departure, the work questions boundaries, ownership and power as observed both locally and in the geopolitical scene—performing ideas of need, limit and transgression and implicating us in questions of difference, desire, and law. Lullaby for a traveller responds to the rapid gentrification of our migrant neighborhood, while contemplating freedom of movement as an ideal in the face of forced displacement. Development took place in residency at The Watermill Center with the support of New Music USA.