EVE
Friday, December 18, 2009
Blog entry by Ambrea Kuhn, The Leonardo's Intern
Highlights include a battle of the tribute bands, with echoes of The Beatles, Nirvana, and KISS. And "eBay It Forward" allows folks to re-gift items to charity. The gifts, along with the story of why the item was important to you, will be collected at the Gateway, and proceeds will be donated to Family Promise, a program that assists homeless families.
EVE organizers have mapped out alternate transportation to the festival, spots to stay the night, and multiple ways to buy tickets. And Salt Lake City will still ring in 2010 the old-fashioned way -- with a giant fireworks display at Gallivan Center. See you there!
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EVE organizers have mapped out alternate transportation to the festival, spots to stay the night, and multiple ways to buy tickets. And Salt Lake City will still ring in 2010 the old-fashioned way -- with a giant fireworks display at Gallivan Center. See you there!
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The Artys
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Leonardo is thrilled to be up for two Artys from the City Weekly this year -- the first is to vote for BODY WORLDS 3 as the best traveling exhibit of 2008, and the second is to vote for The Leonardo-sponsored play, "di Esperienza," as best original play.
In case you need a recap, here's our BODY WORLDS site, complete with a run-down of the exhibit, the programs and events we ran concurrent with the exhibit, and all your favorite imagery from the world-class exhibit.
"di Esperienza" was commissioned by The Leonardo and produced by Plan B Theatre Company this spring. In the play, three of Leonardo da Vinci's famous artworks confront him at the end of his life. Matthew Ivan Bennett wrote the piece, and here's a little more information about his work from Salt Lake Magazine:
Vote before August 24, and we'll share the good news of our awards (fingers crossed!) with you!
Wicked busy
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I just wanted to point out the great crowds in downtown Salt Lake City lately:
This was the scene outside the Capital Theater on 200 South last week. It's been great to have crowds roaming the downtown streets for "Wicked" -- we hope it keeps up after the production leaves town. (A thriving downtown will ultimately make for a healthy Leonardo!)
Meanwhile, we're off to Philadelphia for the AAM conference and four days of meeting sessions, friendly meet-and-greets, and exhibition halls. See you in Philly!
Waves of Mu
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Amy Caron's "Waves of Mu" is a great example of what The Leonardo loves -- Caron perfectly translated the science of mirror neurons to a theater performance and art installation at her show here in Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago.
(My souvenir program, pre-untangling)
The show is named for the EEG oscillations that reflect mirror neuron activity, but that doesn't even begin to cover a description. Participants hand over their shoes and crowd together in a small ante room, swilling champagne and chatting before moving into a brain room -- the thalamus is a 1960s-era secretary, enormous chandeliers represent the prefrontal cortex, and snarling, sculpted cats (jaguars? imaginary creations?) are the amygdalas. On my walk through, the thalamus frantically asked me to get the amygdala a gentle pet because a "wave of fear is coming on."
After passing through the brain room, visitors step into a "laboratory" for the rest of the performance. I've likely already given too much away, but it's safe to say that everything -- the projections, the football game, the neuroscientist's lecture, and the outburst -- tie back to the idea that mirror neurons allow us to relate to each other.
Caron uses art and performance to translate complex neuroscientific points for those of us not, ahem, fluent in that language. If you missed Caron's show this time around, you can catch her in Seattle this fall.
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