The
World Curator "Silk of the
Universe" "Inner
History Museum" Movement
3. "Vessel of
Infinity" Music
by David Berlin Poetry
by Rosaly Roffman Choreography
by Holly Boda-Sutton This
event is a live performance of a media
cycle1
in three acts. Created in 2002-2003 by three collaborators
the essential media are dance, music and poetry. The three
acts are titled "The Silk of the Universe", "The Inner
History Museum" and "Vessel of Infinity". The
underlying and unifying theme centers around the concept
that an individual human may be viewed as a country with
landscapes, or a museum with artifacts; the collectibles of
a life that can not be thrown away. Each individual like
each culture has "artifacts" to show and the work that
becomes the collective ongoing business of the universe. The
story of one man or woman is also the story of the earth and
every animal's resonance. A
museum would be an ideal setting for this piece because it
is the record of peoples and community and the obvious venue
for celebrating what we translate and value; a connection
between collective wishing and the measuring of the private
and the personal. The work is intended to call attention to
the history of the made and the maker, the personal and the
collective. The
World Curator was premiered at Indiana University of PA in
April of 2004. Future plans include the development of a web
site to be used by teachers in adopting, adapting, and
inventing arts integrated instructional units. It opens the
possibility for the world at large to respond and engage by
contributing original responses to the work. Such responses
could take the form of poetry, musical compositions,
dramatic improvisations, plays, visual and sculptural
renderings, critical responses/analyses, essays, stories or
anything else that is in response to the work and relates to
the thematic concept.
1.
David Berlin coined the term "Media Cycle" in 1988. A media
cycle is a logical extension of the song cycle". That is: a
collection of formal sections such as movements, or acts
centered on an underlying theme or concept. Where a song
cycle is typically one solo voice with accompaniment, the
media cycle genre can involve any number of artistic media
(including but not necessarily technological) in the
realization of an aesthetic whole.