PERFORMANCE SERIES
Below are clips from recent live performances (2016-2019)
“Maggot Surprise: Portrait of Ozzy Osbourne as Giant Possum”, 2019, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Maggot Surprise was a site-specific performance reacting to the unique landscapes of the Pioneer Works garden. This work was inspired by death metal, maggots, hunting ghillie suits, and the outdoor space in which it resides, and was a tribute to cult rock icon Ozzy Osbourne. ~Opera sung by the incredible Hannah Stone~
“One Sweet Day”, excerpts from mini-musical at The Hole, New York, NY, 2017, total live duration: 35:30
This performance was created as part of an immersive installation, with videos embedded into two large-scale cave sets. This mini-musical involved 40 costumed characters and a multitude of puppets and moving parts, which debuted at The Hole in Manhattan in August 2017.
Full video: https://vimeo.com/278993911
“But I Won’t Do That”, Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens, 2017
Jaimie Warren & friends re-create the iconic music video “I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)” by Meatloaf and Lorraine Crosby for a Flux Factory exhibition curated by Sarah Dahlinger and Danny Crump.
“Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Tribute to George Michael)”, ArtLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
Freddy Krueger and George Michael sing “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” in Henri Rousseau’s Le lion, ayant faim, se jette sur l'antilope, 1898/1905, activating The Hole’s garden-themed booth at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with a re-creation of a classic painting by Henri Rousseau, morphing into a gruesome, yet heartwarming tribute to the recently passed singer and English pop superstar George Michael.
Let Me In Your Heart Again, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
As part of the E /\/ C O U /\/ T E R S performance series curated by Vera Petukhova, “Let Me In Your Heart Again” served as a bizarre alien- and fish-themed transitional rock opera dedicated to Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, and the whale “Willy” from the film “Free Willy”. Other performers in the E /\/ C O U /\/ T E R S series included Angelina Dreem, Richard Kennedy, Whitney Vangrin and Minho Nukem.