Looks like there’s only one change in Friday’s line-up of arts openings.
PURE Theatre has decided to move the opening night of Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer to Saturday.
The theater company plans to offer a preview tonight (basically, a final dress rehearsal) at the Circular Congregational Church’s Lance Hall, but Friday has been canceled.
The official opening will likely be next Thursday (Sept. 11). Hopefully Ike won’t prove a factor by then.
(UPDATED) In other news, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art plans to proceed has postpone its screening of Shame. The new date is Sun. Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. in Room 309 at the Simons Center for the Arts. Director Mohammed Naqvi will be on hand to talk about the making of his documentary. Here’s how CCP’s Erica Jackson described the film:
In a remote village in Pakistan, a young man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman from an upper caste. As punishment, the tribal council sanctions that the man’s sister, 30-year-old Mukhtaran Mai, be publicly raped and paraded around, following the custom of “honor for honor.” It was the summer of 2002. Rather than resorting to suicide, as many women in her situation do, or cower in shame like the rest of her family, Mai set out to seek justice and shook the core of Pakistan’s judicial system. Through her efforts, many of the men were arrested and Mai was awarded enough money to start a school for girls. She has since been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
The movie starts at 8 p.m. Friday. It follows the opening reception of the Halsey’s faculty spotlight on artists Loul Samter and Jarod Charzewski. It’s all free so if you’re invited to kick in a little cash (as a tax-deductible donation, by the way) to cover expenses, don’t be squeamish.
Redux Contemporary Art Center also says it will go ahead as planned in opening Amir H. Fallah’s Post Stagecraft, a site-specific installation exhibition by a founder of Beautiful/Decay magazine, a publication in the contemporary art world that’s gaining a lot of respect these days.
This show is also free (and there’s usually wine to go with your art at Redux), so don’t be skimpy with the donations, please. Here’s how CCP’s Stratton Lawrence described the show:
If you see a man of Middle Eastern complexion rummaging through your dumpster next week, don’t call the cops. Or perhaps you’ll see him wandering through the dunes on Sullivan’s Island, collecting armfuls of shells, littered debris, and probably, a cactus. Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based surrealist Amir H. Fallah has more than made his mark on the art world, globe-trotting to build abstract, illustrious sculptures of items discarded and found naturally in the locales he visits. Although they often resemble a cluttered terrarium, for his Post Stagecraft appearance at Redux he’ll remove his Plexiglas walls to create his piece atop a 7’ x 14’ pedestal platform. Fallah is also the founder and creative directory of the international art and culture magazine Beautiful/Decay, so he’s constantly witnessing the best of modern innovation first hand. His scavenger, “poetry of memory” site-specific piece at Redux will be accompanied by a series of the artist’s paintings, which mirror the pedestal/fort motif of his sculptures. It’s worth a visit to www.amirhfallah.com for a visual explanation of his style.
