Nick Farhi and Steven Stallings (with Morgan Griffin, Matthew McAuley, Ruth Fish, Ludwig Persik)
The Seven Walled City of Jericho
Performance of musical instruments, one painted rug, choreographed temporal and reactionary dance
A labyrinth depicting the seven-walled city of Jericho, inspired by a map that was rescued by the Sassoon family and has been kept in a vault since the 1910s, serves as the site of activation for this multidisciplinary performance. The labyrinth, painted on a carpet beneath the performers, is drawn from happenstance of sound and movement that is both improvised and representational, a diagram of ceremonial research and discourse between practitioners. Musicians Ludwig Persik and Matthew Macauley experiment in response to choreography by Morgan Griffin with performers Ruth Fish, Hilary Ives, and Hiroka Nagai. Costumes and uniforms by Nina Gurbanova. Set design, percussion, and ensemble organized by Nicholas Farhi and Steven Stallings.
Performance of musical instruments, one painted rug, choreographed temporal and reactionary dance
A labyrinth depicting the seven-walled city of Jericho, inspired by a map that was rescued by the Sassoon family and has been kept in a vault since the 1910s, serves as the site of activation for this multidisciplinary performance. The labyrinth, painted on a carpet beneath the performers, is drawn from happenstance of sound and movement that is both improvised and representational, a diagram of ceremonial research and discourse between practitioners. Musicians Ludwig Persik and Matthew Macauley experiment in response to choreography by Morgan Griffin with performers Ruth Fish, Hilary Ives, and Hiroka Nagai. Costumes and uniforms by Nina Gurbanova. Set design, percussion, and ensemble organized by Nicholas Farhi and Steven Stallings.
NICK FARHI (b. 1987, New York) is a New York artist, poet, and writer, and soon to become a graduate of Columbia University with an MFA in Visual Arts.
STEVEN STALLINGS CARDENAS is a Colombian American artist, filmmaker, and musician from Provo, Utah. He graduated with a BFA in Studio Art from Brigham Young University with an emphasis in New Genres, and is currently persuing an MFA from Columbia University.
MORGAN GRIFFIN is a dancer and choreographer from Connecticut. She graduated Suma Cum Laude from Connecticut College in 2012, and holds both an MFA in Dance & MA in Dance Education from NYU.
RUTH FISH is a New York based Dancer and Choreographer, and has performed their work institutions such as the MoMA and The Guggenheim Museum.
MATTHEW MACAULEY is a New York based writer, poet, and musician, and founder of bands known as A.R.E. Weapons & T.V. Baby.
LUDWIG PERSIK, Born in the USSR, raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Ludwig Persik is a multi-instrumentalist musician of new wave psychedelia and folk.
nickfarhi.com︎︎︎
@nfarhi_
@stevenstallingsarte
@dudewig
@Matthew_james_mcauley
@badgalmomo
@fixyourtwist
STEVEN STALLINGS CARDENAS is a Colombian American artist, filmmaker, and musician from Provo, Utah. He graduated with a BFA in Studio Art from Brigham Young University with an emphasis in New Genres, and is currently persuing an MFA from Columbia University.
MORGAN GRIFFIN is a dancer and choreographer from Connecticut. She graduated Suma Cum Laude from Connecticut College in 2012, and holds both an MFA in Dance & MA in Dance Education from NYU.
RUTH FISH is a New York based Dancer and Choreographer, and has performed their work institutions such as the MoMA and The Guggenheim Museum.
MATTHEW MACAULEY is a New York based writer, poet, and musician, and founder of bands known as A.R.E. Weapons & T.V. Baby.
LUDWIG PERSIK, Born in the USSR, raised on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Ludwig Persik is a multi-instrumentalist musician of new wave psychedelia and folk.
nickfarhi.com︎︎︎
@nfarhi_
@stevenstallingsarte
@dudewig
@Matthew_james_mcauley
@badgalmomo
@fixyourtwist
