DEMOTIC / of or pertaining to the common people

The Beall Center for Art and Technology

is pleased to present

"Demotic
…of or pertaining to the current ordinary everyday form of a language; of or pertaining to the common people."

Co creators: Antoinette LaFarge + Robert Allen
Stage Director: Robert Allen
Online Director: Antoinette LaFarge
Sound Artists: Jeff Ridenour and Maria de los Angeles Esteves
Theater Actor: Tracey Leigh
Online Performers: Marlena Corcoran, Ursula Endlicher, Richard Foerstl,
Lise Patt, Richard Smoley, Heather Wagner

Synopsis:
"Demotic" is a performance work about American Memory, a single character whose many voices are woven together into a complex texture of language, sound, and music. It is an improvisation among different kinds of performers and different modes of reality, involving sound artists, a theater actor, and a group of Internet-based performers who improvise with text. As an ensemble work in which actors, avatars, and musicians find the music within the vast range of opinion channeled by the Internet, it is a kind of covert national anthem.

Performances will take place at the Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, CA.

There will be three performances only :
Thurs., July 29 at 7pm
Fri., July 30 at 7pm
Sat., July 31 at 7pm

Admission is free but seating is limited.
Reservations are suggested (949) 824-4339
Directions http://beallcenter.uci.edu/directions/directions.htm

All performances of "Demotic" will be webcast live via RealAudio at this address
http://media.nacs.uci.edu8080/ramgen/encoder/demotic.rm
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If it doesn't, you can connect to this address by launching either RealPlayer or RealOne Player.)