Genre Bender

What’s a food poem? A dance film? A performance art musical? City Arts is thrilled to bring back Genre Bender -an exciting new platform for some of Seattle's favorite theater, dance, food, music, literary and performing artists to create new projects (and new artistic genres) together. CAF has played match maker and assembled 5 teams of interdisciplinary artists who haven’t collaborated together before. Each team is asked to create a brand new project to present one night only at Culture Club, the hub and heart of City Arts 2012. By intermixing artistic disciplines, these artists will experiment with the borders of art to create new works that combine forces and stretch the limits of innovation.

Collaborators:

Susan Robb & DK Pan : Messinian Salinity Crisis

Pol Rosenthal & Rosette Royale : JungleBox

Kate Wallich & Meghann Sommer : LEGEND MAKER

Graham Downing & Anthony Sonnenberg : Best Not To Be

Paris Hurley & Jody Kuehner : PLASTIC

Sponsored by Shunpike

Anthony Sonnenberg

Anthony Sonnenberg was born and raised in the rural areas of North Texas before moving to Austin where he received his BA from the University of Texas. ... read more

DK Pan

D.K. Pan is an artist, arts programmer, and sun worshiper. ... read more

Graham Downing

Graham Downing was born, raised and plans to die in Seattle Washington. He has shown work at NEPO house, Fictilis, Vignettes and most recently the ONN/OF light festival. ... read more

Jody Kuehner

Dance artist Jody Kuehner is one half of drag dance duo The Cherdonna and Lou Show, performing regularly around Seattle at venues including On the Boards, Century Ballroom, The Triple Door and vari ... read more

Kate Wallich

Born in Tecumseh, Michigan. Trained at Interlochen Arts Academy and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts. ... read more

Meghann Sommer

Multidisciplinary artist Meghann Sommer graduated with a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2008. ... read more

Paris Hurley

Paris Hurley is a performance artist working to externalize the internal through sound, movement, and the transformation of spaces. ... read more

Pol Rosenthal

Pol Rosenthal has been working in Seattle's theater and music scenes for over 20 years. He used to publish a cultural arts journal then moved to Seattle to be in a rock band, TCHKUNG. ... read more

Rosette Royale

For the past eight years, Rosette Royale has worked for Real Change, a weekly Seattle paper sold by homeless or low-income vendors. Currently he’s the assistant editor. ... read more

Susan Robb

My work is an ongoing investigation of people, place, and our search for utopia. It often takes its form as temporary, site-responsive, and socially-engaged projects. ... read more

Thursday

Culture Club

Start Time:

8:00pm

End Time:

9:30pm

All Ages

$10.00

Tix: Oct 18 | 8:00pm

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