Synesthesia is a multi-arts group performance, produced by Electric Pear Productions, which takes place annually in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

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The show is assembled following the rules of the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite corpse is a surrealist technique, but may also refer to:Literature* Exquisite Corpse , edited by Andrei Codrescu* Exquisite Corpse , a 1996 novel by Poppy Z...

: Participants create their works in-sequence, with each artist allotted about two weeks production time. The first artist is presented a random seed (a fortune cookie) as an initial inspiration; subsequent artists are exposed only to the work of the artist immediately prior to themselves. All of these "hand-offs" are documented on video. When the final artist completes their piece, the collected work is presented live, in order, and incorporating the documentary footage.

Performances

Synesthesia 2007 took place from February 7 to February 10, 2007, at the Harris Lieberman Gallery.

Lineup:

Scott Korb

Steve Spehar

Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy is a contemporary American writer.- Biography :Percy was born on March 28, 1979 in Eugene, Oregon, and in his early life lived briefly in Hawaii...

One Ring Zero

One Ring Zero

One Ring Zero is a modern music group led by Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst that melds many genres and sounds to create a unique type of music.-Instruments:...

Beth Kukjian

Ohad Meromi

Ohad Meromi

-Education :* Bezalel Academy of Art and Design* 2004 M.F.A., Columbia University, New York-Awards and Prizes :* 1998 Nathan Gottsdiner Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv...

Rebecca Drysdale

Rebecca Drysdale

Rebecca Drysdale is an American comedian who was a member of the Second City Chicago E.T.C. cast. She won the 2005 Breakout Performer Award at the 2005 United States Comedy Arts Festival. She performed as part of the multi-arts group performance Synesthesia. She was also a writer for The Big Gay...

Jeremy Parise

Darian Dauchan

Performance Lab 115

Performance Lab 115

Performance Lab 115 is an experimental theatre company based in New York City.The company was founded in 2005 by Columbia University School of Drama graduates Jeff Clarke, Rebecca Lingafelter, Shelley Gershoni and Elena Mulroney and has been a performer with the New York International Fringe...

Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman is an American writer and magazine editor.-Biography:Greenman was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended Miami Palmetto High School and then Yale University where he worked on the Yale Herald...

Synesthesia 2008 took place April 2, 3, 5th & 6th, 2008, at the Judson Memorial Church

Judson Memorial Church

The Judson Memorial Church is located on Washington Square South between Thompson and Sullivan Streets, opposite Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City...

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Lineup:

Gregory Stuart Edwards

Damian Lanigan

Damian Lanigan

Damian Lanigan is a British writer. He has written two novels - Stretch 29 and The Chancers. He is the writer and series creator of BBC Three sitcom Massive. He wrote the play Dissonance, which debuted at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2007 before being premiered in New York at the Bay...

Peter Hapak