Because...
Our weightlessness crushes us,
Our conveniences control us,
Our speed steals our time,
And our outrage is exhausting,
Our self-denial a self-indulgence...
We submit the following truths.
Use is not Importance.
Eternal is not Precious.
Obvious is not True.
Or, (more succinctly):
Frivolity is Essential.
And so we refuse to...
Measure worth by demand,
Measure virtue by function,
Measure accomplishment by attainment.
Instead we resolve...
...to find purpose in the useless.
...to delight in our detritus.
...to transcend the practical.
To expand the everyday, every day.
copyright © 2009 by Lizzie Scott
10/18/09
9/27/09
9/18/09
Happening Sur L'Herbe
The Styrene Fantastic invites you to Happening Sur L'Herbe, an experiment in happenings and video making on Sunday, September 20, from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. at Nellie's Lawn in Prospect Park.
If you're free and it's not raining, bring a picnic lunch, wear summer whites and drop in for a while and enjoy the very last day of summer in the park. Spectators do not need to be performers, but there may be opportunities for participation. This will be an intimate gathering, but all guests are welcome.
Featuring Lydia Bell, Mieke Duffly and Josh Row.
5/8/09
The Styrene Fantastic Video Remix
Edited to suit the online attention span. Includes footage of both Recessional performances at Rachel Uffner with some rehearsal thrown in for good measure. Starring Mieke Duffly and Georgia X. Lifsher
5/4/09
Video of TSF at Rachel Uffner Gallery, Movement Research Spring Festival 09 Recessional
The uncut video of the Recessional performance, April 26, 2009. Performed by Mieke Duffly and Georgia X. Lifsher
5/1/09
Project Description
The Styrene Fantastic is a physical exploration of the mountains of styrofoam that are both a by-product and a symptom of consumer culture. In different performances in all kinds of locations, dancers wear clothing constructed of large styrofoam-filled blobs. They collaborate with their costumes, adapting their activities and postures to them in an attempt to make the best of a ubiquitous material with little use and an endless future.
The central idea in my work is that function is excessive while frivolity is essential. I make sculptures and performances that use found materials to explore this idea in the context of the urban landscape.
The central idea in my work is that function is excessive while frivolity is essential. I make sculptures and performances that use found materials to explore this idea in the context of the urban landscape.
4/25/09
Rehearsing for the Movement Research Festival performance
These moments won't make it into the Movement Research performance at Rachel Uffner Gallery on Sunday the 26th. But Mieke and Georgia look so lovely casually chatting in their styrofoam get-ups that we'll have to revisit the casual chat in Styrene Fantastic's future.
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