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Update #3: Thanks!
Dear backers. Thanks so much for you generous support of Appointment. Although we didn't make our goal (and you won't be charged for your contribution) I was truly gratified by the number of people who signed on to help us. I learned a lot about how Kickstarter works, and I am pretty excited to keep on pursuing both Appointment and new fundraising tools like this.
Please be sure and visit http://makeanappointment.wordpress.com to get updates on the project. I hope to see you at the office!
Aaron
Update #2: The Sound of Appointment
Here is a recording I used at the end of my Appointment at Prelude 09!
Update #1: Appointment at Prelude
The first-ever Appointment was performed at the Prelude 09 Festival at CUNY this week. Audience members and curators came, were startled and amused, and also became part of the action, performed for each other unexpectedly, and helped us blur the lines among office life, live art, viewer and actor.
The next step is to remount these pieces to accommodate the viewers who couldn't get in at Prelude, and to shoot them for video We'd really feel we're onto something, and we'd love it if you help us move forward with Appointment. Please feel free to spread the word about the support you've already given.
Here are a couple photos from Prelude - the first is of Stacey Robinson performing Daniel Alexander Jones' "Blondell Is Businessfied". The second is from my piece, in which each viewer was asked - via an audio recording played at the end of the piece - to read the work to the next.
Aaron
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on October 15, 2009.
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Aaron Landsman is a playwright and actor, whose theatrical performances are often staged in intimate, everyday locations. His most recent piece, Open House, was commissioned by The Foundry Theatre and performed in 23 New York City apartments. Past works include Love Story What You’ve Done, Desk, and Wreckage. Regionally, his work has been presented in Minneapolis, San Diego, Houston, Austin, and Philadelphia, and internationally in Sweden and Belarus. Aaron is a performer with Elevator Repair Service Theater, and has appeared with many choreographers, directors and composers. His work has been funded by the Vogelstein Foundation, Bossak-Heilbron Foundation, Jerome Foundation, the Brooklyn Arts Council and the NPN Community Fund. He has taught at The Juilliard School and NYU, and guest lectured widely on artistic process, collaboration and professional skills. This fall he is beginning a new, multi-year collaborative performance work called Appointment. The first two installments will take place at New York City's Prelude Festival in October 2009, and Oslo's Titan theater school in February 2010.
