Program #2: Music+Text+Film

"I wanted something other than what I could make myself and I wanted to use the surprise and the collectiveness and the generosity of finding surprises. And if it wasn't a surprise at first, by the time I got through with it, it was. So the object itself was changed by its context and therefore it became a new thing."

-Robert Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 - May 12, 2008)
Saturday, August 23rd 7pm
&
Sunday August 24th 3pm
62nd & Hollis Street
Emeryville, CA
(Map it)

(A benefit for the La Casita Preschool)


We will begin Saturday evening with a 7 PM reception, (wine, beer, soft drinks, and snacks), performance at 8, followed by more wine, beer, etc. and a chance to chat about what you've seen and heard or just catch up (Sunday’s reception will begin at 3PM). We prefer that you come no later than 7:45 on Saturday and 3:45 on Sunday, as to not interrupt the performance. We will be asking for a suggested donation of $35 on Saturday and $20 on Sunday.

This event is a benefit for La Casita Preschool in Berkeley.


The Performance


1. Way To Sea

Music by Johny Blood

Performed by Joshua Batson, Johny Blood,
Dennis Finnegan, & Gwyneth Merner

Text by Johny Blood & J.C. Brunner

Images by Chris Willging

An underwater train journey.

A dream brings the narrator back to his late friend
and his past with the accompaniment of tuba, foghorns
and grainy black and white images.


2. War Unattended

Music by Dennis Finnegan

Performed by Joshua Batson, Johny Blood, Dennis Finnegan, Mark Bernfeld & Gwyneth Merner

Text, Photography, & Video by M. Mewborn

Read by Eric Robertson

Edited by Chris Willging

War and childhood in Asia.

Photos, music & video document the narrator’s
travels to where his father did a stint as a war pilot
and where his own obsession began.


3. Sit, Eat, Drive, Talk

Music by Dennis Finnegan

Performed by Joshua Batson, Mark Bernfeld, Johny Blood, Dennis Finnegan & Harry Yaglijian

A Film by Chris Willging

Family, travel, childhood.

The filmmaker’s journey through the Midwest with her parents to visit long lost childhood friends, elderly aunts and uncles, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.