Performance “No gods only flowers”
Join Poncili Creación in the PS1 Courtyard for a visual poem with larger-than-life puppets and live musical accompaniment
Poncili Creación will present No gods only flowers, a visual poem enacted by larger-than-life puppets suspended from construction cranes high above the Courtyard, with live musical accompaniment. No gods only flower vigorously interrupt the urban hardscape of Long Island City with the strength of a flower bursting through the pavement to bloom in the summer sun. Liberating the boom crane from its typical activity of heavy lifting in redevelopment, Poncili Creación fantastically animates, in real-time, another kind of growth process: photosynthesis. Since 2012, the collective——brothers Pablo and Efrain Del Hierro, and their collaborators——have made spontaneous processions and performances informed by their prior work in dance and experimental theater, and articulated through colorful and manipulable sculptural forms handmade from salvaged polyurethane foam and fabric. Their practice of radical puppetry is an energetic celebration of life, imagination, and absurdity amidst and against dire everyday circumstances. The puppets will remain on view in PS1’s galleries following the performances, as part of Life Between Buildings.
Duration: 45 min.
Written and conceived by Poncili Creación
Live music and an original score by Kevin Emilio Perez and Paco Cathcart
Master seamsters: Daniela Fabrizi and Lee Kuanchen
Project Collaborators: Alex Millan, Lulu Varona, Lee Kuanchen, Krystle Lee Bruise, Krystal Quiles, Alexandra Chavez, Danae Brissonet
This performance takes place outside. Standing room only, first-come-first-served. Limited seating will be available for visitors under the age of 12 and those with accessibility needs. To arrange for extra assistance, please contact [email protected]. The live musical score includes drumming; earplugs will be available at the admissions desk.
Organized by Kari Rittenbach, Music and Performance Advisor MoMA PS1, originated by Taja Cheek, the former Associate Curator
Time: July, 29 — 7:00 PM; July, 30 — 3:00 PM EDT
Free!
