Punch Pod, Seattle's only weekly stand up comedy clip show podcast, brings something special to Bumbershoot this year. It's the Punch Pod Live Listening App and it's chock full of the greatest Punch Pod hits to keep you laughing while you make your way through the festival. Punchpod features the best moments from the weekly Punchline Comedy Shows at the bar at Jai Thai on Broadway on Seattle's iconic Capitol Hill, including comedians performing at Bumbershoot this year plus a selection of the best local comedians that we couldn't fit into our packed schedule, but wanted to share with you!
Available FREE for iPhone or Android by searching "Punch Pod" in your App Store or available for any HTML5 enabled browser at http://bumbershoot.punchpod.com
Enigma Machine
curated by Shelly Leavens and Jana Brevick
We find ourselves deep in the seductive age of the all-powerful and hyper-programmed machine, from 3D printers to robotic technology. What are artist's responses to this age and do they embrace or reject the chance to experiment with new technology for art-making? Reactionary and temporal, Enigma Machine artworks examine, in part, age-old questions of human-machine interaction. Visitors will see 2-D works created by machine, mechanical sculpture, electronic and light works that rely on the artist's programmed process to create, or ask for the viewer's participation.
Artwork featured will include new pieces from Seattle artists Claude Zervas and Maggie Orth, the classic film Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, performative kinetic sculpture 56L by Danish artist Henrik Menné, interactive electronic work by Samson Young of Hong Kong, early and mid-career works by seminal light artist Thomas Wilfred, and more.
Reel Grrls is joined for workshops and performances by artists Anna Oxygen, Gender Failure, Tender Forever, and Molly Mac - as well as presenting new work by Reel Grrls participants in Wynne Greenewood's Video and Performance classes.
Friday:
5:30 PM
Reel Grrls Summer Film Showcase: 5:30 PM (following the Mayor’s Arts Awards.) Visit Reel Grrls’ installation of youth media created in Reel Grrls summer programs – premiering at Bumbershoot and running throughout the festival.
7:00 PM
Tender Forever: Melanie Valera‘s Franco-American pop project spans nationalities and leaps forward towards a world where we can close the gaps between countries, ideologies and ultimately hearts. Move closer.
Saturday:
4:00PM
Gender Failure: Two of Canada’s most treasured and celebrated trans artists, Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, present their acclaimed multimedia show “Gender Failure,” featuring animation and video elements from Seattle artist Clyde Petersen. Through visuals, words, sounds, and original music, “Gender Failure” explores and exposes the prolific pair’s failed attempts at fitting into the gender binary—and ultimately how the gender binary doesn’t add up. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, Coyote brings her razor-sharp timing and powerful narrative, while Spoon adds an ethereal voice and poetic turns of phrase to the dynamic duo’s now seven-year-old artistic partnership.
Sunday:
4:00 PM
Anna Oxygen: Anna Huff is a multi-media artist, composer and performer. She has extensively toured Europe and the United States under the name Anna Oxygen, performing dance pop recitals and interactive performance pieces. Best known for her aerobics live performances, she has released several albums of electronic and acoustic music, most recently "This is an Exercise” on indie label Kill Rock Stars. Her performance and video work has been presented at PS1 MOMA Contemporary, The Seattle Art Museum, NYU, The Hammer Museum, PICA, and the Rohsska Museet in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Monday:
4:00 PM
Molly Mac is a multimedia storyteller and video installation artist. She has a BFA in printmaking from UW, an MFA in combined media from Hunter College, and is currently teaching and pursuing postgraduate research at the the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media at the University of Washington. Molly performs her work locally in multimedia poetry readings and her video installations have been shown across the US and UK. She started mentoring with Reel Grrls in fall 2012.
Films appropriate for kids and adults alike.
Attention, America! Canada is proud to bring you Vancouver’s favourite comedians. Listen America, Canada is just like you, but slightly different in super subtle ways that’ll make you feel all weird — like how they spelled “favorite” in the first sentence. Brought to you by NorthWest Comedy Fest: Vancouver’s brand new Comedy Festival launching February 2014.
Featuring: Dan Quinn, Kyle Bottom and Katie-Ellen Humphries
Sometimes scary, sometimes surreal, but always otherworldly.
AnimA (Scott Mannion, Australia 2012, 14 min) Reality blurs as a rogue scientist struggles to keep his terminal wife alive inside a computer system.
Short films that will astonish, inspire, and potentially unnerve you, but they are guaranteed to amaze. Not for the whole family, some adult content.
Flytopia (Saul Freed, Karni Arieli, Hungary/United Kingdom 2012, 20 min) During a sweltering summer heat wave, Jonathan enters into a pact with the insect inhabitants of his rural cottage.
The Man with the Golden Brain (Joan Chemla, France/USA 2012, 16 min) This movie is based on the short story by Alphonse Daudet.
The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree (James Cowen, Australia 2012, 10 min) The twisted tale of a curious, compassionate woman who longs for true love and to escape the clutches of her bewitching twin sister.
No Rest for the Wicked (Ryan Schifrin, USA 2011, 17 min) Basil is a street tough brawler while Moebius plays a dashing cat burglar playboy. The partners-in-crime, who work for the mysterious and supernatural Collector, pull a daring heist during an illegal gambling party thrown by an underworld kingpin.
Love Drain (Augusto Canani, Brazil 2012, 23 min) During a routine sewer inspection a lonely worker has an encounter that marks the beginning of a perplexing relationship.
Punch Pod, Seattle's only weekly stand up comedy clip show podcast, brings something special to Bumbershoot this year. It's the Punch Pod Live Listening App and it's chock full of the greatest Punch Pod hits to keep you laughing while you make your way through the festival. Punchpod features the best moments from the weekly Punchline Comedy Shows at the bar at Jai Thai on Broadway on Seattle's iconic Capitol Hill, including comedians performing at Bumbershoot this year plus a selection of the best local comedians that we couldn't fit into our packed schedule, but wanted to share with you!
Available FREE for iPhone or Android by searching "Punch Pod" in your App Store or available for any HTML5 enabled browser at http://bumbershoot.punchpod.comEnigma Machine
curated by Shelly Leavens and Jana Brevick
We find ourselves deep in the seductive age of the all-powerful and hyper-programmed machine, from 3D printers to robotic technology. What are artist's responses to this age and do they embrace or reject the chance to experiment with new technology for art-making? Reactionary and temporal, Enigma Machine artworks examine, in part, age-old questions of human-machine interaction. Visitors will see 2-D works created by machine, mechanical sculpture, electronic and light works that rely on the artist's programmed process to create, or ask for the viewer's participation.
Artwork featured will include new pieces from Seattle artists Claude Zervas and Maggie Orth, the classic film Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, performative kinetic sculpture 56L by Danish artist Henrik Menné, interactive electronic work by Samson Young of Hong Kong, early and mid-career works by seminal light artist Thomas Wilfred, and more.
Reel Grrls is joined for workshops and performances by artists Anna Oxygen, Gender Failure, Tender Forever, and Molly Mac - as well as presenting new work by Reel Grrls participants in Wynne Greenewood's Video and Performance classes.
Friday:
5:30 PM
Reel Grrls Summer Film Showcase: 5:30 PM (following the Mayor’s Arts Awards.) Visit Reel Grrls’ installation of youth media created in Reel Grrls summer programs – premiering at Bumbershoot and running throughout the festival.
7:00 PM
Tender Forever: Melanie Valera‘s Franco-American pop project spans nationalities and leaps forward towards a world where we can close the gaps between countries, ideologies and ultimately hearts. Move closer.
Saturday:
4:00PM
Gender Failure: Two of Canada’s most treasured and celebrated trans artists, Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, present their acclaimed multimedia show “Gender Failure,” featuring animation and video elements from Seattle artist Clyde Petersen. Through visuals, words, sounds, and original music, “Gender Failure” explores and exposes the prolific pair’s failed attempts at fitting into the gender binary—and ultimately how the gender binary doesn’t add up. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, Coyote brings her razor-sharp timing and powerful narrative, while Spoon adds an ethereal voice and poetic turns of phrase to the dynamic duo’s now seven-year-old artistic partnership.
Sunday:
4:00 PM
Anna Oxygen: Anna Huff is a multi-media artist, composer and performer. She has extensively toured Europe and the United States under the name Anna Oxygen, performing dance pop recitals and interactive performance pieces. Best known for her aerobics live performances, she has released several albums of electronic and acoustic music, most recently "This is an Exercise” on indie label Kill Rock Stars. Her performance and video work has been presented at PS1 MOMA Contemporary, The Seattle Art Museum, NYU, The Hammer Museum, PICA, and the Rohsska Museet in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Monday:
4:00 PM
Molly Mac is a multimedia storyteller and video installation artist. She has a BFA in printmaking from UW, an MFA in combined media from Hunter College, and is currently teaching and pursuing postgraduate research at the the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media at the University of Washington. Molly performs her work locally in multimedia poetry readings and her video installations have been shown across the US and UK. She started mentoring with Reel Grrls in fall 2012.
If you’re not dancing now, you’ll want to.
Ballet (Sajid Dilawar, Gunja Bose, India 2012, 3 min) An animated ballet dancer moves to the sounds of the Nutcracker.
Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty (Jeffrey Ruoff, USA 2012, 38 min) Still Moving: Pilobolus at Forty is about the celebrated American dance company.
Attention, America! Canada is proud to bring you Vancouver’s favourite comedians. Listen America, Canada is just like you, but slightly different in super subtle ways that’ll make you feel all weird — like how they spelled “favorite” in the first sentence. Brought to you by NorthWest Comedy Fest: Vancouver’s brand new Comedy Festival launching February 2014.
Featuring: Dan Quinn, Kyle Bottom and Katie-Ellen Humphries
Featuring: Karen Finneyfrock (Author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door) and Sharon Cumberland, Ph.D. (Ph.D. Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Seattle University)
The hilarious Allie Brosh of the beloved blog and forthcoming book Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened will speak and show slides. “Here’s a rough analogy: David Sedaris sets out to write a graphic memoir, but decides to use the MS Paint application on his computer rather than hire an artist….[Brosh’s] naïve art plays brilliantly against dark comic themes.” --(Michael Humphrey, True/Slant). The program will open with brief readings by local writer Michael Overa and his Writers in the Schools student from TOPS K-8.
Punch Pod, Seattle's only weekly stand up comedy clip show podcast, brings something special to Bumbershoot this year. It's the Punch Pod Live Listening App and it's chock full of the greatest Punch Pod hits to keep you laughing while you make your way through the festival. Punchpod features the best moments from the weekly Punchline Comedy Shows at the bar at Jai Thai on Broadway on Seattle's iconic Capitol Hill, including comedians performing at Bumbershoot this year plus a selection of the best local comedians that we couldn't fit into our packed schedule, but wanted to share with you!
Available FREE for iPhone or Android by searching "Punch Pod" in your App Store or available for any HTML5 enabled browser at http://bumbershoot.punchpod.com
Enigma Machine
curated by Shelly Leavens and Jana Brevick
We find ourselves deep in the seductive age of the all-powerful and hyper-programmed machine, from 3D printers to robotic technology. What are artist's responses to this age and do they embrace or reject the chance to experiment with new technology for art-making? Reactionary and temporal, Enigma Machine artworks examine, in part, age-old questions of human-machine interaction. Visitors will see 2-D works created by machine, mechanical sculpture, electronic and light works that rely on the artist's programmed process to create, or ask for the viewer's participation.
Artwork featured will include new and recent pieces from Seattle artists Claude Zervas, Maggie Orth, Mark Vonrosenstiel and Meghan Trainor, the classic film Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, performative kinetic sculpture 56L by Danish artist Henrik Menné, interactive electronic work by Samson Young of Hong Kong and early and mid-career works by seminal light artist Thomas Wilfred.
Reel Grrls is joined for workshops and performances by artists Anna Oxygen, Gender Failure, Tender Forever, and Molly Mac - as well as presenting new work by Reel Grrls participants in Wynne Greenewood's Video and Performance classes.
Friday:
5:30 PM
Reel Grrls Summer Film Showcase: 5:30 PM (following the Mayor’s Arts Awards.) Visit Reel Grrls’ installation of youth media created in Reel Grrls summer programs – premiering at Bumbershoot and running throughout the festival.
7:00 PM
Tender Forever: Melanie Valera‘s Franco-American pop project spans nationalities and leaps forward towards a world where we can close the gaps between countries, ideologies and ultimately hearts. Move closer.
Saturday:
4:00PM
Gender Failure: Two of Canada’s most treasured and celebrated trans artists, Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, present their acclaimed multimedia show “Gender Failure,” featuring animation and video elements from Seattle artist Clyde Petersen. Through visuals, words, sounds, and original music, “Gender Failure” explores and exposes the prolific pair’s failed attempts at fitting into the gender binary—and ultimately how the gender binary doesn’t add up. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, Coyote brings her razor-sharp timing and powerful narrative, while Spoon adds an ethereal voice and poetic turns of phrase to the dynamic duo’s now seven-year-old artistic partnership.
Sunday:
4:00 PM
Anna Oxygen: Anna Huff is a multi-media artist, composer and performer. She has extensively toured Europe and the United States under the name Anna Oxygen, performing dance pop recitals and interactive performance pieces. Best known for her aerobics live performances, she has released several albums of electronic and acoustic music, most recently "This is an Exercise” on indie label Kill Rock Stars. Her performance and video work has been presented at PS1 MOMA Contemporary, The Seattle Art Museum, NYU, The Hammer Museum, PICA, and the Rohsska Museet in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Monday:
4:00 PM
Molly Mac is a multimedia storyteller and video installation artist. She has a BFA in printmaking from UW, an MFA in combined media from Hunter College, and is currently teaching and pursuing postgraduate research at the the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media at the University of Washington. Molly performs her work locally in multimedia poetry readings and her video installations have been shown across the US and UK. She started mentoring with Reel Grrls in fall 2012.
Featuring: Andrew Russell, Cienna Madrid, and Valerie Curtis-Newton, plus a surprise host.
Attention, America! Canada is proud to bring you Vancouver’s favourite comedians. Listen America, Canada is just like you, but slightly different in super subtle ways that’ll make you feel all weird — like how they spelled “favorite” in the first sentence. Brought to you by NorthWest Comedy Fest: Vancouver’s brand new Comedy Festival launching February 2014.
Featuring: Dan Quinn, Kyle Bottom and Katie-Ellen Humphries
Seattle Internet Cat Video Favorites (Various, USA 2013, 7 min) It's no secret that cats control "Teh Internets", and this musical tribute to online felines will make you LOL and squee at the same time.
They Look Right Through You (Tess Martin, USA 2013, 10 min) Whether a cat person or a dog person, you probably think you have some kind of relationship with your pet. But does your pet feel the same way?
Palmipedarium (Jérémy Clapin, France, 2012, 10 min) Simon knows ducks quite well, but sometimes it's a bit confusing.
Featuring: Charley Miller (Game Designer) and Isaac Marion (Author of Warm Bodies)
Long have Redd Kross rocked, and long have critics, devoted fans, and fellow musicians—such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth—bowed before the Kross and their self-aware brand of garage-born and psych-soaked rock and roll. Degenerate, sweet, tongue-in-cheek, and utterly fearless, Redd Kross have endured because they have always had the best possible attitude, combining smarts, smiles, and a total commitment to hair-spinning showmanship. After disbanding in the late ’90s, they reformed in 2007, playing sporadically to their fiercely faithful fans. Their latest album, Researching the Blues, was released on Merge Records in late 2012.
Ever wonder what’s behind a compound word? A word like “Bumbershoot,” say? Some compound words are straightforward in meaning—schoolhouse, airport, crosswalk—while others take on meanings different from each original word: headline, championship, clockwise. Writers in the Schools K-12 students and Teaching Artists tackle the “problem” of compound words in original poems and stories, read in tandem from stage.
Featuring Daemond Arrindell, Emily Bedard, Aaron Counts, Kevin Emerson, Karen Finneyfrock, Rachel Kessler, Corinne Manning, Sierra Nelson, Katie Ogle, Ann Teplick and their students. Musical interlude by The Drop Shadows.
Moderated by Matt Besser.
