Beyond the Grave series, a collection of ticketed performances at Evergreen Cemetery on May 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2023.
The multidisciplinary series, now in its third year, offers a new way of interacting with the cemetery by activating it through music, sound, and movement. The one-hour program features performances taking place at and in collaboration with historic Evergreen Cemetery, where its monuments and storied landscape are used as reference points for producing site-specific works. For this year's edition, the MAH has once again teamed up with local concert producer Indexical to present the work of Ghost Ensemble, LuLing Osofsky, Tasting Menu, and Isola Tong. The artists perform the same program on both weekends.
Entitled Writing Ghosts, this year's program examines the cemetery as a place full of writing. Grave markers are a written historical record of a multigenerational history--yet what ghostly elements have remained unwritten? In Writing Ghosts, the idea of writing threads through the nonphonetic aspect of Chinese script, written accounts of a traumatic death as recorded by the police, musical practices of phonography (or "sound-writing"), and the minimalist text scores of composer Pauline Oliverosas facilitated by her late-in-life collaborators Ghost Ensemble. Taking a nod from philosopher Jacques Derrida's twin notions of "nonphonetic writing" and"hauntology," the program explores the personal and sociological--ever-present hauntings that intersect with grief, ghosts, and history.
"The opportunity for long-term engagement with a historic space brings out artists' work in a way that nothing else does," said Indexical Executive Director and Curator of Beyond the Grave Andrew C. Smith. "The artists involved take this occasion to deeply engage with the history of the site, the city, and their own personal relationships in a truly unique way."
All performances take place at Evergreen Cemetery, located at 261 Evergreen Street in Santa Cruz. In case of inclement weather, performances will be rescheduled to May 21; ticket holders will be contacted prior to the event if a weather cancellation occurs.
Performance Schedule:
Friday,May 12, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 o 5-6pm
Friday, May 19, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 o 5-6pm
*Rain Day: Sunday, May 21 o 5-6pm
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The multidisciplinary series, now in its third year, offers a new way of interacting with the cemetery by activating it through music, sound, and movement. The one-hour program features performances taking place at and in collaboration with historic Evergreen Cemetery, where its monuments and storied landscape are used as reference points for producing site-specific works. For this year's edition, the MAH has once again teamed up with local concert producer Indexical to present the work of Ghost Ensemble, LuLing Osofsky, Tasting Menu, and Isola Tong. The artists perform the same program on both weekends.
Entitled Writing Ghosts, this year's program examines the cemetery as a place full of writing. Grave markers are a written historical record of a multigenerational history--yet what ghostly elements have remained unwritten? In Writing Ghosts, the idea of writing threads through the nonphonetic aspect of Chinese script, written accounts of a traumatic death as recorded by the police, musical practices of phonography (or "sound-writing"), and the minimalist text scores of composer Pauline Oliverosas facilitated by her late-in-life collaborators Ghost Ensemble. Taking a nod from philosopher Jacques Derrida's twin notions of "nonphonetic writing" and"hauntology," the program explores the personal and sociological--ever-present hauntings that intersect with grief, ghosts, and history.
"The opportunity for long-term engagement with a historic space brings out artists' work in a way that nothing else does," said Indexical Executive Director and Curator of Beyond the Grave Andrew C. Smith. "The artists involved take this occasion to deeply engage with the history of the site, the city, and their own personal relationships in a truly unique way."
All performances take place at Evergreen Cemetery, located at 261 Evergreen Street in Santa Cruz. In case of inclement weather, performances will be rescheduled to May 21; ticket holders will be contacted prior to the event if a weather cancellation occurs.
Performance Schedule:
Friday,May 12, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 o 5-6pm
Friday, May 19, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 o 5-6pm
*Rain Day: Sunday, May 21 o 5-6pm
Beyond the Grave series, a collection of ticketed performances at Evergreen Cemetery on May 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2023.
The multidisciplinary series, now in its third year, offers a new way of interacting with the cemetery by activating it through music, sound, and movement. The one-hour program features performances taking place at and in collaboration with historic Evergreen Cemetery, where its monuments and storied landscape are used as reference points for producing site-specific works. For this year's edition, the MAH has once again teamed up with local concert producer Indexical to present the work of Ghost Ensemble, LuLing Osofsky, Tasting Menu, and Isola Tong. The artists perform the same program on both weekends.
Entitled Writing Ghosts, this year's program examines the cemetery as a place full of writing. Grave markers are a written historical record of a multigenerational history--yet what ghostly elements have remained unwritten? In Writing Ghosts, the idea of writing threads through the nonphonetic aspect of Chinese script, written accounts of a traumatic death as recorded by the police, musical practices of phonography (or "sound-writing"), and the minimalist text scores of composer Pauline Oliverosas facilitated by her late-in-life collaborators Ghost Ensemble. Taking a nod from philosopher Jacques Derrida's twin notions of "nonphonetic writing" and"hauntology," the program explores the personal and sociological--ever-present hauntings that intersect with grief, ghosts, and history.
"The opportunity for long-term engagement with a historic space brings out artists' work in a way that nothing else does," said Indexical Executive Director and Curator of Beyond the Grave Andrew C. Smith. "The artists involved take this occasion to deeply engage with the history of the site, the city, and their own personal relationships in a truly unique way."
All performances take place at Evergreen Cemetery, located at 261 Evergreen Street in Santa Cruz. In case of inclement weather, performances will be rescheduled to May 21; ticket holders will be contacted prior to the event if a weather cancellation occurs.
Performance Schedule:
Friday,May 12, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 o 5-6pm
Friday, May 19, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 o 5-6pm
*Rain Day: Sunday, May 21 o 5-6pm
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The multidisciplinary series, now in its third year, offers a new way of interacting with the cemetery by activating it through music, sound, and movement. The one-hour program features performances taking place at and in collaboration with historic Evergreen Cemetery, where its monuments and storied landscape are used as reference points for producing site-specific works. For this year's edition, the MAH has once again teamed up with local concert producer Indexical to present the work of Ghost Ensemble, LuLing Osofsky, Tasting Menu, and Isola Tong. The artists perform the same program on both weekends.
Entitled Writing Ghosts, this year's program examines the cemetery as a place full of writing. Grave markers are a written historical record of a multigenerational history--yet what ghostly elements have remained unwritten? In Writing Ghosts, the idea of writing threads through the nonphonetic aspect of Chinese script, written accounts of a traumatic death as recorded by the police, musical practices of phonography (or "sound-writing"), and the minimalist text scores of composer Pauline Oliverosas facilitated by her late-in-life collaborators Ghost Ensemble. Taking a nod from philosopher Jacques Derrida's twin notions of "nonphonetic writing" and"hauntology," the program explores the personal and sociological--ever-present hauntings that intersect with grief, ghosts, and history.
"The opportunity for long-term engagement with a historic space brings out artists' work in a way that nothing else does," said Indexical Executive Director and Curator of Beyond the Grave Andrew C. Smith. "The artists involved take this occasion to deeply engage with the history of the site, the city, and their own personal relationships in a truly unique way."
All performances take place at Evergreen Cemetery, located at 261 Evergreen Street in Santa Cruz. In case of inclement weather, performances will be rescheduled to May 21; ticket holders will be contacted prior to the event if a weather cancellation occurs.
Performance Schedule:
Friday,May 12, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 o 5-6pm
Friday, May 19, 2023 o 5-6pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 o 5-6pm
*Rain Day: Sunday, May 21 o 5-6pm
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261 Evergreen Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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