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ñ (enye) performance by ILVS + Memoria w/ Risk/Reward
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Join an evening of hypnotic sights and sounds. Begin with ñ (enye), a performance by ILVS Strauss—an audiophile’s meandering, slyly humorous exploration of sound, language, and human connection, guided by a green rabbit across a lush, intentional soundscape. Then, sink into Memoria, the beguiling, time-bending film from Palme d’Or-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton as a woman in Colombia plagued by an otherworldly auditory phenomenon. This sound-immersive film was originally made to only screen in theaters, so viewing this unique work of art in the Tomorrow Theater’s audio-tastic theater will be an experience to remember. Presented in partnership with Risk/Reward, this pairing of live performance and cinematic mystery offers an evening designed to be felt as much as it is seen.
ON SCREEN: Memoria
2021. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Runtime: 136 minutes.
From the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, comes a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
ON STAGE: ñ (enye) by ILVS
Performance by ILVS Strauss. Runtime: 20 minutes.
An audiophile’s unhurried storytelling tangents into explorations of the physics of sound, speculations about the advent of language, and inquiries into basic human needs. Humorous, sly, and introspective, the titular character, a green rabbit, guides the audience on a journey through an intentional soundscape, audible and otherwise.
ILVS STRAUSS
From a sociodemographic standpoint, ILVS is a 45-year-old, educated, queer, mixed-race, white-passing, female-bodied, Honduran-American artist. From a non-sociodemographic standpoint, they are still those things, but manifested in 3D by the ethereal: experience, values, judgment, desire, need, love, motivation, inspiration, etc.
ILVS once worked as an analytical chemist for a pharmaceutical company (BA Chemistry—OSU) but slowly pivoted to the arts (MFA Interdisciplinary Arts—SFU). They wear many hats, and at times, they have been known to wear several at once: multidisciplinary performance artist, writer, dancer, facilitator, technical director, lighting designer, and sound engineer.