The Premier of "BeginAgain" Is in Only Three Weeks!

New York has been hell this winter. By most accounts it's the seventh snowiest year on record, with somewhere around sixty inches of snow having fallen on the city. It doesn't feel much like spring is coming, but it certainly is. It's already March and that means spring will not only arrive—in its official capacity, at least—on the twentieth, but the premiere of BeginAgain will follow a week later. Which means I have a lot to do between now and then.

I've been inspired in terms of trying to expand the way in which I'm documenting the show by a fantastic book called Invisible Things. Published by the UK theater company Fevered Sleep, it's a post-facto document of the process of devising their 2008 installation/performance An Infinite Line: Brighton. As far as books go, it's a beautiful object that, through multiple types of pages attempts to achieve the non-linear intersecting effect I've written about here. Unfortunately, it appears I bought the last copy, but I'm more than happy to share with those interested.

Whatever the case, I'm working on a series of posts which will collect various forms of documentation about each of the four No One to Witness or Adjust chamber studies, including video, photography, production notes, and interviews with the creators, which will lay the groundwork for tracking how zoe|juniper grappled with various ideas and conceptual approaches that ultimately will result in the show that goes up starting March 27 at On the Boards.

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Juniper Shuey

Juniper Shuey is a Seattle-based visual artist renowned for his innovative work in video installations, sculptural performance, and photography. Born in Santa Cruz, California, in 1974, Shuey pursued theatrical set design at Emerson College in Boston before transferring to the University of Washington to study ceramics. There, he integrated performance art with ceramics, leading to his exploration of video projection as a sculptural medium. 

Since 1999, Shuey's work has been showcased both nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in Italy, Budapest, New York City, Houston, Seattle, Portland, and Christchurch, New Zealand. His notable exhibitions include solo shows at the Howard House in Seattle (2005 and 2010) and participation in the Tacoma Art Museum's Northwest Biennial (2004, 2006). His work has been published in art books such as "SOIL Artist," "Lava," and "Fashion is ART."

Shuey has received several awards recognizing his contributions to the arts, including the Curators' Choice Award at the Tacoma Art Museum's Northwest Biennial in 2004 and the People's Choice Award at the Bellevue Art Museum's Northwest Annual in 2001. In 2010, he was a fellow at The MacDowell Colony, and in 2013, he, along with collaborator Zoe Scofield, received The Stranger Genius Award for Performance.

In 2005, Shuey began a collaborative partnership with choreographer and dancer Zoe Scofield, leading to the formation of the company zoe | juniper in 2006. Together, they create multidisciplinary works that blend dance, video installations, and photography. Their collaborations have been presented at venues such as Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, On the Boards, Bumbershoot, Bates Dance Festival, PICA's TBA Festival, and the Frye Art Museum. 

Beyond his artistic endeavors, Shuey serves as the head carpenter at the University of Washington's Meany Hall.

You can visit his Instagram profile for a visual insight into his work and creative process.

http://www.zoejuniper.org
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