The Somerville Gates

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The Somerville Gates made it into the Arts Section of the New York Times today (linked from the front page). you need a NYT account to see it, so I though I'd post the article here for those of you who are curious about who "Hargo" is. :)
-crystal




With $3.50 and a Dream, the 'Anti-Christo' Is Born
By SARAH BOXER
Published: February 19, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18 - You've seen Christo's "Gates" in Central Park. But what about Hargo's "Gates" in Somerville, Mass.? Sure, Hargo is unabashedly riding on the coattails of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. But it did take him some time to make his gates: 0.002 years, he estimates. That's a good chunk of a day. You may as well take a look:

www.not-rocket-science.com/gates.htm.

Just who is Hargo? Is he some kind of genius wrapper? His name is Geoff Hargadon, he is 50 and, in a telephone interview, he would only say, enigmatically, "Art is not my profession." His last installation was a studio full of discarded ATM receipts. The show was called "Balance." It was about "people, privacy and money," he said, adding: "You want to know how much people have? Here it is."

Like Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Hargo used recyclable materials for "The Somerville Gates." Unlike them, he accepts donations to defray the cost of his installation, which was $3.50. The mayor of Somerville did not come to the unveiling, on Valentine's Day.( read the rest )

Nomi Sparks does Jacques! (Boston, MA)

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Jacques
Monday, Feb 21, 10pm
21+ $6

Physical Comedy Class (Somerville, MA)

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Physical Comedy & Movement
Sundays, 10am - 12pm
April 2 - May 8
$150
Maximum Students: 16
At Jimmy Tingles Off-Broadway in Davis Square, Somerville

To Register Contact
Naomi Bennett
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617-780-7824
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This movement-oriented class is an introduction to physical character and movement for theatre. All levels are welcome, as long as participants are willing to have fun. The object of this class is to explore the basics of comedic movement, character vocalization, and theatrical physicality. Each class incorporates exercises in attention, group dynamics, isolation, play, observation, rhythm, timing, and creative vocalization. The class will work towards character development through observation, mimicking, and use of stock characteristics, and physical traits.

Please wear non-restrictive clothing (no jeans please), and either bare or sock feet.

THE INSTRUCTOR

Naomi Bennett has been a physical comedian and movement artist for over two years, and before that worked as a director and producer in the Amherst and Boston areas, including a benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues and Vietnam X an original piece about second generation perspectives on the Vietnam War.

She has studied Commedia dell'Arte in Italy with VeneziaINscena, Physical Theatre with Andrew Hammerson in Montreal, locally with the Stanislavski Summer School, and earned a degree in Theatre from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has most recently been seen in the Illegitmate Theatre Company's Some of My Best Friends are Men, loosely inspired by Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge. Miss Bennett was recently cast as a member of The Tribe, and is also currently working with the all woman clown troupe, Only Fooling. You may have seen her counter-part, Nomi Sparks, as a guest performer at Traniwreck at Jacques Cabaret.