Seth Parker Woods & Spencer Topel: ICED BODIES artist conversation
Thu, Jan 27, 5 pm
Moderated by Douglas Kearney
Free, registration required
Update: This event has been limited to 50% capacity. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test taken within the prior 72 hours is required to attend this event. Masks are also required. The ICED BODIES performance on Jan 29 has been canceled and will instead be presented as part of The Great Northern 2023.
Join cellist Seth Parker Woods and artist Spencer Topel for an in-depth conversation with poet/performer/librettist and University of Minnesota faculty member Douglas Kearney on ICED BODIES—an interactive performance installation by Woods and Topel for cello and electronics. Free and open to the public.
Topel | Woods is an artist collective creating visual art, music, installation, and experimental media. Their work prompts audiences and visitors to consider the role of art in relation to society, technology, and identity. Formed in 2017 by Spencer Topel and Seth Parker Woods, Topel & Woods' first major project was ICED BODIES: Ice Music for Chicago at The Arts Club of Chicago. Subsequently, they presented ICED BODIES at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2019. They continue to develop new work addressing society, culture, and race in performance and installation projects.
Douglas Kearney has published seven books, including Sho (Wave Books, 2021) of which Ken Chen (NPR) writes “Kearney’s prosody is miraculous”; the award-winning poetry collection Buck Studies (Fence Books, 2016); libretti, Someone Took They Tongues. (Subito, 2016); and criticism, Mess and Mess and (Noemi Press, 2015).) WIRE magazine calls Fodder, a live album featuring Kearney and frequent collaborator, Val Inc., “Brilliant.” A Whiting Writer’s and Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly awardee with residencies/fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. Kearney is a McKnight Presidential Fellow and associate professor of Creative Writing/English at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Born in Brooklyn, raised in Altadena, CA, he lives in St. Paul with his family.
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