Staged Productions
The New Yorkers
With The New Yorkers, Bang on a Can's co-artistic directors/composers Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe have created a concert that has been enhanced, stretched and challenged by exciting collaborations with Gotham's most visceral musicians, filmmakers, and visual artists. This concert celebration of New York's collective unconscious features musical performances by the unparalleled pioneering ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars, the string quartet Ethel, the Michael Gordon Band and genre-bending vocalist Theo Bleckmann. The New Yorkers pairs new music by Gordon, Lang, and Wolfe with cartoon projections by artist Ben Katchor, decayed film footage of New York buildings by Bill Morrison (creator of Decasia), and the work of urban video artist Doug Aitken. It features a controversial landmark 70s video by William Wegman, projections by visual artist Laurie Olinder, and a text by Lou Reed - all seamlessly staged by Barry Edelstein to create a work which reflects the singular experience of our city.
- Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe
- Staged by BARRY EDELSTEIN
- Lighting Design by JANE COX
- Projection Design by JAN HARTLEY
- Associate Projection Design by MICHAEL CLARK
- Sound Design by ANDREW COTTON
- Video by DOUG AITKEN
- Picture Stories by BEN KATCHOR
- Visuals by LAURIE OLINDER
- Film by BILL MORRISON
- Text by LOU REED
- Video by WILLIAM WEGMAN
- BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS
- ETHEL
- MICHAEL GORDON BAND
- THEO BLECKMANN