Jim Findlay's VINE OF THE DEAD to Play The Invisible Dog, 5/26-28

Vine of the Dead explores the place and meaning of ritual in the 21st century by attempting to communicate across the divide between life and death. In a series of 11 rituals, the performance channels personal experiences of death and transcendence while exploring the spirituality of skepticism.

Created and performed by Obie and Bessie Award-winning director and designer Jim Findlay and interaction and sound designer Ryan Holsopple, the performance conjures alternate realms of perception and consciousness through a dense visual and sonic landscape.

Additional collaborators include performers Jake Denney, Aleta Findlay (11 year old daughter of Jim), Maurina Lioce, and Jessie Tidball, co-writer Jeff Jackson, costume designer Andreea Mincic and producer Joel Bassin.

Vine of the Dead, will take place Thursday May 26, Friday May 27, and Saturday May 28, 2016. Doors will open at 8:30 pm / performance begins at 9:00 pm.
Admission is $20. For reservations and info. please email reserve@vineofthedead.org.

JIM FINDLAY works across boundaries as a theater artist, visual artist, and filmmaker. His most recent work includes his original performances Dream of the Red Chamber (2014) and Botanica (2012), the direction and design of David Lang's Whisper Opera for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Lincoln Center and the soon-to-be complete 3D film adaptation of Botanica. His video installation Meditation created in collaboration with Ralph Lemon was recently acquired by the Walker Art Center for their permanent collection. He was a founding member and collaborator in the Collapsable Giraffe and in partnership with Radiohole founded the Collapsable Hole a multi-disciplinary artist led performance venue recently relocated to the West Village in Manhattan. In addition to his original works as an independent artist and with the Giraffe, he maintains a long career as a collaborator with many theater, performance and music groups including Mallory Catlett, Daniel Fish, Aaron Landsman, The Wooster Group, Ridge Theater, Bang on a Can, Ralph Lemon, Stew and Heidi Rodewald and Accinosco/Cynthia Hopkins. His work has been seen at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, BAM, Arena Stage, A.R.T. and over 50 cities worldwide including Berlin, Istanbul, London, Moscow, and Paris. He is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award for his next project "Electric Lucifer" and received the 2015 Foundation for Contemporary Art Artist Grant. His previous awards include 2 Obies, 2 Bessies, 2 Princess Grace Awards, Lortel and Hewes Awards and residencies at MacDowell, UCross, MassMOCA, Baryshnikov Arts Center and Mt Tremper Arts. www.jimfindlaynyc.com

RYAN HOLSOPPLE is a designer, performer and programmer for performance. Recent projects include Sound Design for Jim Findlay's Vine of the Dead (Westbeth Arts), Radiohole's Tarzana (The Performing Garage), Video for Annie Dorsen's Yesterday Tomorrow (Holland Festival), Interaction Design for Mallory Catlett's This Was The End (The Chocolate Factory, 2014 Bessie Award for Visual Design), Associate Video Design for Annie Dorsen's A Piece of Work, (BAM, On The Boards, Seattle), Interaction Design for Radiohole's Inflatable Frankenstein (The Kitchen), Interaction Design for Mantra Percussion's performance of Timber, by Michael Gordon (BAM), Programming laser

pointer audience interaction for Bill Morrison's Shooting Gallery, (BAM); Plant Interaction Design for Jim Findlay's Botanica (3LD). He received a Doris Duke Charitable Trust Grant with PS122 to develop a new technological performance program with PS122, and won a Bessie for Design in 2014 for Mallory Catlett's This Was The End (The Chocolate Factory), was nominated for the 2011 Hewes Design Award for sound design of 31 Down's Here At Home, presented by the Bushwick Starr. He is the founder 31 Down and has performed and designed sound for all of 31 Down's performances.