TELE-VIOLET Interview on "The Power of Emotion"
Interview with Katherine Brook + Shonni Enelow of TELE-VIOLET, coming to Under the Radar 2015 INCOMING! with "The Power of Emotion":
What moment or idea do you hope the audience will remember most from your show?
KB: I want the audience to see emotional contagion.
SE: I want the audience to consider emotion on the stage in a way they’ve never considered it before.
What was or is the greatest challenge of developing or presenting
this piece?
SE: Answering the question of how much and what kind of narrative should there be in a piece like this –– what kind of narrative would hold but not contain the ideas.
KB: Communicating what the piece is about in advance of someone seeing it can be hard for that reason. That’s been a challenge: talking about the piece.
Why do you do theater?
SE: I think I make theater first of all because the experience of performing as a small child was and still is foundational to my sense of self.
KB: I think that the experience of sitting with an artwork over time is really powerful.
SE: I feel that way too. And I like hearing something I've written in somebody else’s voice.
KB: We both like collaborating.
SE: And seeing our work unfold in time and space. Creating an event in which artwork happens.
What other art are you most excited about RIGHT NOW?
KB: New music, new classical music. I’ve gotten interested in it because of the show, and I wish more people knew about it. I think it feels inaccessible to a lot of people. I’m excited about new opera in particular.
SE: I’m thinking a lot about experimental film right now. I’m interested in performance in film, acting in film.
What is something in the world you wish more people knew about or were aware of?
SE: The novels of Elena Ferrante. Carlos Saura’s film …Cria Cuervos. My friend Michael Koresky just wrote a book about the British filmmaker Terrence Davies, whose films are stunning.
KB: I wish people — especially people who aren't artists — were more aware of the economics of art-making. It's amazing what artists manage to do with very little money in New York City.
