Program 2011

Phobophilia

Presented by HERE

Created by 2boys.tv

Running Time: 45 minutes

$20 Tickets: here.org or 212 352 3101

HERE 145 6th Ave (1 block below Spring, enter on Dominick)

Twenty-four spectators are led to a secret location to witness a peculiar interrogation. Phobophilia unfolds through a complex meshing of sound, action, ritual and video projection. Using its micro-cinema of Cocteau-inspired projections shown on an elaborate, ever-shifting pop-up book, Phobophilia is a surrealist and dreamlike examination of fear, pleasure, voyeurism and the visual archive of war.

Transdisciplinary artists Stephen Lawson and Aaron Pollard are 2boys.tv. Since 2002, this award winning art duo has created and presented a wide repertoire of collaborative multidisciplinary cabaret works, performances, videos and installations in clubs, galleries, museums, theatres and festivals around the world.

"An exquisitely crafted peep-show into the quest for the poetic in a time shadowed by fear." -Glasgow Herald

Presented with the support of Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec and La Délégation générale du Québec à New York. Phobophilia was originally produced with the support of Studio 303 (Montreal).