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TYSON vs. ALI Realizes Greatest Match That Never Happened, Jan 3-19 at COIL

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 04:35 pm EST 12/03/13

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 AND 3-LEGGED DOG PRESENT WORLD PREMIERE OF TYSON VS. ALI FROM REID FARRINGTON, A 3-LEGGED DOG PRODUCTION AS PART OF PS122’S COIL 2014 FESTIVAL TYSON vs. ALI Realizes Greatest Heavyweight-Boxing Match That Never Happened, Placing Mike Tyson And Muhammad Ali Into The Ring TYSON VS. ALI Reid Farrington A 3-Legged Dog Production. Commissioned by PS122, Co-presented by PS122 and 3-Legged Dog. 3LD Art & Technology Center (80 Greenwich Street, Manhattan) January 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 17–19 at 7:30pm; January 10, 16 at 10pm; January 13 at 1pm $20 ($15 students, seniors); 60 minutes ps122.org/coil; 212-352-3101 60 minutes with no intermission “The interplay between the live and film actors is an elegant kind of dance… a marvelous technical feat… visually arresting, aesthetically complex…” – The New York Times, 2010 As part of the ninth edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 and 3-Legged Dog present TYSON vs. ALI from Reid Farrington. Harrowing and unpredictable, TYSON vs. ALI realizes the greatest heavyweight-boxing match that never happened, placing two giants of boxing, Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, into the ring in a way no one thought possible. Using a volatile combination of dance, theater and new-media stagecraft, artist and director Reid Farrington examines the emotional life and physical experiences of aspiring boxers through the larger-than-life personas of Iron Mike and The Greatest. TYSON vs. ALI explores how differently these two epic fighters reigned as champions and how their histories and personalities affected their community and the world at large. Performances of TYSON vs. ALI will take place January 3–19 (see schedule above) at 3LD Art & Technology Center. Critics are welcome as of Saturday, January 4 for an official opening of Wednesday, January 8. The running time is 60 minutes with no intermission. 3LD Art & Technology Center is located at 80 Greenwich Street in Manhattan. Tickets, which are $20 ($15 students & seniors), are available online at www.ps122.org/coil and by phone at 212-352-3101. With choreography by Laura K. Nicoll and text by Frank Boudreaux, TYSON vs. ALI places Farrington’s signature combination of live-action and lifted-video footage into a real boxing ring for a 9 round fight. Using precise video editing and projection techniques, Farrington lifts each boxer out of their respective careers and private histories and engages them with one another. As the two jab, block and weave in video projection, live stunt performers silhouette their every move, landing real blows, creating a viscerally convincing version of the impossible: Ali and Tyson boxing and interacting as contemporaries. TYSON vs. ALI is part of 3-Legged Dog's 3LD/3D+ program. The live production will be filmed in 2D and 3D for submission to international film festivals and eventual worldwide distribution by NHK Cosmomedia America. Farrington is a new media artist, theater director and stage designer. His most recent work Reid Farrington’s A Christmas Carol, which mixed live performers with video projected characters from 35 different film version of the Dickens’ classic tale, premiered at the Abrons Art Center in 2011 and was remounted in 2012. His directorial debut, THE PASSION PROJECT was based on the film The Passion of Joan of Arc and premiered at the PS/K2 festival in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2007. Gin & “It”, his second work, was based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope and premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2010. He is currently developing a performance installation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art based on “The Young Archer,” a much-contested Michelangelo sculpture. From 2001–2008, Farrington was a technical artist for The Wooster Group where he designed video and created hardware and software systems for the integration of video and sound for six of the company’s productions: To You, the Birdie!, Brace Up!, Poor Theater, House/Lights, WHO’S YOUR DADA?! and Hamlet. He has toured his work and five of The Wooster Group’s productions to Copenhagen, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Brussels, Athens, Vancouver, and Columbus, OH. Farrington has held creative residencies at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, the 3LD Art & Technology Center and Abrons Art Center. Please visit reidfarrington.com, for more information. Credits Produced with earned revenue by 3-Legged Dog Productions with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New York Theater Program. Commissioned by PS122 with support from a 50th Anniversary Grant from the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Production design support provided by the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York). About 3-Legged Dog 3-Legged Dog exists to produce new, original works in theater, performance, media and hybrid forms. Working out of a strong literary tradition, our mission is to explore the new narrative possibilities created by digital technology, and to provide an environment for our artists to create new tools and modes of expression so that they can excel across a range of disciplines. 3LD Art & Technology Center creates and supports challenging large-scale art within a financially sustainable environment. Its goals are to create viable growth oriented business models for experimental art production, revitalize the experimental tradition in New York by improving the working conditions and quality of production, and foster a community of artists who work cooperatively and aggressively to address their own barriers. In order to achieve these goals, 3LD creates, re-distributes and re-imagines resources that drive core cost reduction while increasing capacity and revenue. www.3ldnyc.org. About Performance Space 122 Performance Space 122 (PS122) provides incomparable experiences for audiences by presenting and commissioning artists whose work challenges boundaries of live performance. PS122 is dedicated to supporting the creative risks taken by artists from diverse genres, cultures and perspectives. We are an innovative local, national and international leader in contemporary performance. Beginning in 2011, PS122 embarked on one of the most unusual and potentially radical shifts in its history, including a re-structuring of artist support, a business model overhaul, and the renovation of our building. As PS122’s East Village home undergoes a much-needed interior renovation supported primarily by the City of New York, DCA and DDC, PS122’s core activity continues to be providing audiences with contemporary live performance. For over 3 decades, Performance Space 122 has been a hub for contemporary performance and an active member of the cultural community. Under the curatorial vision of Vallejo Gantner (Artistic Director 2005 – present) PS122 has developed a set of programs designed to re-establish the value of live performance, provide singular experiences for audiences that inspire critical thinking, and sustain the creative process for artists throughout their career. Largely in partnership with peer organizations, PS122 currently presents artists in all disciplines in spaces all over the city during an annual fall & spring season and COIL festival in January. In addition to the commissioning and presenting of artists from NYC across the US, and around the globe, PS122 has increased our activity off the stage to provide audiences with a variety of access points and context for the work on stage. These activities include both talkbacks with the artists as well as in depth conversations that bring together luminaries from non-arts disciplines to discuss a variety of topics including everything from religion, to migration, to queer real estate and cultural diplomacy. PS122 encourages the asking of questions and debate of contemporary society’s issues in both artistic practice and audience experience. Website: ps122.org YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PerformanceSpace122

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