floodlines 2008

"floodlines is an art form unto itself..."

 - Mike Agresta, the austinist, 4/23/08

"...has the feel of a waking dream, making the familiar unfamiliar, drenching the known in mystery and opening one to wonder and change..."

 - Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle, 4/20/07

Conceived in the aftermath of 9/11, floodlines is a site-specific performance installation mapped onto the landscape of Austin, Texas. The audience travels through the piece by car, while the performers appear en route, along a three-mile stretch of land on the streets, lawns, and sidewalks of Austin’s historic Hyde Park neighborhood.

As the performers disappear, reappear, and disappear again, the audience is asked to consider the relationship between presence and absence, memory and loss, history and ghosts.

floodlines is presented once a year for seven years, ending in 2010.

floodlines 2008 was performed within the North University and Hyde Park neighborhoods on Sunday, April 20, 2008.  The performance began at Eastwoods Park.  Seating was limited to 32 individuals.

A Community Dialogue immediately followed the event allowing the director, actors/participants, audience, and members of the general public to engage in a discussion about the performance/experience. 

If you would like to learn more about floodlines and the final two performances in 2009 and 2010, contact us.

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Special thanks to the floodlines 2009 Production Team and The Ensemble.

The Production Team:

Director:  Jaclyn Pryor

Production Manager: Ann S. Graham

Stage Manager:  Sean P. Jenkins

Assistant Stage Manager:  Marissa Flores Machado

Photography:  Blake Gordon, E Lotsey, Leah Ross

Film/Videography: Lisa Kaselak, Kai Mantsch,

Lucas Millard, Billy Wood, Blake Gordon

Sound design: Karen LaShelle, Jaclyn Pryor,

Julia M. Smith

Web Team:  go9media, Dave Hime, Rhodes Gibson,

Andy Bernal; and Well+Design, Alisa Weldon, Medea Lee

The Ensemble (in order of appearance):

Jacqui Woolley+, Rich MacMath+, Jaclyn Pryor****,

Sandi Bender, Kay Bryant , Genevieve Frisch,

Arlen Johnson*+, Tony Kotecki+, Madeline Marabella*+, Jack Steiner**+, Derek Young*+, Timothy Baron*,

Teddy Malone, Gwen Lewis*+, Luanne Stovall,

Doug Simmer*+, Emily Jantzen, Sam Schonzeit*+,

Tom Wald, Aimee Zivin***+, Jacob Zivin*,  Zip Zap Zivin*, Julia M. Smith****+, Claire Canavan, Valerie French*,

Kiera Griffin, Rosalyn Mandola**, Laura Moss*, Ai Voung, Leanne Zacharias*, Trevor Brooks+, Justin Gray+,

Meg Hardick+, Isak Kotecki+, Manuel Morales,

Thomas Graves, Meg Sullivan**, Stacey Garza***,

Ben Summers*, Jessie Woolley-MacMath+,

Omid Ghorashi*, Rebecca Hewett*, Brook Celeste, Morgan (Abigail) Riherd, Ginny Sanders, Dustin Wills***, Gabriella Walker+, Giulia Walker+, Clara Gibbs+,

Maya Lawrence, Atticus Gibbs+, Jennifer Vickers+, Stacey Abel, Nancy Mims+, Nate Zivin****

 * 2nd year in floodlines

** 3rd year in floodlines

*** 4th year in floodlines

**** 5th year in floodlines

+  Hyde Park or North University resident

Thank you all!