{"id":912,"date":"2013-03-17T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebzbproductions.ebzb.org\/activated-art-at-the-ackland\/"},"modified":"2013-03-17T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T22:20:00","slug":"activated-art-at-the-ackland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/2013\/03\/17\/activated-art-at-the-ackland\/","title":{"rendered":"Activated Art at the Ackland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activated Art at the Ackland<\/p>\n

By popular demand, the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is again presenting “ekphrastic theater” in its galleries. Through an upcoming series of live theater performances entitled ACTIVATED ART, works of art in the Ackland\u2019s permanent collection may be experienced in unexpected and thought-provoking ways. <\/p>\n

Ekphrasis is a rhetorical device in which one artistic medium attempts to define the essence of another, giving a work further life by telling its perceived story. Each performance of ACTIVATED ART comprises five ten-minute plays, each inspired by a different work of art in the Ackland Art Museum\u2019s permanent collection. <\/p>\n

Written by four distinguished North Carolina authors\u2014Dana Coen, Howard L. Craft, Ian Finley, and Marianne Gingher\u2014and the first-place winner of a student play-writing competition, Wynton Wong, these original plays construct dramatic narratives perceived in painting and sculpture, in an effort to capture the works\u2019 most essential nature. <\/p>\n

The five plays presented at each ACTIVATED ART 2013 performance are:<\/p>\n

The Spectacle of our Misery by Dana Coen<\/p>\n

The Minstrel by Howard L. Craft<\/p>\n

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam by Ian Finley – Directed by Serena Ebhardt.<\/p>\n

Art Class by Marianne Gingher<\/p>\n

Switch by Wynton Wong
\nThe plays will be performed in the Ackland\u2019s galleries, in front of the art that inspired them. A discussion with the playwrights and directors follows the two Friday evening performances.<\/p>\n

Performances:<\/p>\n

Friday, 5 April, 8:00 PM \u2013 A discussion with the playwrights follows this evening\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n

Saturday, 6 April, 8:00 PM
\nSunday, 7 April, 6:00 PM
\nWednesday, 10 April, 8:00 PM
\nThursday, 11 April, 8:00 PM
\nSaturday, 13 April, 8:00 PM
\nSunday, 14 April, 6:00 PM
\nFriday, 19 April, 8:00 PM \u2013 A discussion with the playwrights follows this evening\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n

Saturday, 20 April, 6:00 PM
\nSunday, 21 April, 8:00 PM
\nTickets:<\/p>\n

Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased in person at the Ackland Museum Store, on the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets, in downtown Chapel Hill, or by phone: 919.962.0216.<\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATING LIMITED. LAST YEAR’S PERFORMANCE WAS SOLD OUT BEFORE WE OPENED. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS EARLY. <\/p>\n

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