>W.W.A.R./ Die Dritte Generation at ALAC
Photographs Jennie Warren iPhone photographs by Cindy Bernard and Scott Marvel Cassidy
Scott Benzel: W.W.A.R./ Die Dritte Generation
W.W.A.R. Performance Script, 2016
Review by Sam Bloch PDF
4pm, Saturday Jan. 26 ALAC Ruskin Theatre Santa Monica Airport
Art Los Angeles Contemporary presents the debut of Scott Benzel W.W.A.R. / Die Dritte Generation for belt sanders, amplified newton’s cradles, bass speakers, glass, magnetic tape,viola, violin, and voice.
Taking as starting points Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Die Dritte Generation and Arthur Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation, Benzel’s ‘performative environment’ features performers installing and then acting upon various musical and visual constructions (some repurposed from previous performances) including a belt sander racetrack, amplified newton’s cradles, a coffee table supported by bass speakers, and a long magnetic tape loop.