Media Archeology: Live & Televised

Saturday, April 19, 2008, 9pm
Tara Mateik: Putting Balls Away
DiverseWorks Art Space, 1117 East Freeway

In 'Putting the Balls Away,' Tara Mateik reenacts the legendary 'Battle of the Sexes,' Billie Jean King's 1973 defeat of the former Wimbledon men's champion, Bobby Riggs. By playing both roles in a video version of the match, and reviving remarks by sports commentators Howard Cosell and Rosie Casals, Mateik recalls the controversy sparked by the most watched televised sporting event of the era.

Doors open at 7:15pm
Tickets are $8 in advance, or $12 at the door
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Media Archeology is Aurora Picture Show's annual multimedia festival that features artists who incorporate audio/visual technology with live performance. Each year, Media Archeology focuses on a different sub-genre of technology-based performance, and this year the theme is Live & Televised--live actors who perform with pre-recorded video and audio. The pre-recorded elements create a mise-en-scene of projected sets, props, and environments and provide additional pre-recorded actors -- sometimes creating a stage, soundtrack or entire cast.

Curated by Andrea Grover and Nick Hallett, Media Archeology is a collaboration between Mitchell Center for the Arts at University of Houston, KTRU-FM, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, and Diverseworks.

Festival Schedule:

Thursday, April 17, 8pm: Negativland at Rice University, Herring Hall
Friday, April 18, 8pm: Filmmaker Brent Green with musicians Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire) and Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) at Orange Show
Saturday, April 19, 8pm: Shana Moulton and Tara Mateik at DiverseWorks

Media Archeology is sponsored in part by The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at University of Houston, Microcinema International, VOICE Restaurant, and Southwest Airlines.