STARBOX
Fridays, July 23 & 30, August 6 & 13, 2010
Where: Bryant Park
Starbox, art.party's biggest, buzziest piece yet, involved over 25 performers, an original script by Mattie Brickman, and a mystery star in a giant mirrored box in Bryant Park.
The audience waited in a long line for some one-on-one time with the star, but what they didn't know was that there were also actors in line, speculating about the identity of the star, bemoaning missed dinner reservations, offering people half a sandwich.
Ultimately, Starbox was about hype versus humanity, for when each audience member entered the box, s/he entered was confronted with her/his lawyer, agent and stylist, who apologized for the paparazzi level ("near zero") and dismissed Bryant Park's faux-pas of providing green m and m's rather than blue. The agent then coached each star on the last line of the show, which s/he would say upon exiting the box ("hmm...thinner than I thought" or "more like starsucks!").
Starbox blurred the distinction between audience and actor, exploited the dramatic and glamorous backdrop of Bryant Park and structured a discussion about what makes a star.
Follow the amazing buzz that art.party garnered with Starbox on the news page, and read all of the tweets on our blog. The most incredible part of Starbox was all of the feedback we got from audience members, and the indelible connections that were made by those in (and on)line. Click here to watch the fantastic video WNYC took.
PHOTOS / Photos by Karly Domb Sadof
Fridays, July 23 & 30, August 6 & 13, 2010
Where: Bryant Park
Starbox, art.party's biggest, buzziest piece yet, involved over 25 performers, an original script by Mattie Brickman, and a mystery star in a giant mirrored box in Bryant Park.
The audience waited in a long line for some one-on-one time with the star, but what they didn't know was that there were also actors in line, speculating about the identity of the star, bemoaning missed dinner reservations, offering people half a sandwich.
Ultimately, Starbox was about hype versus humanity, for when each audience member entered the box, s/he entered was confronted with her/his lawyer, agent and stylist, who apologized for the paparazzi level ("near zero") and dismissed Bryant Park's faux-pas of providing green m and m's rather than blue. The agent then coached each star on the last line of the show, which s/he would say upon exiting the box ("hmm...thinner than I thought" or "more like starsucks!").
Starbox blurred the distinction between audience and actor, exploited the dramatic and glamorous backdrop of Bryant Park and structured a discussion about what makes a star.
Follow the amazing buzz that art.party garnered with Starbox on the news page, and read all of the tweets on our blog. The most incredible part of Starbox was all of the feedback we got from audience members, and the indelible connections that were made by those in (and on)line. Click here to watch the fantastic video WNYC took.
PHOTOS / Photos by Karly Domb Sadof
