I incorporated a text fragment from one of Euripides’ lost tragedies to an image of an abandoned dollhouse discovered on a sidewalk. Informally, the piece is called Enclose the Divine. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the remaining textual fragments of the lost plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The Fragment What…

Environmental Live Art: visual, physical, and musical performances of the remaining fragments of classic dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, scored in collaboration with artists from all mediums including sculptors, composers, designers, & performers.
Environmental Live Art

Environmental Live Art: visual, physical, and musical performances of the remaining fragments of classic dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, scored in collaboration with artists from all mediums including sculptors, composers, designers, & performers.
In Time of Need: Sophocles Fragment #117
I incorporated a text fragment from one of Sophocles’ lost tragedies to an image of an abandoned house outside Watsonville. Informally, the piece is called In Time of Need. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the remaining textual fragments of the lost plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The Fragment For … shines…
The Man Who Knows: Euripides Fragment #115
At 5:40Am. on March 23rd, 2020 I incorporated a text fragment from one of Euripides’ lost tragedies with a site responsive approach to Environmental Art and Public Art (The statue: To Honor Surfing Statue) on Santa Cruz’s Westside. Informally, the piece is called The Man Who Knows. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the remaining textual fragments…
Sophocles’ Laocoön at BAMPFA
At noon on March 9th, 2020 we performed a site responsive theatre production of a fragment from Sophocles tragedy Laocoön at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive The Fragment And fire shines on the altar in the streetas it sends up a vapor from drops of myrrh,exotic scents. Poseidon, you who range over…
Aeschylus Danaids at the Pulgas Water Temple
At 4:45pm on November 19th, 2018 we performed a site responsive theatre piece of the two remaining fragments of Aeschylus Danaids at the Pulgas Water Temple in San Mateo county. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the remaining fragments for the lost plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The weather was cloudy, with…
Path of Steady Success: Euripides Fragment #259
At noon. on May 9th, 2018we performed a site responsive theatre productionof a Euripides fragment we titled Path of Steady Successin East Palo Alto The weather was sunnywith a temperature of 64℉The duration of the performancewas 5 minutesfor an audience of 4 The FragmentThe man on the path of steady successshould not think that he…
Savage Blasts: Sophocles Fragment #116 at The Wave Organ
We performed a site responsive theatre piece using a fragment of text from a lost Sophocles tragedy at the Wave Organ in San Francisco. Informally, the piece is called Savage Blasts. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the fragments for the lost plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The Fragment… he blows no longer on small pipes, but with…
Sophocles Nausicaä at Pillar Point
The Production… At 1:08 p.m. on July 10th, 2016 we performed a site responsive theatre production of the remaining fragments of Sophocles Nausicaä at Pillar Point The weather was sunny with a temperature of 72℉ The duration of the performance was 65 minutes for an audience of 37 Aleta Hayes, Jamie Lyons, Judy Syrkin-Nikolau, Benjamin…
Love is The Fullest Education: Euripides Fragment No. 91
At 6:57 a.m. on April 7th, 2016 Muriel Maffre, Ryan Tacata and myself performed a site responsive theatre production of a fragments of one of the lost tragedies by Euripides on Slacker Hill in the Marin Headlands. Informally, the piece we called the work Love is The Fullest Education and the fragment relates the myth of Zeus’ seduction of Io in the form of a…
Speechless Fish: Sophocles Fragment #110 At San Gregorio
The Production… At 3:57 p.m. on December 23rd, 2015I performed a site specific productionof an unattributed fragment of Sophoclesin San Gregoriowith eight dead fish on a fence The weather was partly cloudywith a temperature of 52℉The duration of the performancewas two and a half minutesfor an audience of 3 The Fragment… A chorus of speechless…
Cloud Talk: Sophocles Fragment #137
On October 9th, 2015 Rebecca Ormiston, Ryan Tacata and myself created an experimental piece for Artist Weather TV that incorporated a text fragment from one of Sophocles’ lost tragedies: Sophocles Fragment #137. Informally, the piece is called Cloud Talk. This work is part of a larger project called IOTA that brings to life the remaining…
Aeschylus The Argo At San Francisco Maritime
At 2:45 p.m. on October 3rd, 2015 I performed a site responsive theater piece of the only remaining fragment from Aeschylus’ The Argo in the hold of the schooner C.A. Thayer at San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. based on Aeschylus’ The Argo adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons The early stages of the Argonaut…
No Man’s Friend: Euripides Fragment # 266 At Aquatic Park
At 5:55 a.m. on July 1st, 2015 we performed a site responsive theatre production of an unattributed fragment of one of the lost tragedies by Euripides’ at Aquatic Park in San Francisco. Informally, the piece is called No Man’s Friend. based on Euripides’ fragments adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons with Val Sinkler & Jamie Freebury The Fragment… No man’s friend stays faithful to his tomb….
Aeschylus Daughters of the Sun at Año Nuevo
At 6:25 a.m. on April 24th, 2015 I performed a site responsive theatre production of Aeschylus Daughters of The Sun in the waves off Año Nuevo State Park adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons performed by Jamie Lyons location: Año Nuevo State Park The Play… the story of how Phaëthon meet his death while attempting to…
Aeschylus Glaucus of Potniae at Golden Gate Fields
At 1:15 p.m. on June 6th, 2015 we performed a site responsive theater piece with the fragments that remain from the lost Aeschylus tragedy, Glaucus of Potniae, at the Golden Gates Fields horse racing track. The Play… Glaucus reared his horse on human flesh so as to make her fiercer she ultimately turns on Glaucus…
Sophocles Sinon at The Emeryville Mudflats
At 8:01 p.m. on May 4th, 2015 we performed a site responsive theatre event of Sophocles’ Sinon (using the textual fragments that have survived) in the Emeryville Mudflats: adjacent to the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. based on Sophocles’ fragments adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons performed by Todd Pivetti The Play… left behind by the…