The man who knows how to heal well must look to the lifestyles of a city’s inhabitants and to their land when he examines their illnesses. Euripides Fragment #115
Visual, physical, and musical performances
of the lost (fragmentary) plays of
Aeschylus, Sophocles & Euripides.
Scored in collaboration with artists from all mediums
including sculptors, composers, designers, and performers
Environmental Live Art
Visual, physical, and musical performances
of the lost (fragmentary) plays of
Aeschylus, Sophocles & Euripides.
Scored in collaboration with artists from all mediums
including sculptors, composers, designers, and performers
Sophocles’ Laocoön at BAMPFA
At noon. on March 9th, 2020we performed a site specific productionof a fragment from Sophocles tragedy Laocoönat 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 the capes of the…
Aeschylus Danaids at the Pulgas Water Temple
At 4:45pm on November 19th, 2018 we performed a site specific 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…
Euripides Fragment #259
At noon. on May 9th, 2018 we performed a site specific production of a Euripides fragment in East Palo Alto The weather was sunny with a temperature of 64℉ The duration of the performance was 5 minutes for an audience of 4 The Fragment The man on the path of steady success should not think…
Sophocles’ No. 116 at The Wave Organ
The Fragment… he blows no longer on small pipes, but with savage blasts, without a mouthpiece. Location… The Wave Organ an acoustic sculpture installed on the shore of San Francisco Bay in May 1986 by Peter Richards of the Exploratorium and sculptor and mason George Gonzales a series of 25 PVC organ pipes the wave…
Sophocles’ Nausicaä at Pillar Point
The Production… At 1:08 p.m. on July 10th, 2016 we performed a site specific production of Sophocles lost drama 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 Cohn, performance art…
Euripides Fragment No. 91
The Fragment… Love is the fullest education… …in lovely wisdom… He is the pleasantest of all the gods for mortals to consort with. He possesses a pleasure that brings no pain, and leads me to hope. May I not be among those uninitiated in his toils. May I keep clear of his savage ways! To…
Sophocles’ No. 116 at The Wave Organ
The Fragment… he blows no longer on small pipes, but with savage blasts, without a mouthpiece. Location… The Wave Organ an acoustic sculpture installed on the shore of San Francisco Bay in May 1986 by Peter Richards of the Exploratorium and sculptor and mason George Gonzales a series of 25 PVC organ pipes the wave…
Sophocles Unattributed Fragment #110 At San Gregorio
The Production… At 3:57 p.m. on December 23rd, 2015 I performed a site specific production of an unattributed fragment of Sophocles in San Gregorio with eight dead fish on a fence The weather was partly cloudy with a temperature of 52℉ The duration of the performance was two and a half minutes for an audience…
Aeschylus’ The Argo At San Francisco Maritime
based on Aeschylus’ The Argo adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons The early stages of the Argonaut expedition perhaps even its very beginning The Argo was constructed by the shipwright Argus with the help of Athena In her prow a piece of timber from the sacred forest of Dodona spoke prophecies In the end Argo…
Euripides Unidentified Fragment (E.266) At Aquatic Park
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. Location… In 1902, it became illegal to bury new bodies in the city By 1921, the bodies were being moved en masse to Colma By 1941 nearly all of…
Sophocles’ Sinon at The Emeryville Mudflats
based on Sophocles’ fragments adapted and directed by Jamie Lyons performed by Todd Pivetti The Play… left behind by the departing Greeks Sinon pretending to be a companion of Palamedes whom the Greeks sacrificed wins the confidence of the Trojans convincing them the Wooden Horse is merely an offering to Athena yet – if the…