Zeus punished men for Prometheus’ theft of fire by causing the first woman to be created out of clay This woman is Pandora: ‘All-Gifted’, because of the gifts provided her by the gods She is Man’s punishment for the theft of fire Pandora opens the jar in which all kinds of evils are contained they…
Sophocles
Sopohocles’ Nausicaä Perfromance
The Iota and The Chocolate Heads present Sophocles’ lost drama Nausicaä… Afternoon, July 10th, Half Moon Bay Only a few fragments remain from Sophocles original play which was presumably based upon the fifth and sixth books of the Odyssey. The Fragment… …to weave robes and tunics made of linen… The wave passed me by then…
Rehearsing Nausicaä
Judy Syrkin-Nikolau and Amber Levine rehearsing a moment for Sophocles’ Nausicaä
Nausicaä design meeting
We have the best design meetings….
Timothy Lee as Poseidon
Timothy Lee of The Chocolate Heads as Poseidon in Sophocles Nausicaä with Choreographic expertise from Aleta Hayes
rehearsing Sophocles Nausicaä
Poseidon vs. Odysseus “Poseidon god of the earthquake launched a colossal wave, terrible, murderous, arching over him, pounding down on him, hard as a windstorm blasting piles of dry parched chaff, scattering flying husks…” The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fagles Sophocles Nausicaä rehearsal with The Chocolate Heads in Stanford Theater and Performance Studies‘ Prosser Studio
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…
Rehearsing Sophocles’ Nausicaä
Rehearsing Sophocles No. 116
Early morning rehearsal of Sophocles fragment number 116 with barking sea lions pelicans diving for fish fascinated tourists and local runners the amazing soundscape by Derek Phillips and the beautiful movement Of Lauren Dietrich Chavez
Sophocles No. 116 rehearsal
Wave Organ Rehearsal
16th c. Costume Studies for Sophocles’ “Oedipus Tyrannus”
Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528 – 1588) created these costume studies in preparation for the inaugural production of Sophocles’ tragic play Oedipus Tyrannus at the Teatro Olimpico in Verona, which took place March 1585. Although he was not credited as the play’s costume designer, the designs on this sheet were apparently consulted and incorporated. Inscriptions on…
Laocoön by William Blake
If Morality was Christianity Socrates was the Saviour יה [Jehovah] & his two Sons Satan & Adam as they were copied from the Cherubim of Solomons Temple by three Rhodians & applied to Natural Fact, or History of Ilium Art Degraded Imagination Denied War Governed the Nations Evil Good & Evil are Riches & Poverty…
Paul Nash’s Laocoôn
There are places, just as there are people and objects… whose relationship of parts creates a mystery. Paul Nash’s A Private World comprises 25 photographs taken between 1931 and 1946 the images were taken on a pocket Kodak series 2 (the only camera he ever owned) given to him by his wife Nash’s photography captured prehistoric…
Sophocles, Unattributed Fragment (S.180)
My fate is always revolving on the fast-moving wheel of the goddess changing its nature just as the appearance of the moon cannot remain for two nights in the same shape but first emerges from obscurity as new making its face more beautiful coming to fullness when it is at its loveliest it dissolves…
Athamas & Ino
Inspiration for a site specific performance involving Athamas & Ino.
Sophocles’ Nausicaä (S.60)
Possibly based upon the sixth book of the Odyssey The Fragment… …to weave robes and tunics made of linen… The wave passed me by then slowly sucked me back The Location… Pillar Point was originally inhabited by the Ohlone people Storytelling of sacred narratives has been an important component of the Ohlone these narratives often teach…