Tanya Bezreh projects in chronological order


	Marie Antoitente medium: video date: July 2007 location: Firefly festival Vermont	Firefly event in the Vermont woods where we served cake and I invented/performed a drink called the Guillotine.

	Innocent Until Proven Sexy! Improv Boston Graduation Show date: March 2007 venue: Improv Boston city: Cambridge

	music date: 2008 medium: music	Lately I've been starting to perform my music.

	painting date: 2006 medium: acrylic	I needed something for my living room, so I painted this. I think it was a real turning point in terms of me owning what I want to say.

	Artist's Medal medium: video date: 2005	Video diary excerpt about how nice it is not to obsess about becoming an artist.

	It's Good But It's Not Video! medium: video date: 2005	Ode to the categorization of "art" vs. "not art."

	Pickle in the Christmas Tree medium: Christmas Album date: 2005	This album was created for Superette, an annual holiday craft fair.

	5th Date venue: Fort Point Open Studios medium: Digital photos and projected video date: October 2005	Sean Stevens' Synethesia generates real-time responsive video and lasers. This photographic series projects that video onto bodies.

	project: 2nd Annual Anais Nin Video Diary Festival venue: Henry Miller Memorial Library date: May 27 & 28, 2005 city: Big Sur, CA	I'm directing the 2nd Annual Anais Nin Video Diary Festival showcases the works of video diarists. This is the first festival of its kind.

	project: publicity shots for the You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival commisioned by: Grand Opening collaborations with: Sean Stevens appeared in: Boston Phoenix, Stuff @ Night date: April 2005 city: Boston, MA	You Oughta Be In Pictures showcases amateur erotica. The images were commissioned to establish an obvious, iconic, and PG13 image of people filming sexiness.

	Porn on the Cob venue: an art space in Fort Point, Boston date: April 16, 2005 city: Boston, MA	Porn on the Cob is an 8 minute musical introduction to Sam Zimmerman's remix of bizarre explicit movies prepared for Monkeytown.

	untitled (30 sec. movie with eggs) medium: video date: March 2005	This movie was inspired by a 30 second film festival that actually never happenend.

	The Boston Independent Film Festival Deadline is today medium: video date: February 28, 2005	I applied to the Independent Film Festival of Boston, with a movie that was conceived and completed on the same day.

	Tanya and Her Knee medium: video date: 2005	Moment from Tanya's video diary in which she interviews her knee. The footage is from 1998.

	my role: voice over Adventures of the 4D Witch director: Sam Zimmerman medium: repurposed video, new video, new soundtrack date: 2004	Remix of existing grindcore sexy psychadelic movie from the 70's, which was itself clearly a repurposing of found film footage.

	Winds of Change medium: video date: 2004 screened: 2004 Brickbottom Film Festival	Spontaneous song captured on morning of 2004 presidential election.

	Air Paradise medium: video date: 2004 screened: You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival (2004), Monkeytown, Brooklyn (2004)	The liberating effect of taking an Air France flight.

	Porn is the Medium medium: video date: 2004 screened: You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival (2004)	Meditation on whether porn is bereft, or is just another medium which can be filled with any message.

	The Naughty Garden medium: video date: 2003 screened: HBO Real Sex episode 31, You Oughta Be In Pictures Festival 2003, Milky Way, Oni Gallery, CineKink Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York	A troupe of singer/dancers dressed as flowers and fruits is auditioning in a big theater. A girl dressed as a strawberry breaks the theater rules and is chased and spanked by the stagehand while the song and dance routine keeps going. The spanking awakens the strawberry's sexuality, which comes to her in sexy surrealist eye candy visions of the cast and stagehand.

	Museum of Sex footage medium: video date: 2002 bought by: Magnolia Mae films for documentary Making of the Museum of Sex	footage of Candida Royalle dancing with Museum of Sex director Grady Turner at Lotus opening party after Museum of Sex inaugral night.

	Scientist from the Future event: Whimsy date: September 2002 city: Sommerville, MA	Through scanning brain waves, the Scientist from the Future can see the music videos that are playing inside people's minds.

	event: La Fete du Sisk theme: Science Fair currated by:Phillip Ouellette date: August 17, 2002 venue: First Parish Church at 3 Church St., Harvard Square city: Cambridge	When you have the dream of the golden flower, you reach enlightenment. But the meditation is so time consuming!

	PHI: Phi Phenomena Tour on Wheels medium: video date: 2002	In the rockumentary, Phi-Phenomena on Wheels, ten noise bands tour the northeast, destroy one concept of music after another, and find in each other an intelligent and congenial avant-garde.

	billed as: Allun fashion performance event: International Festival of Women date: March 2002 venue: Metelkova city: Ljubljana, Slovenia	The mummified figure is brought onto stage by 3 men where she stands immobile for the duration of a 45 minute fashion performance by Allun. After a break in the loud music, the figure is left alone onstage. I begin to sing "Dress You Up In My Love" and cut open the plastic with scissors that were inside the plastic wrap with me.

	Tribute to Ovo venue: Metelkova medium: eggs, mixed media & found paintings date: March 2002	Installation called Punto G in Metelkova Gallery, in Ljubjana, Slovenia for International Festival of Women. Tribute to Ovo is for the Italian band Ovo.

	A series of body-language excercises billed as: newcenturyschoolbook.com event: Sub Zero date: January 12, 2002 venue: Soap Factory city: Minneapolis	A series of body-language, face and eye excercises that range in sentiment from harsh judgement to enthusiastic awe are practiced on a body immobilized by Saran wrap and carried onto the stage by five men.

	A series of body-language excercises billed as: Frosting event: Naked Dinner date: January 11, 2002 venue: 7th Street Entry city: Minneapolis, MN	A series of body-language, face and eye excercises that range in sentiment from harsh judgement to enthusiastic awe are practiced on a mechanical potted plant that dances to Glen Miller's In the Mood.

	Naughty Cherubs event: Superette date: December 8, 2001 venue: Radio Free Williamsburg city: Brooklyn, New York	A member of the audience is selected to play God and battles evil while singing an original musical with Tanya as Devil Woman.

	showgirl in "Blind Showgirl Review" and for whole night event: Madagascar Institute's "Lost Vegas" date: October 13, 2001 venue: Brooklyn, New York	Hot showgirls entertain tourists and high rollers at Madagascar Institute's amazing Lost Vegas party. Since the showgirls are blind, they cane-tap their way through Ain't That a Kick In the Head.

	play: Dick Play written by: Jack Bump directed by: David Soul date: Nov. 8-25, 2001 venue: The Club at La MaMa city: New York	Created iconic costumes penises.

	Massaccesi Cut:Paste runway model event:5th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art under the Bridge Fashion Show date: October 19, 2001 venue: Lunatarium city: Brooklyn, New York	The cleaning lady (wearing a cut-and-paste creation that announces "Putzen") is coming out to vacuum the runway, trips and falls. The models come out one after another and teach her to cook, hit her with a hammer, ignore her, and eventually cover her in trash.

	Mein Herr Marquis billed as: Frosting event: Phi Phenomena Tour on Wheels date: September 15, 2001 venue: AVA Gallery city: Lebanon, NH	Girl dressed in white (me) sings Adelle's aria from Die Fledermaus "Mein Herr Marquis" as perfectly as she can while girl dressed in black with old man mask (Stefania Pedretti) paints red scars on her and attacks wrestles her to the ground strangling her with the paint brush.

	Cloud Flower event: date: September 9, 2001 venue: Andy Warhol Museum city: Pittsburg	A quiet dance among Andy Warhols clouds, while wearing 15 "I was a flower girl" outfits made by newcenturyschoolbook.com.

	title: Mother Love Raffle event: Phi Phenomena Tour on Wheels date: September 6-17, 2001 venue: tour of the North East, from New York to Chicago	Audience members buy raffle tickets from the raffle store (which is a storefront costume worn by Tanya). At showtime, a winning ticket is drawn from a large stew pot. The pot is turned over and Tanya stands on top of it wearing a huge cape. Lifting her her right arm, Tanya reveals a doorway and invites the winner to enter. Tanya sings the Sinead O'Connor song "This Is To Mother You" while the winner moves through the "Mother Love Experience" inside the cape.

	commission: dress commissioned by: Karen Demavias date: 2001 city: New York NY

	Tanya with Tanya event: date: May 26, 2001 venue: Scrape and Pry city: New York	Peek into the fur covered box through two eye holes. One eye sees Tanya singing a song on video. The other side sees the real Tanya singing the same song directly to you.

	event: new century songbook: Level 1 Premiere date: May 19, 2001 venue: giant empty loft city: Brooklyn	Party featuring work by Golan Levin, Phillip Tiongson...

	Strangers in Paradise event: May Flies date: May 2001 venue: Scrape and Pry city: New York	High above Manhattan on a slanted rooftop, a fashion drama enfolds to the song Stranger in Paradise. A farmer (Tali Hinkis) is caring for an egg (beautiful egg outfit). When it hatches she has has to teach it to fly (bird kimono with beak collar). The bird matures and is ready to reproduce (egg dress).

	new century songbook: Level 1 medium: video date: 2001 screened: d:vision Festival Vienna, Resonant Wave Festival Berlin	intimate domestic cabaret of improvised song and dance, in exotic locations, with implied music, new century songbook: Level 1 collects songs from my video diary. It's an album, so it's not something you watch just once. You can listen to it. Or just sort of keep it on in the other room. It's companionship. And intimacy.

	Blank Canvas medium: canvas date: 2001	Dress ready for oil painting.

	Trojan medium: toy soldiers and 80's shirt date: 2001	I liked wearing this when I had a mohawk, briefly, after 9/11.

	untitled medium: toy soldiers and lamb photo date: 2001

	event: Blastfurnace date: March 30, 2001 city: New York	lucky rabbit's foot not so lucky for rabbit my role: made bunny costume

	play: Bereft written by: Donald Horwitz directed by: Angela Delacatsios date: March 8-24, 2001 Thur.-Sat. venue: St. Mark's Theater city: New York	To create the illusion of blood in the death scene, Dido changed from a pristine dress with some blue painting, to the same dress with red paint. She comes out in a purple cape, which drops when she impales herself, revealing the seeping blood.

	Washer Women event: Waste Not, Want More date: February 9, 2001 venue: 12 turn 13 city: New York	Fashion show on the topic of Waste performed to Sophia Billides greek music. Washer women are scrubbing the newcenturyschoolbook.com "NewLine" collection and hanging it up to dry on a clothesline that spans the hall.

	School Day event: Benefit for Radio Free Williamsburg date: 2001 venue: Rubulad city: New York	A day at Catholic school ends with a drunken schoolbus driver crashing the bus and dying.

	commission: Viking costumes for children's room date: January 2001 venue: America Scandinavia House Museum city: New York	Period Viking costumes adapted for children's room.

	newcenturyschoolbook.com fashion show event: Obscene currated by Jeremy Paskell date: January 26, 2001 venue: Rebar city: New York	Party with art, DJ's and fashion show. newcenturyschoolbook.com featured electronic club wear.

	Dress The Hippo installation by: Tanya Bezreh and Kyle Lapidus exhibition: Virtual Circus curated by: Ana Crowley and Susan Weinthaler date: September 30, 2000-through January 1, 2001 venue: Revolving Museum city: Boston	"Dress The Hippo" is an electronic game of skill in which a skilled shot lights up the hippo's tiara, gold tooth, and earings.

	Wolf date: December 2000 venue: The Exchange city: New York	newcenturyschoolbook.com couture e-commerce launch party.

	Wolf paintings from the /WOLF happening medium: various date: 2000

	9 Girls medium: photoshop and kitschy statues date: 2000

	Web bags medium: cloth, zippers, iron-on printer paper date: 2000	Bags imprinted with Web sites, and the browser, so that the web design becomes the fabric pattern. If you go to the URL at the top of the bag, you can see the pattern live, and sometimes as with Blemish shown at the left animated.

	commission: Electronic Wizzard Coat commissioned by:Magician June Powers venue: June Power's North American tour	June Powers needed something warm and electronic. my role: Designed and created electronic glow coat.

	commission: frog monster commissioned by:Dan Apple date: Halloween 2000 venue: Village Halloween Parade city: New York	Dan is thin and moves well. He really pulled off this frog. my role: Designed and created frog monster costume.

	play: Sport-F**kers written by: Jack Bump directed by: David Soul date: June 8-24, 2000 venue: Theater for the New City city: New York

	event: Webby Awards 2000 venue: Grace Cathedral city: San Francisco

	Pussy Bonnet production: Steve de la Steve show date: December 1999 venue: Sidewalk Caf� city: New York

	new century schoolbook electronic couture line medium: ELwire and optical fiber date: 1999	This stuff wasn't exactly cool then either, but I was trying to make it pretty...you know, make it more than silly cheap flash.

	crocheted ELwire top medium: ELwire date: 1999	But this is cool. I didn't have enough wire to make the whole thing-but a stupid giant loop glowing shirt-that's awesome!

	Steve de la Steve Spectacle. date: December 1999 venue: Sidewalk Caf� city: New York	Visual accompaniment to the lewd songs of Steve de La Steve. With Tod Sense.

	Frau Holle date: December 1999 venue: Sidewalk Cafe city: New York	On the first day of snow, the a plain white paper puppet retelling of Frau Holle, with Tod Sense acting out major props such as the well, apple tree, and oven. The story was told in German.

	play: Richard III written by: William Shakespeare directed by: David Levine date: July 14-Aug 7, 1999 venue: Shakespeare in the Parking Lot city: New York	Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is an amazing oportunity for example to have Richard III fuse with a car and ride around the "stage" chasing people. my role: Production Designer, most notably I created the "car skirt" that fuses Richard to the car when he ascends to power

	dance performance: I Still Arrive choreographed by: Omar Rahim date: April 13, 20, 27, 1999 venue: Dance Theater Workshop, Fresh Tracks city: New York	Dancers were decorated in paper and mirrors. my role: costume designer

	Code Floor medium: acrylic, canvas, varnish, wax date: 1998	A floor cover for my bedroom floor featuring the lyrics from Parapa the Rapper Dance-hall Frog" song "All You Ever need is to be nice and friendly."

	electronics rings medium: LEDs, wire, paper, batteries date: 1997	These rings light up when they come in contact with each other.

	Mechanical Flight event: 3 Vehicles Theater Festival date: August 8-9, 1997 venue: Arts Factory city: Las Vegas, NV	Autobiographical tale of moving to Las Vegas to obsess over dying young like my mother, Madonna's mother, and Eva Peron.

	Mechanical Medusa event: Summer Arts Festival date: July 10, 1997 venue: Reed Whipple Gallery city: Las Vegas, NV	A paper gown acts as a screen onto which backlit writhing motorized snakes are projected. Pairs of LEDs glow from hair tendrils as snake eyes.

	LED necklace medium: LEDs, enamel wire, batteries date: 1996	I used coated wire, so it looks like it should short but it doesn't! I was very into that kind of electronic elegance at the time.

	Hansel and Gretel and the Wicked Witch occasion: Halloween date: October 30, 1995 city: Cambridge

	Elvis: A Rockumentary in Puppets event:Arts First date: April 28-30, May 5-6 1995 venue: Dunster House Junior Common Room city: Cambridge, MA	Elvis' story told by those who knew him (schoolteachers, managers, his sideburns). Included a guided tour of Graceland.

	paintings medium: oil date: 1995

	Klimt's Pear Tree event: tableau vivant for 100th Anniversary Gala of Fogg Art Museum date: 1995 venue: Fogg Art Museum city: Cambridge, MA	A three person tableu vivant of an abstract painting with a wire screen of flittering paper leaves and talking pear puppets.

	From Dunster With Love date: Valentine's Day 1995 venue: Harvard University house dining halls city: Cambridge	We made front page of the Harvard Crimson streaking the dining halls wearing moose masks and throwing out valentine candy and condoms.

	Sticker Shoes medium: shoes and stickers date: 1994	Because my shoes were green and the dress was blue.

	Star Wars: The Trilogy in Puppets event: Arts First date: April 29-30, 1994 venue: Quincy House Junior Common Room city: Cambridge, MA	The high-production-value trilogy as a one-hour crappy puppet show! Featured life size Jabba the Hut (guy in sleeping bag) and genuinely exploding Death Star. Also included all three Indiana Jones movies while Han Solo was frozen.

	Box event: Arts First 1994 date: April 29, 1994 venue: Arts First Children's Stage city: Cambridge, MA	Three explorers stummble on a magic box in the desert and several cliche plot points happen with fancy puppet special effects.

	Poe date: Halloween 1993 venue: Dunster House Common Room city: Cambridge, MA	A simultaneous telling of Edgar Allen Poe's A Cask of Amontillado and Mask of the Red Death installed in Dunster House Common Room for Halloween.

	inside medium: film animation, hand-drawn marker and color pencil on paper, photographs, and back-lit claymation date: 1993 screened: Carpenter Center of Arts Student Film Screenings

	The Frogs of Aristophanes date: April 16 and 17, 1993 venue: Dunster House Common Room and Eliot House Common Room city: Cambridge, MA	Adaptation of The Frogs with hand puppets and costumes. Dionysus took a boat ride through the audience vexed by human size Karaxing frogs. First show of my new-ly founded Onion Weavers Puppet Theater.

	alphabet film medium: film animation, paint on acetate date: 1992 screened: Carpenter Center of Arts Student Film Screenings

	stamp film medium: film animation, stamps and pen on paper date: 1992 screened: Carpenter Center of Arts Student Film Screenings

	Freiheit Statue date: 1992 venue: Friedrichshafen Harbor country: Germany

	Thayer Sucks date: December 1991 venue: Harvard Yard Holworthy Dorm city: Cambridge	Because 500 years ago Thayer dormitory was built on Holworthy's polo field (or vice versa) people stand on the front steps of their respective dorms, when drunk, and throw insults at each other. I wasn't too interested or bothered by this tradition until Thayer one day whip-creamed our stairwell. In the weeks of stink that followed, I organized this glowing holiday response, which was my first bit of college activism.