1250 W. Augusta Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60642

"Propositional Worlds" is an expanded program of participatory written choreographic scores, interactionist dance, and instructionist performance works profiled in Propositional Attitudes, edited by Elana Mann and John Burtle (Golden Spike Press, LA, 2018) and Perfect Worlds: Artistic Forms & Social Imaginaries by Michael Workman (StepSister Press, Chicago, forthcoming) Following its one-day installation, October 23, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Mat Rappaport’s “range”—a delivery truck mounted with multiple external cameras— will “dock" at SITE/less's loading bay where, in collaboration with architect David Sundry, it will become an architectural interface and interactive point of entry. Works from "Propositional Attitudes" will be performed each evening throughout the weekend. Featured artists and performers include, Elana Mann, John Burtle, Michael Workman, Jose Santiago Perez Udita Upadhyaya, Dana Reason, Melissa Potter, Zephyr Dance artist Molly Fe Strom, and special Zephyr guest artist Sara Zalek. In addition, viewers will be able to engage and enact with a suggestive environment comprising material prompts from the scores and a curated display of instructions from "Propositional Attitudes". Events throughout the weekend are free and open to the public. See below for a detailed schedule of events:

Friday, Oct. 26, 2018

7-7:30pm: Mat Rappaport ………………range (Docking Sequence)

7:30-7:45pm: Viewer Led interactionist performances (see list of works to be displayed below)

7:45-8:00pm: Sharna Fabiano ………......… Closer/Farther
performed by Zephyr dance artist Molly Strom and special guest Sara Zalek

8:05-8:20pm: Daniel Goode ……………...…………… I←→ ou performed by Elana Mann and John Burtle

8:20-8:35pm: Viewer-led interactionist performances

8:35-8:50pm: Sharna Fabiano ………………Synchronized Walking performed by Zephyr dance artist Molly Strom and special guest Sara Zalek

8:50-9:05pm: Dana Reason......Tea and Fences: A Quiet Tea Party, 
performed remotely by Dana Reason and special guest musician

9:05-9:20pm: Michael Workman ……………..........…. Drag 
performed by Workman with David Perales Albert & Mike Anestor

Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018

4:30pm: Mat Rappaport ………………….……………. range (Docking Sequence)

5:00-6:30pm: MOVEMENT MATTERS Panel Discussion:

BLURRING ART & LIFE: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE RADICAL IMAGINATION IN MOVEMENT-MAKING

Panelists:

John Burtle, editor, Propositional Attitudes, L.A.-based artist,

John L. Hall,Professor, Creative Writing, Media, Cinema and Digital Studies, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee & Member, Overpass Light Brigade,

Elana Mann, editor, Propositional Attitudes, L.A.-based artist,

Lisa Moline, Associate Professor, Design & Visual Communication, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee & Member, Overpass Light Brigade,

January Parkos-Arnall, Curator, The Commons at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,

Moderator: Michael Workman

Performance Schedule

6:30-6:45pm: Sharna Fabiano …………………. Closer/Farther performed by Zephyr dance artists Michelle Kranicke and Molly Strom

6:50-7:10pm: Viewer Led interactionist performances

7:10-7:25pm: Sharna Fabiano ………………Synchronized Walking performed by Zephyr dance artist Molly Strom and special guest Sara Zalek

7:30-7:45pm: Ali Kheradyar …………………… the wait of us(excerpt: part 2: take 2) 
performed by Zephyr dance artist Molly Strom and special guest Sara Zalek

7:50-8:15pm: Udita Upadhyaya, Lindsey Barlag Thornton.. rest, for Joseph; boundary line, for Falak; and arrangement #8, for Kim
performed by the artists.

8:20-8:35pm: Robby Herbst....................New New Games, (11) Flexible Individual/Neo-liberal Limbo performed by Michelle Kranicke and Molly Strom

8:40-9:30pm: Viewer-led interactionist performances overlapping with a performance of Night Moves: Solicitation by Michael Workman, David Perales Albert and Mike Anestor to accompaniment by Mekons and Waco Brothers founder Jon Langford, playing troubadour songs from throughout the ages. 

VIEWER LED PERFORMANCES and DISPLAY TEXTS

John Burtle …………………… a dirty (or clean) look, Boring, Connect (help), Decision (silent)

John Burtle and Elana Mann .……….…. "I - I" and "You - You" (Q&A)

John Burtle and John Barlog …………...Would we like to try this?

Elonda Billera Harris ………………….… Silent Hike

Michael Hooper ………………...……….. The sound of persuasion

Elana Mann ……………………….……… Posturing Empathy, For Mothers and Children

Luke Martin ………………………………..proposal for a group

Ron Milam ……………………………….. Agenda Planning

Adam Overton ……………………………. ALMOST TO DEATH, CONSPIRACY PIECE, No-Irony Performance, 

Get Just a Little Bit Closer Piece, Indiscriminate Clapping Piece, Together but Apart Piece

Adam Overton and Elana Mann ……….......... Conversation Pieces

Allan Revich ……………………………....Bird Song

Hande Sever …………………………….. and the iron curtain fell on his library

Michael Workman ……….………..…….. Tomorrow’s Losses Today