LINKS HALL PRESENTS

January 2008: Method to Madness Festival
Curated by Kate Sheehy, Links Hall Artistic Associate

January, March, and May 2008: Links Hall’s Artistic Associates each curate a month-long series of performance, based on expertise in their respective artistic fields.

Throughout January, we explore the theme of Method to Madness. This multi-disciplinary festival includes puppetry, performance, film, and sound. Each week, artists investigate the process of their creative practice, offering a behind-the-scenes exploration of the catalogs, regimen, recipes, and obsessions that make them go.

Week One: January 4-6
Week Two: January 11-13
Week Three: January 18-20
Week Four: January 25-27
January Workshops

ClareDolan, photo by Laura Heit

What makes us do the things we do, the way we do them?
“He readies his fishing boat. With thin lips and strong jaw he shuffles around his chaos of tackle boxes, hooks, gear, coolers, nets, bait and poles. My mom comes up next to me where I’m watching and says, ‘There’s a method to his madness.’”-Kate Sheehy

Coming soon:

MARCH - Choreographing Coalitions: Dancing the Other in the Self, curated by Chicago-based dancer/choreographer Peter Carpenter

MAY - Poets’ Theatre, curated by New York-based writer John Beer