Presenter Interview プレゼンターインタビュー
カリフォルニア芸術大学の実験室
REDCATが目指すもの
America
The artistic quest of REDCAT
A laboratory at the California Institute of the Arts
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy is known as one of the founders of the On the Boards theater in Seattle where he served as artistic director from 1988 to 2001. On the Boards was founded in 1978 as a contemporary performing arts group formed by artists from the fields of dance, theater, music and performance. Since then, it has been actively producing and presenting works by young artists and serving as a performance venue for introducing many overseas contemporary performing artists to the American audience. Today it serves as a vital base for the contemporary performing arts in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Murphy now serves as the first executive director of REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), a facility occupying part of the famous Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by architect Frank Gehry. Operating as the downtown center for contemporary arts of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), REDCAT has a theater space of (650 sq. m.) and gallery space (280 sq. m.). In addition to its role as an interdisciplinary contemporary arts center for innovative visual, performing and media arts for the students and professors of CalArts, REDCAT has also become a new base of the arts in Los Angeles presenting a far-reaching roster of work by globally renowned artists. In this interview Murphy speaks about On the Boards and his new work at REDCAT.
Interviewer:
Yoko Shioya
, Artistic Director of the Japan Society