The futuristic gastro-performance HIT of the 2009 CapFringe is back…streamlined and MOBILE…and dishing up bite-sized portions of our “daringly interactive meal-like extravaganza” (WashPost) to tantalize all five senses!
Pulling inspiration for its shape from Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Car, Ernest Trova’s “Falling Man” sculpture and the Mercedes F-Cell Roadster among many other influences, the TACTILE DINNER CAR aims to mobilize the pseudo-edible Futuristic fusion of cuisine and theatre. TACTILE DINNER CAR will serve up playfully audacious “dishes” appropriated from F.T. Marinetti’s Futurist Cookbook, a tome of avant-garde experiments that use jarring sensory experiences to renew the art of eating.
Tickets will be sold in 15-minute increments during the operation hours and the length of each person’s experience will be self-determined.
Rotating A la Car(te) Items
THE CHOSEN
DUPELICATION
LIBYAN AEROPLANE*
THE MANOEUVER
ANOSMIA STIX
THE SUSHI INJECTURE
OX IN THE COCKPIT*
(FOOD) FETISH
BLACK & WHITE*
BATTAGLIA*
DEVIL IN BLACK KEY*
PRELABIAL EXERCISE
BETWEEN HUNGER | BOREDOM
Complimentary Assorted Palate Cleansers
*Prepared from the Original Futurist Recipe
Artistic Collaborators
Carmen C. Wong – Producer/Director/Concept
Niell DuVal – Producer/Technical Director/Car Designer+Fabricator
Ayodamola Okunseinde – Video Design
Melanie Clark – Costume Design
Karol Urban – Sound Design
Josh Hermias - Chef
Samantha Vick-McGill – Chef
Performers
Stephanie Davio - Hostess
Otis Ramsey-Zöe – Host & Dramaturgy Assistance
Keira Hart - Servertron
John Hibey – “Chef”
Mark Jaster - Marinetti
Production Assistance
Alyssa Schimmel – Marketing & Press Contact
Michael Kyrioglou – Press Assistance
Danielle Mages-Amato - Graphic Designer
Miguel Bermudez - QR Portal Web Assistance
Jessica Seo - Food Fetish Photographer
Kristian Whipple - Photographer (Header Picture credit)
Special Thanks to
Lola Bloom & Rebecca Lemos of CityBlossoms
Evensong Farm
Garner’s Produce
Panorama Bakery
Toigo Orchards
Frank DuVal – Boccioni Artwork
Elis Franzen
Yvonne Reyes
Our Generous Donors & Supporters
Our Guru Advisors
Debut of TACTILE DINNER CAR presented as part of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival
Venue |
| 2011 Capital Fringe FestivalThe Baldacchino Gypsy Tent
607 New York Ave NW, DC (map) |
Times & Tickets |
| Tickets will be sold in 15-minute increments during the operation hours and the length of each person’s experience will be self-determined.
DINNER CAR OPERATING HOURS @ CAPFRINGE ARE: |
Press & Program |
Press Release
TACTILE DINNER CAR IN THE NEWS“A Merry-go-round of sensory overload” -welovedc.com “hands-down the most inventive item on tonight’s Fringe menu” - Washington City Paper “Fringe-Tested, Marinetti Approved” -Washington City Paper Going Out Gurus’ “Must-See At Fringe” – Washington Post PREVIOUS TACTILE DINNER REVIEWS“This daringly interactive, philosophically pungent, meal-like extravaganza is designed to spatula audiences out of their comfort zones — theatrical and gustatory — and instill a new appreciation of sensory experience.” “It manages the rare trick in avant-garde performance of not taking itself too seriously, of embracing the audience rather than intentionally alienating it: think Top Chef hosted by Stephen Colbert.” “As experiential theater goes, this effort, by the D.C.-based banished? productions and artistic director Carmen C. Wong makes for a giddy little refreshment.” “This is no show, it is an experience, and one I exhort you not to miss.” “A “once-in-a-lifetime” kind of show… that reawakens the senses of its audience. |
