Virtual Arts New Play Festival - Festival Pass
Virtual Arts New Play Festival - Festival Pass
Fri, Feb 24, 2023 7:00 PM EST (-05:00)
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When and where
Date and time
Location
Online
Refund Policy
No Refunds
About this event
This event has been created due to COVID-19.
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In times like these, it’s good to have a VFF.
VFF explores friendship through one hour video chats. Only 11 people can take part in these one-on-one experiences, hanging out over FaceTime with Brian Feldman.
What is a friendship worth? How do we make friends? What does being friends actually mean? Brian explores these questions and more by offering you an opportunity to define friendship.
As Washington City Paper wrote, “See It If: You want a new conceptual artist friend to hang out with in real life.”
Presented as part of SoLow Fest 2020, VFF is a modified social distancing version of BFF, which premiered in a sold-out 50 show run as part of the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival.
To see the full SoLow Fest 2020 lineup, visit:
http://www.solowfest.com/2020-festival.html
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Run Time: 60 minutes
When:
Daily @ 6:00pm EDT
June 18-28, 2020
Participating from another time zone? Check the time difference here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200618T220000&p1=198
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Where:
FaceTime (In order to participate, you must have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 10.0 or later.)
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Ticket Price:
Pay What You Can
100% proceeds go to 215 People’s Alliance
Only 11 tickets available. Sign up at brianfeldman.com
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Hashtags: #VFFDC #solowfest2020
Twitter: @BrianFeldman @SoLowFest
Instagram: @brianfeldmanprojects
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Reviews:
“We meet at 6 p.m. by the Chinatown Friendship Arch. He shows up in a Capital Fringe shirt with a sign bearing my name, as if he were a driver picking me up at the airport. For the $30 ticket price, Feldman would do nearly anything I wanted — go to a museum, ride bikes, eat, visit sentimental locations, or go to a movie. But he won’t show me his butt.”
“Brian Feldman and I went bowling and drank juice last night. We wandered as Chinatown closed down, talking about our dreams. Like a good first date, it was low-key and relaxed, and I had purchased two hours of the gentleman’s company on the internet.”
(Rachel Manteuffel, Washington City Paper)
“(★★★★) This show offers the most personal attention this reviewer has ever encountered and a performance artist who is trying – and succeeding – to encourage audience and performer interaction.”
(Natalie McCabe, DC Metro Theater Arts)
“I went to meet him. He was late by about 15 minutes. Tardiness is a little bothersome in a friendship context; don’t good friends generally respect your time? So the lateness didn’t bode well for our budding BFFship. He was very apologetic though, and he also refunded me $2.00, so it wasn’t so bad... I’d hang out with him again.”
(Rebecca Mills, vena-cava.tumblr.com)
“...it’s an enjoyable two hours of carte blanche to ask a stranger anything you want to know about himself -- and to get things off your chest that you’re not comfortable admitting to the people who know you. You’re never going to see this guy again. You can tell him absolutely anything and at the end of your two hours, it won’t matter.”
(Fiona Zublin, The Washington Post)
“(★★★★) By its end, BFF has accomplished what it was designed to do. The production’s two hours had me both interacting with a stranger and constantly examining my own feelings about the interactions. Attending the piece manages to be entertaining and engaging as an activity while still prompting serious bouts of introspection which continue long after Feldman has left me alone. No, Feldman will not be my new best friend forever, but he certainly has given me something to think about for a long time.”
(Peter Timko, DC Theatre Scene)
“Did I “explore friendship... through ‘friend building’”? Not really. But I laughed and got a kick out of doing something I wouldn’t ordinarily do with friends or on a date. Verdict: 5 stars. Better than most first dates where I don’t think there will be a second date.”
(Jessica Selinkoff, Texarkana Dispatch)
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About SoLow Fest:
A do-it yourself festival dedicated to new, experimental work focusing on performance that is low-maintenance and low-stress, SoLow Fest was founded in 2010 by Philadelphia performance artists Thomas Choinacky and Amanda Grove. Now in its 11th year, and with all shows being pay-what-you-can, SoLow continues to experiment with their niche of using non-traditional locations and venues, inspiring artists and audiences alike to challenge the norm of theatre and making and seeing art that may otherwise never be created. solowfest.com
About Brian Feldman Projects:
Brian Feldman is an award-winning performance artist and actor. He lives in Washington, D.C. where, as DCist noted, “In a city that has an advocacy group exploring how to “make D.C. weird” – and is still struggling – Brian Feldman is a shining beacon of eccentricity.” Brian’s work has been favorably compared to Marina Abramovic, David Blaine, John Cage, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Tehching Hsieh, and Andy Kaufman, and garnered worldwide media coverage on television, radio, in print, and online. Since 2003, he has presented 300+ performances of 125+ projects at 175+ venues and festivals through Brian Feldman Projects, one of North America’s premiere presenters of experimental, time-based art. brianfeldman.com
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