Auditions on March 11

Waiting Room Performance Piece In Need of Actors

TAMPA, FL – Open auditions for a waiting room performance piece are occurring Friday, March 11, 2011, 6pm-7pm, at University of South Florida FAH (Arts Building) room 280. The performance piece involves standing in line at a faux waiting room for 2 hours.  All ages/genders are welcome to audition; we are looking for a wide variety of people.  No prepared material is necessary, although auditioners will be asked to present three behaviors of their choosing related to waiting in line.  Please bring a head shot or photograph of your face, and a brief resume or list of past performance experience.

Actors will be paid $20 for the performance and one dress rehearsal.  The performance is Friday, April 1, 2011, 7pm-9pm at the USF Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa, FL.  The dress rehearsal will be scheduled during the week of March 21-25 according to actor availability.  Anyone auditioning must be available for both a dress rehearsal and the entire scheduled performance time. 
 
If you have questions, or if you are interested in the project, but unavailable for this audition time, please contact Ellen Mueller at ellen@ellenmueller.com 

Ellen Mueller presents Open Auditions March 11, 2011 Date/Time: March 11, 2011, 6pm-7pm Location: FAH (Arts Building) Room 280 University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave Tampa, FL 33620 Media Contact: Ellen Mueller, ellen@ellenmueller.com

Sustainable Fanaticism in America Series on View

My work was just installed at the USF College of Engineering in their main offices in the Engineering II building.

 

If you go in the main entrance (north) of Engineering II, walk to the back hallway and take a left. The main office (includes the Dean's office) will be a few doors down on your right. There is a receptionist at the front desk and you can explain you'd like to see the work by Ellen Mueller.  If you walk past the reception area to the back hallway and turn to the left, you will see "Sustainable Fanaticism in America" installed as a series.

 

The work will remain in this location until February 2012.

Book of Enid Multimedia Reading

I am performing a reading of my latest work, the "Book Of Enid," at the Shimberg Playhouse, located at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, at 11pm on Friday, February 18, 2011. The Straz Center for the Performing Arts is located at 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa, Florida 33602. Admission is $5, and FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders. Refreshments will be served.

The "Book of Enid," follows the narrative of Enid, a time traveller attempting to stop a violent conflict after it has already occurred. Supplementing the imagery of the book will be video works before and during the reading, including selections from the Practical Preparedness Series, a collection of videos which explores "practical," everyday preparedness in our often fear-driven society.

Job-side Productions Presents "Book of Enid" - A Multimedia Reading Date/Time: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:00PM Location: Shimberg Playhouse Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place Tampa, Florida 33602 Media Contact: Ellen Mueller, Ellen@EllenMueller.com

Night Depository Catalog Now Available

Exciting news! You can now check out all the dreams people submitted to the "Night Depository" in a new catalog.  It took a while to compile them all, but they're all there.  The book is organized according to the same directions that participants encountered at the installation (dreams about being chased, dreams about being late, dreams about missing boats, etc).

Practical Preparedness

Video Still from "Creating Smoke Signals"

So I've dropped off the radar a bit in the past few months, but it's because I've been keeping very busy preparing for the MFA exhibition that opens April 1, 2011.  As a part of my contribution to that show, I'm not only finishing up Book of Enid, but I have also started working on a series of videos, Practical Preparedness, which I've started posting on my Vimeo account.  Here are the first couple in the series of what expect will eventually be 20+ videos:


Estate Planning - 01:54 minutes
Creating Smoke Signals - 01:25 minutes
Maintaining Motivation After a Terrorist Attack - 01:25 minutes

This series of videos explores preparedness in our society, in addition to the everyday challenge of resisting change and maintaining control. It examines the fear generated by a world of non-stop exponential technological revolutions, the impending global climate change, and a media focused on an uncertain economic future that serves the omnipresent consumer culture. I use humor and absurdist situations as a method for dealing with these challenging topics in an indirect way, leaning on an element of escapism.

Happy Holidays!