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Press Information
Press cuttings:
A SLIGHT HEADACHE
"Pou has devised a concept rich
in metaphorical and mythological resonance…"
"the vision that under girds the event is prodigious."
"an amazing job of re-creating these now-extinct (19th century)
institutions"
--Village Voice
"There is originality and lyricism in Pou’s
writing…"
--Backstage
"Drawing on a fusion of history, dream and imagination,
and on her visual and performing skills, Pou transforms herself into
a woman who births a daughter from her head (and) plays both roles…
the transformation is simple and astonishing"
"…shadow puppets haunt the tiny stage, building detail into
a story of magical powers and mythic dimension."
"Bauman directs this remarkable undertaking with a sure hand."
--Metro News
INTERVIEW WITH ALYSON POU, "A SLIGHT HEADACHE"
Part One
Part Two
Contact Press Representative:
Jonathan Slaff & Associates,
(212) 924-0496.
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Press Quotes of Past Works by Alyson Pou
TO US AT TWILIGHT
“Pou’s well-timed performance told stories: stories about
women in her family; stories about the women represented by the black
dresses on the walls; eccentric stories; funny stories; stories that
made me and others around me teary-eyed.”
- Elizabethe Lide, Art Papers
“The performance and the installation are eerie
and captivating, exhibiting what my companion called ‘that slight
cast of perversion you get when you mate the artificial with the organic….
A lot of thought has gone into every detail, much care into the execution
of dresses and the task-oriented performance…. The result is a
marriage of exquisite craftsmanship with natural, down-home speech patterns
and movement, of black silk crepe with ginkgo leaves and tangled vines.”
- Elizabeth Zimmer, The Village Voice
“For years Pou has explored women’s relationships,
the sensuality beneath the surface of ‘woman as sex object’
and the power and self knowledge in that sensuality. In To Us at Twilight,
she also explored women’s power to create, to literally give birth
and to destroy themselves and others: the sticky and awkward moments.
These genealogical explorations are striking metaphors of women’s
collective history.”
- Jerri Allyn, High Performance
BLACK ROCKS, PEARL BUTTONS
“A mixture of humor, nostalgia, and quirky, obscure relics from
the artist’s past made the evening a universal, emotive experience.”
- Candice Bennett, The Source
“The visual art is, in a modest, delicate way, quite
wonderful. Pou has an eye, a palette, a consistent coherent vision;
her domain is worth a visit.”
- Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice
“Pou’s performance piece illuminated her gallery
work, focusing on her own life and another assortment of personal items
and idiosyncratic acquisitions charged with the power of memory and
association.”
- Calvin Reid, Reid me
THE JUNIPER TREE
“…the piece has the powerful simplicity of simple actions
performed slowly and deliberately. There is a compelling stillness at
the center of The Juniper Tree…”
- Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times