GET YOUR ATH TOGETHER
Carol of the Bells and Glitches: 'Unsilent
Night." an original electronic composition
written by experimental artist Phil Kline, takes
the form of a street promenade during which
marchers simultaneously serve as the perform
ers and the audience. Each participant receives
one of four corresponding tracks to play on
his or her own boombox or other amplifier,
and is instructed to hit "play" at exactly the
same time. The parade functions as a drift
ing cloud of sound allowing each participant
to hear a unique vetsion as they walk through
the streets, depending on their movements
within the group and their proximity to nearby
buildings' reverberating sounds. "Unsilent
Night" is Kline's most famous mobile sound
sculpture project, having first debuted in
Greenwich Village in 1992 and since spread
ing across the globe as an annual winter
tradition. The parade will take a 45-minute
stroll around downtown on Friday, Dec. 23,
beginning at 6:30 p.m. at little Kings Shuffle
Club. To participate, simply bring your own
boombox, phone or other mp3 player. If you'd
like to help out with cassette duplication or
can lend a few boomboxes, contact organizer
Mark Mobley at markmobley(S>gmail.com. For
more information on "Unsilent Night," check
out www.unsilentnight.com.
A Pick Up the Paintbrush: In celebration of
the 60th anniversary of the Samuel H. Kress
Study Collection, the Georgia Museum of
Art has organized a two-year initiative called
The Kress Project to enlarge and diversify
the museum's audience through the explora
tion of new ways of interpreting the collec
tion's works. The Kress Project is currently
holding an international call for entries to
solicit responses inspired by the 12 Italian
Renaissance paintings in the museum's collec
tion. Submissions can take virtually any form,
including visual art, poems and essays, fashion
design, music composition, recipes and cho
reography. and there is no limit to how many
pieces each artist can submit. Entries will be
viewable to the public online up until the Feb.
1 deadline, after which, a panel of judges will
grant up to 24 winners a S500 prize and pub
lish their works in a multimedia book.
A three-film series will also be presented
in conjunction with the Kress Project. The
series will kick off on Thursday, Jan. 12
with Caravaggio (1986), a fictionalized look
at the life of the Italian Baroque painter.
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) on
Thursday, Jan. 19, focuses on Michelangelo
Buonarotti's tenuous relationship with his
patron, Pope Julius II, as he paints the ceil
ing of the Sistine Chapel. The third and final
installment on Thursday, Jan. 26 features
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950), a neoreal
ist film recently remastered by the Criterion
Collection that depicts several distinct
vignettes of the
life and work of St.
Francis, an Italian
Catholic friar known
as the patron saint
of animals and the
first person to bear
the stigmata. All
films are free and
begin at 7 p.m. For
more information
on how to submit
entries and to view ^
the Kress Collection
online, visit www.
georgiamuseum.org/
kressproject.
For Santa's Little
Helpers: Join St.
Nick for breakfast
on Saturday, Dec. 17
at Memorial Park,
before he embarks on
his journey around
the world to deliver
presents. Breakfast
is $5 per person and
offered at 9 a.m.
and 10 a.m. Call
(706) 613-3580 to
register. If you're
still hungry, help
the Grinch's heart
grow from two sizes too small by joining
him for a second pancake breakfast at the
Rocksprings Community Center later that
morning, from 10 a.m.-noon. Breakfast is
S3 and can be registered for by calling (706)
613-3603. Children and their parents are also
invited for story telling, live music, animal
encounters and photo opportunities among
the illuminated decorations at the Memorial
Park Bear Hollow Zoo’s holiday lights display,
appropriately named "Deck the Hollow." The
program is S3 per person and free for children
two or younger, and offered nightly, 5:30-7:30
p.m., through Sunday, Dec. 18. Other upcom
ing holiday-themed events for children include
a free Santa's Workshop session at the East
Athens Community Center on Wednesday,
Dec. 14 from 5-6 p.m., a free Youth
Christmas Party at Lay Park on Tuesday, Dec.
20 from 6-8 p.m. and a $2 Kids' Yuletide
Bash at Rocksprings Community Center on
Wednesday. Dec. 21 from 4:30-6 p.m. Check
out www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure for
more details.
Jessica Smith nisc@ttagpoie com
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