Things That Survived The Winter
2017 - In Development
“Things That Survived The Winter” is a live work that explores independence and interdependence through multimedia performance. The immersive environment is used to launch a poetic discussion on inclusivity and healing trauma. The show is a multi-stage, multi-disciplinary art piece that draws together the work of both “abled” and “disabled” artists with emphasis on obstacles like mental illness, visible and invisible disability. The project was seeded in 2013 with my personal biography (a book called “Spring Freeze”), whose structure was stripped of its details and became a poetic prompt. From here, I invited artists of other disciplines to work on a fluid storyline, connecting their personal stories into a meta theme.
Visually this piece moves between floor and air, using contemporary dance modes and aerial acrobatics including rope, fabric, and pole. Four musicians will play music live while cueing video components, a blend of sculptural animation and film. The wall-sized projection will interact with tensile fabric sculpture, becoming a “continuous deforming landscape” and set of interior and exterior relationships to show mental, physical, and emotional nuances. Cycles of loss and recovery are depicted through representations of nature. It is with a surrealist lens that we can knit the mundane details of life into dynamic interactions with time and space.
2017 - In Development
“Things That Survived The Winter” is a live work that explores independence and interdependence through multimedia performance. The immersive environment is used to launch a poetic discussion on inclusivity and healing trauma. The show is a multi-stage, multi-disciplinary art piece that draws together the work of both “abled” and “disabled” artists with emphasis on obstacles like mental illness, visible and invisible disability. The project was seeded in 2013 with my personal biography (a book called “Spring Freeze”), whose structure was stripped of its details and became a poetic prompt. From here, I invited artists of other disciplines to work on a fluid storyline, connecting their personal stories into a meta theme.
Visually this piece moves between floor and air, using contemporary dance modes and aerial acrobatics including rope, fabric, and pole. Four musicians will play music live while cueing video components, a blend of sculptural animation and film. The wall-sized projection will interact with tensile fabric sculpture, becoming a “continuous deforming landscape” and set of interior and exterior relationships to show mental, physical, and emotional nuances. Cycles of loss and recovery are depicted through representations of nature. It is with a surrealist lens that we can knit the mundane details of life into dynamic interactions with time and space.
Things That Survived The Winter is a project sponsored by Fractured Atlas. Fractured Atlas is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions for the purposes of Things That Survived The Winter are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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A House for Birds
2014- Ongoing
Solo performance examining the modern concept of “home” and environment with a focus on sustainability and natural resources. Built for staging at the opening of Beacon Food Forest and other environmental/ social projects. The piece combines aerial performance, spoken word, folk songs, and video, and features an Intermission Act commissioning series piloted in 2014. Developed during an artist residency at Peñasco Theatre (NM). It will be re-performed at the opening of Fairmount Food Forest in Philadelphia in 2018-19.
Description: A unique storytelling experience uniting performance, art, and environment under the heading of Circus. A modern take on art and archetype, it combines the mythical "House of Atreus" with storytelling by the artist, folk songs, and excerpts from Herman Hesse, Shakespeare, and the Tao. A cross-disciplinary, modern portrait of sustainability and spirit on its path to redemption.
2014- Ongoing
Solo performance examining the modern concept of “home” and environment with a focus on sustainability and natural resources. Built for staging at the opening of Beacon Food Forest and other environmental/ social projects. The piece combines aerial performance, spoken word, folk songs, and video, and features an Intermission Act commissioning series piloted in 2014. Developed during an artist residency at Peñasco Theatre (NM). It will be re-performed at the opening of Fairmount Food Forest in Philadelphia in 2018-19.
Description: A unique storytelling experience uniting performance, art, and environment under the heading of Circus. A modern take on art and archetype, it combines the mythical "House of Atreus" with storytelling by the artist, folk songs, and excerpts from Herman Hesse, Shakespeare, and the Tao. A cross-disciplinary, modern portrait of sustainability and spirit on its path to redemption.
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Wind at my Back
2012 50-minute original performance installation telling a surreal story of critical moments and biographic reflection. Conceptually seeded, co-written, edited, and produced by Muehlbauer, this open-structured collaborative piece seams together original work by over 30 artists and artisans with original sound, video, sculpture, storytelling, stage design, and acrobatics. Equipment and rigging assistance from the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts and Give and Take Jugglers. Music by Gemini Wolf. Tensile Fabric set design/ installation by Broken Arrow Workshop. Performers and choreographers: Rose Bonjo, Niff Nichols, Jackie Zalewski, Meg Skill, Peter Smith. Visual Artists Emily Davidson, Jovana Sarver, Lindsay Wallace. Co-writers Dan Schein, Leslie Friedman, Yolanda Ho, Jovana Sarver. Photography by Jason M Photographics. <<Read about WAMB in "Sarah Muehlbauer Takes Plasticity and Memory Up in the Air" by Nicholas Gilewicz for Philadelphia Fringe>> |
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Circus Bomb The Southwest
Photos from our fun, indie recreational tour of the beautiful Southwest, with Jess Flying Yogi and family. Read Blog Post
Photos from our fun, indie recreational tour of the beautiful Southwest, with Jess Flying Yogi and family. Read Blog Post
The Walnut Lane Bridge Project
2009-2010
A series of site specific video collaborations between Sarah Muehlbauer and dancers Nikki Roberts, Briel Driscoll, Beau Hancock, and Colleen Hooper, as well as sound designers Cicada Brokaw and Cory Neale. With historic framework surrounding the Walnut Lane Bridge's centennial anniversary. With photographs of Walnut Lane Bridge's construction preserved by Cliveden Historical Society.
2009-2010
A series of site specific video collaborations between Sarah Muehlbauer and dancers Nikki Roberts, Briel Driscoll, Beau Hancock, and Colleen Hooper, as well as sound designers Cicada Brokaw and Cory Neale. With historic framework surrounding the Walnut Lane Bridge's centennial anniversary. With photographs of Walnut Lane Bridge's construction preserved by Cliveden Historical Society.