Deerpeople, The Drama Dept. to perform “Explorgasm” Feb. 4 at IAO
Individual Artists of Oklahoma is planning to have an “Explorgasm” at 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the gallery, 706 W Sheridan.
“Explorgasm” is an event combining the artistic abilities of the Stillwater band Deerpeople and the multidisciplinary art group The Drama Dept. “Explorgasm” is an interpretive performance of the music of Deerpeople, who recently released their new EP of the same name. It is a sci-fi fantasy that follows a bio-engineered being on her quest to overcome programming and achieve agency. Standing in her way of self-realization are cults, political figureheads, and beings from another realm, according to a news release.
Admission to see “Explorgasm” is $10.
Together, Deerpeople and The Drama Dept. will push the boundaries of the audio-visual experience of both concert-going and performance art.
“While we have been both impressed and inspired by what we have seen, nothing we have come across has lived up to our own desires,” says Todd Robinson of The Drama Dept. in the news release.
Understanding that their ideas would not be realized unless they themselves brought their shared vision into existence, The Drama Dept. set out to craft an interpretive performance of the band Deerpeople.
“Our intention is to engage the audience, making them part of a shared experience that while understood, leaves them wondering what in the world they have just seen and begging for more,” Robinson says.
Hailing from Stillwater and, according to the band, “the furthest reaches of space,” Deerpeople formed in 2009. For the next year, Kendall Looney, Derek Moore, Jordan Bayhylle, Brennan Barnes, Alex Larrea, and Julia Shen, began playing house parties and local venues in extremely close proximity to the audience in Stillwater. Since then, they have played shows with Evangelicals, Starlight Mints, Sherree Chamberlain, and Jesse Tabish of Other Lives. In the spring of 2010, Deerpeople, headlined the Opolis stage at the third annual Norman Music Festival. The band has continued to perform throughout the Midwest and appeared at Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge at South by Southwest 2011. Their first EP was recorded at Trent Bell Labs. Deerpeople’s second EP, “Explorgasm,” also recorded at Trent Bell Labs, was released earlier this month. For more information about Deerpeople, go to www.deerpeople.com
The Drama Dept. consists of Oklahoma artists Megan Mitchell, Michol Miller, Nokosee Fields and Todd Robinson. What began with several friends discussing ways in which to collaborate has since culminated in a series of productions seen at Austin’s South By Southwest, Norman Music Festival and Living Arts of Tulsa. The members of the Drama Dept. share an enthusiasm for life-sized puppets, late-night crafting, and a DIY sensibility. The Drama Dept. has been sharing their creations and engaging audiences since early 2011. Members of the Drama Dept. sit on the Living Arts Performance Committee and have collaborated with the committee to create “Explorgasm.”
-BAM
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