Artist Nathan Wheeler responds to the destructive power of the Four Mile Canyon Fire with his new performing arts piece, Sept. Sixth.
Nathan Wheeler's Sept.Sixth–one artist's response to...

Nathan Wheeler's Sept.Sixth–one artist's response to Boulder's Four Mile Canyon Fire

Daily Event: 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MT)

Boulder, CO


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"September Sixth" is Boulder artist Nathan Wheeler's musical/theatrical memoir and response to the devastation of the recent Four Mile Canyon fire. 

The hour-long performance will be presented two evenings: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 28-29 in the ATLAS Black Box, downstairs, lower-level B2, CU-Boulder. 

CU music graduate Wheeler explains, “September Sixth is my reaction to the Four Mile Canyon Fire which started on September 6th, 2010. The fire burned our home to the ground–home to my grandfather who built the house, my parents, younger brother and me. My mother and her family were raised there, and so were my brother and I. We moved in when I was 6."

The piece uses a combination of found art, sound sculpture, dance, music and video to explore the fire, its aftermath and effect on Wheeler's life. Photos of the site taken by collaborators Michael Theodore, Jeff Ruane, Mark McCoin as well as Wheeler will be projected on the video wall of the ATLAS lobby.

The performance features:

- Wheeler on electronics, harmonium, voice, guitar, found objects and live video and dance

- Janet Feder (regular performer with Boulder Laptop Orchestra) on prepared guitar and found objects

- Mark McCoin on found objects

- Curtis Broome on drums

- Also dancers Luke Iwabuchi and Skye Hughes of CU's Music & Dance 

"The work mirrors the emotions I continue to go through as a result of the fire –surprise, anguish and suffering, then acceptance, and finally peace, joy and reverence."

Musical genres include a cappella, ambient, drone, noise, post-hardcore rock, and electronica. Live video accompanies most of the performance. Dance includes contact improvisation.

The show is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended. Reserve your seats on the web page you're now on, http://septsixth.eventbrite.com/.

Note: The show will have moments of loud sustained sounds–earplugs will be provided at the door.

Where

ATLAS Institute, Black Box Studio, downstairs to lowest basement level, B2
University of Colorado at Boulder
1125 18th St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0320



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ATLAS Institute (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society) is an innovative campus-wide initiative in education, research, creative work and outreach in which information and communication technology is the enabling force.

 

ATLAS programs bring together students, educators, artists, writers, scholars and leaders from the academy, industry, non-profits and government to create a multidisciplinary environment that contributes to the understanding of the interaction of ICT and human society, and to the realization of the full potential of that interaction.

 

ATLAS offers a Technology, Arts and Media (TAM) minor for undergraduates, a masters degree in Information and Communication Technology for Development (MS-ICTD), a certificate in digital arts and sciences through Boulder Digital Works, and a Ph.D. in Technology, Media and Society.

 

The ATLAS building is home to the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), ATLAS Assessment & Research Center, ATLAS Speaker Series and CU's Film Studies Program. Visit: http://atlas.colorado.edu.
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