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Derangement of the Senses Derangement of the Senses

with Alexis Sottile, Justin Petropoulos, Liam O’Brien, Iris Explosion, Todd Anderson, Jason Scott Laney, Miracle Jones & Kevin Carter

Mon May 11th, 2015

7:30PM

The Gallery

Minimum Age: 21+

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Show Time: 7:30PM

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This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.

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Derangement of the Senses

Derangement of the Senses is a multimedia literary reading featuring some of New York’s most exciting writers, storytellers, musicians, and burlesque performers. The result is an atmosphere where new artforms flourish and incredible acts of literary and artistic dynamo amaze and astound. Inspired by the French proto-punk poet Arthur Rimbaud, Derangement focuses on the innovative new genres that are born when transgressive, transdisciplinary collaborations happen. Burlesque performers dance as their favorite literary characters while psychedelic visuals swirl and acoustic and electronic music cacophonously collide. You haven’t seen this kind of literary reading before.

Derangement is hosted by Kevin Carter and Miracle Jones, and it takes its name from a letter written by Arthur Rimbaud, who believed that “a poet makes himself a seer by an immense, long, deliberate derangement of the senses.” Its focus is on the necessity of cross-pollination between artists that work in different genres and the explosive interactions that take place when this occurs. Shows in the past have boasted everything from laser harps and electroencephalographs to cakes and LED butterfly wings. The show began in January of 2010 and previously took place at Happy Ending Lounge in the Lower East Side. Some of New York City’s most talented young writers and performers have performed pieces that recall the NYC theatrical and artistic performance art renaissance of the 80s and 90s while also managing to make that spirit their own in an entertaining, contemporary atmosphere.

Past readers/storytellers have included Rae Bryant, Peter Aguero, Bill Cheng, Elizabeth Crane, Miracle Jones, Ed Champion, Leigh Stein, Steve Zimmer, Arianne Benford, Jeanne Thornton, Meghann Plunkett, Lisa Marie Basile, Sasha Fletcher, and Chavisa Woods. The show has also hosted burlesque performances by Nasty Canasta, Iris Explosion, Anja Keister, Lucille ti Amore, Boots LaMae, and Masae. You can find more at www.derangementofthesenses.com.

Alexis Sottile

Alexis Sottile is a writer, performer, and New York Yankees fan. As an actress at Incubator Arts Space, often avant-gardely playing “herself,” she’s gained rave reviews in the New York Times and Backstage that she licks in times of trouble. Her love poems, political screeds and reviews have appeared in the Village Voice and Time Out NY, among other spots, and her comic book writing has appeared in the anthology I Saw You: Missed Connections Comics (Three Rivers Press) while her authored comic Vs., for SMITH magazine, was nominated for an Eisner. Her heart is in the shape of Staten Island. Learn more at Alexis Sottile on Tumblr.

Justin Petropoulos

Justin Petropoulos is the author of two collections of poetry, Eminent Domain (Marsh Hawk Press 2011), selected by Anne Waldman for the 2010 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and

(Jaded Ibis Press 2013), a collaborative work with multimedia artist, Carla Gannis. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Crab Creek Review, Gulf Coast, Mandorla, Portland Review, and Spinning Jenny. Justin is a contributing editor for Entropy magazine and the program director of an after-school program for at-risk, elementary age children. He is also an adjunct faculty member at New Jersey City University, where he teaches composition and creative writing. You can find out more at justinpetropoulos.tumblr.com.

Liam O’Brien

Liam O’Brien lives in Brooklyn and works in independent publishing. He spends his spare time reading about medical oddities, unsolved murders, home repair, and your favorite bands’ worst albums. Follow him on Twitter @liamistalking.

Iris Explosion

Iris Explosion is a New York City-based burlesque performer and MC. A certified ecdysiast from the New York School of Burlesque, she has been blowing minds and busting guts across the country since 2010. Iris specializes in bringing silly, nerdy, and brain bending nudity to the stage. Her meta stripteases about striptease have headlined at home and the West Coast, and she’s had the honor of attending The Great Burlesque Exposition, and the very first Florida Burlesque Festival. As a nerdlesque performer, her character and game based acts have been featured at a variety of conventions, including PAX, Gen Con, and The Escapist Expo. She is a founding executive producer of the Nerdlesque Festival, and a principal member of D20 Burlesque, NYC’s premier gaming burlesque troupe.
 
Iris Explosion official site

Todd Anderson

Todd Anderson creates poetic experiences using a projector, code, sound design and a wireless USB keyboard he wears around his neck. He calls this Hotwriting. He is a co-owner of Babycastles, host of the monthly WordHack language+technology series, and has a futuristic ebook forthcoming from Instar Books. See more at toddpoet.com.

Jason Scott Laney

Jason Scott Laney is a piano/keyboard player and songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to his solo work, Jason performs with the bands Victor V. Gurbo & Co., Mad Meg, and House of Fiction. His website is www.jasonscottlaney.com..

Miracle Jones

Miracle Jones is from Texas. He is a Sagittarius. He is a very private person. You can read more of his work at miraclejones.com.

Kevin Carter

Kevin Carter is a writer, technologist, and musician whose work has been featured in Luna Luna Magazine, MAKE, The Fiction Circus, 2600 Magazine, Kerouac’s Dog Magazine, and Divine Dirt Quarterly. His first collection of short stories, Lives of the Saints, was published by The Fiction Circus in 2012. He lives in Manhattan. Read more at shotintoeternity.com.

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