PLAYWRIGHT USES ART TO
EFFECT CHANGE.

A VOCALISTS TAKES A NON
TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO

MUSIC AND WE'LL FIND OUT
WHAT AIRPLANES A JUVENILE

DETENTION CENTER AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING HAVE IN COMMON.

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HI, I'M ASIA CIARAVINO.
WHAT DO AIRPLANES, A

JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER,
AND MARLIN TIEWGHT MARTIN

LUTHER KING HAVE IN COMMON?
WE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

LET'S FIND OUT.
>> EVERY DAY, JET LAG TRAVEL

ERS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD PASS THROUGH THE SAN

ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.

TO THEIR SURPRISE, WHAT DO
THEY SEE?

POPSICLES.
>> WE CHOSE THIS AS THE

INSTALLATION BECAUSE WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT

WAY TO WELCOME VISITORS TO
SAN ANTONIO.

WE THINK IT BRINGS THE
CHARACTER OF SAN ANTONIO TO

THE AIRPORT, VERY BRIGHT AND
CHEERFUL AND IT SORT OF

WARMS UP AN OTHERWISE
NONDESCRIPT PLACE.

>> THE SCENE, OR POPSICLES,
ANOTHER WORD IN SPANISH FOR

POPSICLE, WAS LIT PUN
LITERALLY PUN INTEND, WAY OF

HAVING FUN WITH THE IDEA OF
NOSTALGIC FEELING OF BEING A

CHILD, EVOKING MEMORIES OF
YOUTH, FLAVORS, THAT SWEET

OR SOUR, WHATEVER FLAVOR ON
YOUR TONGUE.

KIND OF HAS MORE OF A
NOSTALGIC FIELD.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
CONVEY WITH THAT. AND THEN

STARTED HAVING FUN WITH THE
COLORS AND TEXTURES AND LINE

WORK AND SHAPE AND FORM
WITHIN THIS P ALETA FORMAT.

>> IN ADDITION TO HIS
EXHIBIT AT THE AIRPORT, HE

IS ALSO WELL-KNOWN FOR
MURALS.

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED
DOING MURAL WORK, IT WAS ALL

ABOUT WHAT THE CLIENT WANTED
, THERE WERE MORE

PRIVATE COMMISSIONS.
NOW THAT I'M OLDER, I'VE

ABOUT KIND TO PICK AND
CHOOSE, BE SELECTIVE ABOUT

WHAT I DO AND MURALS THAT
ENGAGE A COMMUNITY, MORE

HISTORICAL.
CERTAIN DEGREE POLITICAL,

CULTURAL PROJECTS AND SCENES
GETTING MORE EXCITED ABOUT

DOING PUBLIC PIECES OF WORK.
>> THERE IS A PIECE ON THE

EAST SIDE, MURAL PROJECT
DONE IN JANUARY, CONCEIVED

IN JANUARY OF THIS PAST YEAR
, 2012, FOR THE 25TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING MARCH AND IT'S

PHOTOGRAPH, ORIGINALLY IN
BLACK AND WHITE AND ENDED UP

USING COLORS FROM OTHER
PHOTOGRAPHS OF DR. KING TO

KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER.
IMAGE OF HIM HAVING DONE HIS

LAST SPEECH AT THE
WASHINGTON MALL IN 1958.

BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED,
ADDRESSING THE CROWD.

>> I HAVE A DREAM.
THAT MY POOR LITTLE CHILDREN

WILL ONE DAY LIVE IF A
NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT

BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE

CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.

>> MUCH LIKE MARTIN LUTHER
KING, DAVID STRESSES THE

IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY TO

THE YOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO.
>> I BEGAN WORKING WITH THE

THE -- IT'S CALLED A TAP 2.0
PROGRAM.

THE TITO P UENT ES PROJECT.
THEY PARTNER WITH THE

JUVENILE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE SEEN MY WORK OUT
IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY

WANTED SOMEONE THAT WOULD
KIND OF COME IN NOT ONLY AN

ART INSTRUCTOR, VISUAL ARTS
INSTRUCTOR, MURALIST BUT A

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
AS WELL.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
EXOAPTS THEY WANTED TO

PACKAGE TOGETHER IN THIS
PROGRAM.

>> DAVID BRINGS A LOT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE

CHILDREN OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
HE FOCUSES HIS ART ON PEACE,

A LOT OF THESE CHILDREN THAT
COME THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT,

DO NOT HAVE PEACE IN THEIR
LIFE.

SO ALL THE ART WORK THAT
THEY DO IS FOCUSED ON PEACE.

AND PEACE ACTIVISTS.
>> I SHOW THEM, TRADITIONAL

MURALS, MASTERPIECES OF
MURAL WORK AND THE FINE ART

AND THEY CAN FLEESH A WHOLE
LOT MORE.

YOU GET THEM TO INVEST
CREATIVELY WHAT YOU DTHEY

FIND NEW FOUND RESPECT FOR
ART, PUBLIC ART, FOR ONE, OF

COURSE NOW THAT YOU GOT THEM
INVESTED THEY'RE NOT GOING

TO -- IT REDUCES LIKELIHOOD
OTHER YOUR PUBLIC ART, MURAL

MIGHT BE TAGGED AS WELL.
BUT IT GETS THEM TO INVEST

IN PUBLIC ART.
CREATIVELY.

SO I THINK THEY TAKE AN
APPRECIATION.

I KNOW I CERTAINLY -- TRUST
JUST FROM SEEING THEM OPEN

UP AND ENGAGE IN SOMETHING
THAT CAN OPEN HOPEFULLY

THEREBY A LONG TIME.
>> A LOT OF CHILDREN THE

FIRST NIGHT ARE ANGRY, DON'T
WANT TO BE HERE.

WHEN THEY WORK WITH HIM AND
SEE HE'S IN77ED IN THEM,

THEY BECOME INVESTED IN HIF
AND THEMSELVES AND PRODUCE

WONDERFUL WORKS OF ART.
>> THERE'S A MURAL FEATURE

ON WEST SIDE, ON GIOVANNI
PIZZA RHEA, A VERY PIRS

PROJECT, I PARTNERED TO
CREATE A MURAL TITLED THE

MURAL IS DEDICATED TO THE
GUADALUPE AND MORE OF A

COMMUNITY PROJECT, TAKING
THE VIEW EMBRACING THE

COMMUNITY.
ALSO HAS DAY OF THE DEAD

WHICH IS A POPULAR TRADITION
HERE IF SAN ANTONIO, BUT

BASED FROM MEXICO.
ALSO FEATURES CATHOLIC

CANDLES.
THAT ARES ARE FEATURING THE

ITALIAN THINGS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PIECE IT'S

ON.
>> I FEEL THAT IF I DIDN'T

HAVE THAT OUTLET TO KIND OF
EXPRESS MYSELF, TO VISUAL

ARTS, PAINTING, DRAWING,
THERE WOULD BE PART OF ME

COMPLETELY UNFULFILLED.
SO I FOUND MY WAY, I PUT MY

LIFE IF A -- ON A PATH WHERE
I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF AND

SUSTAIN MYSELF THROUGH IT.
>> TOP FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

DAVID BRAN CAS AND VIEW HIS
WORK.

GO TO DAVID BLANCAS.COM.
NOW SPFT ART EVENTS

HAPPENING NEXT WEEK IF SAN
ANTONIO.

>>.
>> TO ADD YOUR ART EVENT TO

THE ARTS CALENDAR, VISIT
KLRN.ORG/ARTS.

>> FROM A BEACH IN SFIEN A
HOSPITAL IN NORWAY, SWEDISH

ARTISTS GOO MILLA CREATES
FWLEANDZ EASTERN

SPIRITUALITY WITH WESTERN
CONSUMERISM.

RECENTLY COMPLETED FIRST
SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE U.S.

AT THE RICE UNIVERSITY ART
GALLERY IN HOUSTON. LET'S

CHECK IT OUT.
>> BEFORE I STUDIED ART, I

STUDIED GRARVEG DESIGN AND
WORKED AT THE GRAPHIC DESIGN

ER FOR QUITE SOME TIME
.

A LONG TIME, I'VE COLLECTED
FROM MY EVERYDAY LIFE AND

EVERYDAY SHOPPING.
SO IN THAT SENSE YOU COULD

SAY THAT THE BRAND LINKS
ALTOGETHER, IT HAS TO DO

WITH EVERYDAY ROUTINES AND
RITUALS AND I THINK THE WAY

THAT THESE COME INTO OUR
PRIVATE SPHERE, WE CARRY THE

PLASTIC BAG WITH US FROM THE
MORE PUBLIC AREA OR THE

SUPERMARKET, ITS ARE LINKS
THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC

AREA.
I MAKE PATTERNS ON THE

COMPUTER OF COURSE AND THEN
IT TAKES SOME TIME TO MAKE

THE SELECTION AND CHURCH TO
TRY OUT DIFFERENT VERSIONS.

AND THEN IT'S A VECTOR FILE
THAT IS BLOWN UP AND THE

PLOTTED OUT IN VINYL.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMPUTER

WORK, IT FEELS LIKE CRAFT
WORK TO ME.

RECOMMEND LIKE EMBROIDER OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE CHOICE FOR THE
COMBINATION OF HOW THEY

GRAPHICALLY WORK FOR THE
PATTERN, AS WELL AS IF I DO

FIND THE BRAND NAME
INTERESTING.

YOU MIGHT NOT FIRST
RECOGNIZE BUT QUITE QUICKLY,

OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING AND
COME BACK.

MAYBE THIS ALSO COMES INTO
OUR MINDS IN AN UNCONSCIOUS

WAY.
I'M INTERESTED IN THE

COMBINATION ICONOGRAPHY
TAKEN FROM THE WESTERN WORLD

, CONSUMER WORLD.
WITH THE IMAGE WHICH

RESEMBLES OF A SACRED MAN
DALLA, WHICH IS A TOOL THAT

CAN HELP IN MEDITATION.
YOU REALLY NEED TO TAKE THAT

IN, THAT THESE MIGHT BE
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE PASS TWO

TIMES A DAY, FIVE DAYS A
WEEK, BACK AND FORTH TO

WORK.
AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED

TO EXTEND THE PATTERN OUT
FROM THE GALLERY AREA, INTO

THE FOYER AREA, IS THAT I
WANTED THE PATTERN TO BE OUT

IN A MORE PUBLIC PLACE.
THERE'S A VIECIAL AS EXPECT

OF THE ART WORK THAT IS
ACTUALLY CONTINUING AND IS

GROWING AND SO YOU'RE
SURROUNDED MORE OR LESS BY

THE PATTERN.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT SORT OF

MERGED THE ART WORK INTO THE
ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE OR SIDE

ASK TO ME THAT WAS MORE OF A
CHALLENGE, AND INTERESTING

WAY OF WORKING WITH MY IDEA
OF HOW AND WHY IT'S

PRESENTED HERE, AND WHAT
DOES IT MEAN.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
CLINGER ON HER WEBSITE.

PLAYWRIGHT TERRENCE MCNALLY
THE PERSON BEHIND THE MULL

MONTY, KISS OF THE SPIDER
MAN.

WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO TALK
ABOUT HIS CAREER AND THE

SOCIAL BOUNDARIES HE PUSHES
THROUGH HIS WORK.

>> CHECK IT OUT.
>> TERRENCE MCNALLY IS A

NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH THEATER
.

THE WRITER OF FRANKY AND
JOHNNY AND MASTER CLASS.

THE BOOK WRITER OF KISS OF
THE SPIDER WOMAN AND THE

FULL MONTY JUST TO NAME A
VERY SELECT FEW.

AND HIS SHOW RAGTIME FOR
WHICH HE WON ONE OF HIS FOUR

TONIES AND HE IS HERE.
WELCOME.

>> HI.
>> IT'S SUCH A PLAYER

PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YORE IF TOWN RECEIVING THE

ACLU'S BY THE WAY HE CON OF
LIBERTY AWARD.

SO I WONDER, WITH SHOWS LIKE
RAGTIME, WHICH THERE'S

SINGLING OUT WHICH DEALS
WITH RACE AND CLASS ISSUES

AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY,
YOU'VE WRITTEN A LOT OF

PLAYS ABOUT GAY MEN.
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON THESE

PIECES, ARE YOU COGNIZANT OF
WHAT SOCIAL CHANGE THEY

MIGHT PROVOKE?
>> NO.

I'D BE TOO SELF-CONSCIOUS.
I TRY TO STAY IN THE MOMENT

WITH THE CHARACTERS AND
THINK WHAT ARE AT THE GOING

THROUGH AND RAGTIME, MUSICAL
AT TWO BRILLIANT

COLLABORATORS, LYNN THE LIR
SIFT AND SEATON, MY FAVORITE

LIVING AMERICAN COMPOSER.
SO WE WERE TOGETHER, WORKING

ON THE SHOW, LOVING THE BOOK
, THE GREAT HERO, WHO

WROTE THE ORIGINAL NOVEL.
SUCH A PROFOUNDLY INSPIRING

WORK.
BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME

WRITING IT.
WE KNEW IT TOUCHED ON SOCIAL

ISSUES.
BUT WE JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT

A GOOD SHOW THAT WOULD KEEP
AN AUDIENCE ENTERTAINED AND

POFD AND THOUGHTFUL FOR --
CLOSE TO 3 HOURS.

IT'S A BIG ONE, AN EPIC.
>> DO YOU LOOK, TAKE THE

MOMENT, THEN, TO LOOK BACK
NOW?

>> YES, AND WHEN YOU SEE HOW
THE SHOW REACHES PEOPLE, AND

TOUCHES THEM, AND I THINK
IT'S CHANGED SOME PEOPLE'S

HEARTS.
IT'S SUCH A DEEPLY FELT SHOW

, AND MUSIC ADDS A
DIMENSION TO IT THAT IS

SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL
I LOVE MUSIC THEATER WHEN

IT'S DONE WELL.
AND I WOULDN'T CALL THE SHOW

UP OPERATIC.
IN THE BEST TRADITION OF

MUSICAL THEATER.
ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN, BACK

TO SHOW BOAT ABOUT VERY
SERIOUS SOCIAL THEMES.

AND ENTERTAINING BUT WITH
GREAT HEART.

AND WE STOOD IN THE BACK OF
MANY THEATERS AROUND AMERICA

AND SEEING AUDIENCES DEEPLY
MOVED BY THIS STORY.

AND IT'S TIME I THINK
TIMELESS, AS RELEVANT TODAY

AS WHEN HE WROTE IT.
EVEN THOUGH THE SHOW HE IS

SET SHORTLY AFTER THE TURN
OF THE LAST CENTURY.

ALWAYS SEEMED VERY
CONTEMPORARY BOOK TO ME.

>> SO YOU'RE NEVER -- IN
SOME ARTISTS ADMIT THAT WHEN

THEY HAVE CONSTANT EXPOSURE
LIKE YOU'VE HAD OR MORE

INTIMATE, THEY'VE TEMPTED TO
GO BACK AND MAKE SUSPECT

CHANGES.
ARE YOU EVEREMPTED TO DO

THAT WITH YOUR WORK?
>> I AM.

BUT NOT WITH RAGTIME.
WE WORKED LONG AND HARD AND

I THINK WELL ON, THEATER IS
COLLABORATION.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE IDEAL
PARTNERS AND I COULDN'T HAVE

ASKED FOR BETTER
COLLABORATORS ON THIS.

AND THEN WE WERE WORKING
FROM A BOOK, THAT INSPIRED

US EVERY DAY, THERE'S NOT A
SENTENCE IN AT THAT BOOK

THAT DOESN'T SING.
AND WE JUST HAD SO MUCH FUN

WORKING ON IT.
AND WE HAD WONDERFUL

SUPPORTIVE PRODUCER, A BIG
SHOW, AND SPENT ALMOST A

YEAR IN TORONTO WORKING ON
IT.

AND GETTING IT READY AND
GETTING -- THAT'S WHERE IT

PREMIERED IN TORONTO, NOT
NEW YORK.

AUDREY MCDONALD, HERE LAST
YEAR.

>> POURINGY AND BESS.
>> SUN SAYINGS IN THIS, TOO.

>> SENSATION IN THIS, TOO.
>> IF TERMS OF LOOKING AT

THE PLAYS, GAY MEN,
AMENTIONED BEFORE.

WHERE DOES SITCOM IS COMING
OUT IN.

AND SORT OF THE CONVERSATION
HAPPENING YET AGAIN.

ABOUT SORT OF THE EVOLUTION
AND HOW ACCEPTABLE IT IS,

HAVE YOU NOTICED A SHIFT, IS
THERE A SIZABLE SHIFT?

BECAUSE WE ALL TALK ABOUT
HOW WE TALK ABOUT ON BOTH

SIDES OF THE COAST NOT
NECESSARILY --

>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE SHOW, I THINK IT'S

CALLED THE NEW NORMAL.
I SAW THE FIRST EPISODE.

AND THE VILLAIN IN THE PIECE
WAS HOMOPHOBE AND SO AS A

MATTER OF FACT THESE TWO MEN
ARE IN A COMMITTED

RELATIONSHIP.
THEY'RE GOING ADOPT A CHILD.

AND I THOUGHT, WE'VE COME A
LONG WAY SINCE WILL AND

GRACE AND THAT JUST WENT OFF
THE AIR.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING, THE
SOCIAL CHANGE JUST IN THAT

AREA ALONE.
THAT I'VE EXPERIENCEED IN MY

LIFETIME.
AND I HOPE MY WORK IS

SOMEWHAT BEEN A PART OF IT.
AND I DO THINK THE THEATER

ENTERTAINMENT IS A WONDERFUL
WAY TO REACH PEOPLE'S HEARTS

.
AND WHEN SOMEONE SAYS ANTI-

ANTI--GAY.
THAT'S AN EMOTIONAL REACTION

TO SOMETHING THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY

INTELLECTUALLY THEY MIGHT
HAVE THAT KNEE-JERK REACTION

BUT WHEN THEY'RE TOUCHED BY
CHARACTERS THAT MEET GAY MEN

AND WOMEN, IN A PLAY, AND
MOVIE OR TV SHOW.

AND THEY START TO LIKE THEM,
THAT'S LIKE MOVING IT

FORWARD.
THE ONLY DIRECTION SHOULD BE

GOING IN.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, TOO,

WE'VE JUST SEEN THESE
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS,

TERRIBLE INCIDENTS ACROSS --
ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST

WITH THE EMBASSY AND IT IS
COMING OUT OF A PIECE OF ART

WHICH I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS
FILM THAT HAS OUTRAGED A LOT

OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS
NECESSARILY ART BECAUSE IT

SEEMS TO BE COBBLED TOGETHER
AND WE DON'T KNOW THE

INTEREST BEHIND IT.
TO SOME DEGREE AND THIS

MIGHT BE APPLES AND ORANGES,
YOU EXPERIENCED OUTRAGE WHEN

THIS OPENED BECAUSE IT
DEPICTED JESUS CHRIST AS GAY

AND DISCIPLES AS GAY AND YOU
HAD THIS JUST TERROR RAIN

DOWN ON YOU, DEATH THREATS.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN A

SITUATION LIKE THAT?
HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY DO

YOU FEEL WHEN YOU KNOW THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT

HAPPEN, THAT IT WILL TRIG
THEY ARE SORT OF EFFECT.

>> WELL, I THINK YOU TRY TO
STAY THE COURSE.

BECAUSE I THINK IF THERE'S A
MESSAGE IN CHRISTIANITY,

WE'RE ALL DEFINE AND EVERY
ONE OF US HAVE THE SAME

DIVINITY AS JESUS CHRIST DID
AND GAY MEN AND WOMEN HAVE

THE SAME DIVINITY AND THAT'S
ALL THE PLAY IS SAYING.

I DID NOT FEEL I WAS WRITING
A BLASPHEMOUS INDICTMENT OF

CHRISTIANITY AT ALL, WHICH
OF COURSE THE PLAY WAS

ACCUSED OF BEING BUT PEOPLE
HADN'T SEEN T SOUNDS LIKE

WHAT IS GOING ON NOW, IT
SEEMS 70 MINUTES LONG,

SOUNDS LIKE A TROUBLEMAKER
GOT ON TO ARAB NETWORKS,

TRANSLATED JUST TO INFLAME
PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT'S

WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH
CORPUS CHRISTI,

TROUBLEMAKERS, AND ANYONE
WHO EXPERIENCED THE PLAY, A

MESSAGE OF PROFOUND LOVE AND
HUMILITY AND DEEP DIS --

REVEALED ALSO THE AMOUNT OF
HOMOPHOBIA THAT EXISTS.

IN THE ESTABLISHED RELIGION,
THE HIERARCHY OF THE

CHURCHES, AND I THINK THEY
HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR,

FRANKLY.
AND.

>> AS I SAID, I WAS
COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES

, YOU WERE A PIECE OF
ART, NOT NECESSARILY THE

FILM.
AND I WANT TO ASK YOU,

FINALLY, WHAT IS REST IN
TERMS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO

EXPLORE?
I KNOW YOU STARTED YOUR

CAREER AS A JIEWBL I.
ARE IDEAS CONSTANTLY

GERMINATING? I WONDER IF
SORT OF INTIMIDATED BY YOUR

OWN SUCCESS IN A WAY BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A LOT OF

EXPECTATIONS.
>> I SURROUNDS MYSELF.

MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN
WHO KEEPS MY FEET ON THE

GROUND.
I NEVER WORRY ABOUT THE WELL

RUNNING DRIVE THINGS TO
WRITE ABOUT.

I THINK NOW THAT I'M GETTING
OLDER, I THINK ABOUT

MORTALITY THAN I USED TO.
I THINK MAYBE MY WORK IS A

LITTLE MITT -- LITTLE MORE
SERIOUS.

NOT SERIOUS, BUT A LITTLE
MORE THOUGHTFUL PERHAPS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S THAT'S
PART OF -- TODAY I WAS

TAKING A SHOWER, I LIKE
BEING OLDER.

YESTERDAY, I DIDN'T LIKE IT
BUT TODAY I LIKED IT BECAUSE

I THOUGHT THERE ARE NICE
THINGS ABOUT BEING 74.

SO -- ESPECIALLY --
>> ONE DAY AT A TIME.

AND THIS COUNTRY IS GIVING
WRITERS SO MUCH TO THINK

ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE

EVER SAYING GEE, I'VE
WRITTEN EVERYTHING I WANT TO

WRITE.
I'LL BE BABBLING UNTIL THE

LAST MINUTE, I THINK.
>> TERRENCE MCNALLY, I'VE

WAITED A LONG TIME, AND IT'S
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE RMENT

.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.

>> AMONG HIS MANY HONORS,
TERRENCE MCNALLY HAS WON

FOUR TONY AWARDS.
SEVERAL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN

FOR HIS WORK ON RAGTIME.
AND NOW, HERE'S A LOOK AT

WHAT HAPPENS THIS WEEK IN
ARTS HISTORY.

>> AUDREY SCHEN A MUSICIAN
WHO COMBINES HER VOICE,

CELLO AND ELECTRONICS TO
CREATE A KIND OF SURREAL

SYMPHONY OF SOUND.
AS WITH ANY ARTIST, HER WORK

IS CHALLENGING, BUT OPENS A
WHOLE NEW UNIVERSE OF

EXPRESSION.
>> ¶

>> I TRY TO RECONTEXT LIES
THESE SOUNDS.

THEY MIGHT BE SOUNDS FOR
SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE

REALLY UGLY.
GRATING, REALLY -- BUT

THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST -- THE
QUALITY OF BEAUTIFUL OF UGLY

AND JUST SOMETHING WE ALL
CONSTRUCT.

LIKE A HUMAN CONSTRUCT.
SOMETHING THAT'S MORE BASIC

DEGREE BEFORE YOU MAKE THE
JUDGMENT OF BAD OR GOOD.

THERE IS INTENSE OR GENTLE
OR SOMETHING THAT RELAXES

YOU OR WHATEVER.
SO I TRY TO PEEL BACK WITH

THE -- SOMETHING THAT'S LESS
JUDGMENT-BASED.

LESS WORD-BASED.
LESS CATEGORY-BASED.

PEOPLE CAN KIND OF GET
THEMSELVES OUT OF THESE

AREAS.
>> IT IS MORE PRIMAL, MORE

PRIMITIVE.
BUT I THINK THESE THINGS ARE

, WHAT PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
TODAY REALLY LOST TOUCH WITH

.
THEY CAN GET BACK IN TOUCH

WITH SOMETHING THAT'S MORE
REAL FOR THEM.

I'D BE REALLY HAPPY.
>> ¶

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