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From the 9/10/04 edition of the Chicago Reader, written by Kerry Reid
Stephen Fiehn and Tyler B. Myers, the experimental performance duo Cupola Bobber,
seem much too young to be experiencing a midlife crisis, but they clearly understand the condition. This 80 minute revised
version of a work presented at last spring's PAC/edge festival, performed mostly behind a tryptich of scrims on which crudely
drawn empty rooms are sometimes projected, depicts life as a series of quotidian exercises, interspersed with a desire for
joy and connection to other beings, leading to an eternal void. Fiehn and Myers spend a lot of time running on teadmills and
panting out epigrammatic observations such as "I'm amazed at my ability to ignor beautiful things." In between are snippets
of Kevin Bacon's ode to dance in the 80s hit Footloose and a spelling bee that focuses on words like "anxious," "bored,"
and "appetite." This sort of endurance art isn't for everyone, but the two deliver intelligent and sensitive performances
with understated wit and pathos.
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