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Getting Spiritual with Mr. Vader

Getting Spiritual with Mr. Vader (2009) by Leo Preston. "It's been a couple of years since I brought you all "Sir Global Rights and his Wireless Crew", featuring brother Abdoulaye and his wife Safiatou from Mali, along with the Wireless Band and my girl Veronica. It's been a couple of pretty turbulent years. They've knocked down the Wrap arts centre, which I co-founded, and which has been my creative base for the past six years. I've been getting some projects going with the local youth (serious stuff!)."

-Leo Preston

Information

(Objekt ID 3101)
Object type Production
Premiere October 28, 2009
Produced by Leo Preston, Wrap Arts Centre
Coproducers BIT Teatergarasjen
Audience Adults
Language English and Spanish
Subtitles Spanish
Keywords Theatre, Concert, Talk-show, Post-dramatic theatre, Music, Video, Performance
Running period October 28, 2009  
Website Leo Preston interdisciplinary artist

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Leo Preston writes: "For about as long as the Meteor festival has been going, I’ve been serving you my freshest, heartfelt shit, and I’ve never looked back... Things have been moving so fast, there hasn’t been much time to reflect! All of a sudden I wasn’t so sure where I was going anymore. Then along came my man Mr. Vader. He’s got control. We’ve been shifting through all that shit from the past decade or so and looking into all the hidden links. Just as we were about to sum it all up with one logo and sell it around the world, we discovered a new wave of chaos, a spiritual vibe... "Getting Spiritual with Mr. Vader" could have been the start of a new sub-cultural movement. Now we’re more interested in the potential significance/insignificance of such a movement."

"A culture of hyper-individualism has thrown the people of our melting plastic empire into an amalgamated culture of mass communication. What was once clear is becoming blurry." Mr. Vader

Leo Preston combines elements of text, film, music, objects and demonstrations to create complex staged commentaries, based on his own experiences. His relaxed style of performing, with elements that are obviously improvised, and the personal nature of the material, give his work a distinctive and engaging quality. This is his second piece to feature a live four-piece band and other performers (in this case Mr. Vader) on stage. His previous works have been received with much enthusiasm from critics and audience alike.

In 2010 a Mexican version of the performance was developed with the title Poniéndonos espirituales con el Sr. Vader. In this version Mr. Vader spoke Spanish, the words were subtitled and the music was performed by a Mexican Doors cover band, The Crystal Ship Band.

Getting Spiritual with Mr. Vader av Leo Preston was supported by the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).

Source:

BIT Teatergarasjen, Meteor 2009. 07.08.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no

Leo Preston interdisciplinary artist, leopreston.org/Leo_Preston/Home.html, 23.08.2015, http://www.leopreston.org/Leo_Preston/GSMV.html

Contributors (14)
Name Role
Leo Preston – Text
Leo Preston – Concept/Idea
Leo Preston – Direction
Veronica Robles Thorseth – Choreography
Leo Preston – Music
Reinhardt Haverkamp – Stage design
Leo Preston – Video/Film
Stephen Rolfe – Lighting design
Bruce Kilmer – Performer
Kjetil Hana – Musician
Johan Hatleskog – Musician
Øyvind Hegg-Lunde – Musician
Gavin Taylor – Musician
Birk Nygaard – Video technician
Performance dates
October 14, 2010 17:00 – Foro Cultural Coyoacanense Hugo Argüelles Show
October 13, 2010 17:00 – Foro Cultural Coyoacanense Hugo Argüelles Show
October 12, 2010 17:00 – Foro Cultural Coyoacanense Hugo Argüelles Show
October 9, 2010 17:00 – Teatro Antonio Caso Show
October 8, 2010 17:00 – Teatro Antonio Caso Show
October 29, 2009 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
October 28, 2009 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet Worldwide premiere
Festivals (1)
METEOR October 28, 2009