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TRANSFIX

SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE BY VESSEL

Transfix, is an on-going, interactive, silent performance that transforms urban architecture into a poetic theatrical landscape. Performers break out of the traditional theatre arena into a public space where the audience becomes part of the performance, coming and going as they please. 

Wearing white, we open the dialogue of seeing color in a new way by merging the everyday with the theatrical, binding the permanence of urban architecture with the ephemerality of performance. Weaving in and around urban architectural spaces and spectators we transform the street into a stage, revealing the poetry and beauty of the mundane. Transfix is a collaborative, interactive urban intervention where the passerby, not expecting to see a performance stops in their tracks, transfixed. 

Selected Performances
For full performance history see bio page

2010 (more images coming soon!)
Scorpius Dance Gala
Phoenix Little Theatre
Phoenix, Arizona                             
April, 2010
   


Fashion Rules!
Neiman Marcus
Scottsdale, Arizona
March 2010
    

Transfix Retrospective: 1997-2010
 in collaboration with Verbobala, SonicAnta, Chris Loomis, Saskia Jorda, Simon De Aguero and the Phoenix Fringe Festival
Monorchid Gallery
Phoenix, Arizona
April 2010
    

Imperial Dunes Photo/Film Shoot
Imperial Dunes, California
February, 2010
  

The Art of Maintenance
, Scottsdale Canal clearing
Commisssioned by Scottsdale Public Art
Scottsdale Canal, Arizona
January 2010
      
2009
SMocA Nights
Scottsdale Museum of Modern Art (SMoCa)
Scottsdale, Arizona

March 2009

  

     

   

   



 

          

    

    
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Portia Beacham, Nick Broderick, Erica Maytenyi, Kyle Wills, Philip Zisman, Jessica Weaver, Kristina Serna, Adam Pinti and Aaron Wester. Photographed by John Tzelepis.


2008
Night Acts, ASU Art Museum
Tempe, Arizona

February 2008


   

    

   
  
   

   

     

   
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Nina Watt, Caitlyn Conlin, Jodie XXXX, Jessica Mumford, Stjepan Rothko, Elizabeth Widmer, Sentell Harper, Maria Enriquez, Cathan Bordyn, Kerry Wieder, and Kathleya Afandor. Photographed by John Tzelepis.

2007
Transfix performs at Bell Rock
Sedona, Arizona
March 2007

       



      

   

        
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, John Tzelepis, Caitlyn Conlin, Alex Smith, Cathan Bordyn, and David McCormick. Photographed by Bruce Bowditch. 

Transfix in Tlaquepaque
Sedona Arizona
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March 2007

     

      

          
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, John Tzelepis, Caitlyn Conlin, Alex Smith, Cathan Bordyn, and David McCormick. Photographed by Bruce Bowditch.

Transfix at Sunset Point, Arizona.

March 2007

  

           
 Performed by Rachel Bowditch, John Tzelepis, Caitlyn Conlin, Alex Smith, Cathan Bordyn, and David McCormick. Photographed by Bruce Bowditch.


2005
Starving Artist Ball
Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York City.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Jeff Grow, Jenny Sargent, Sarah Kozinn and Josh Mathews.


2004
Invited to perform for the
Kitchen Street Festival
The Kitchen, New York City.
2003 and 2004.     
                   
    
Performed by Rachel Bowditch Tanya Calamoneri, Gillian Chadsey, Serene Zloof, Ximena Garnica, Gregory Frumin and Juan. Photographed by the Kitchen staff.

2003


        
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Philadelphia Art Museum, Rittenhouse Square and Independence Mall
September 2003


   

    

    

    

    

    

      
    

    
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender and Jeff Grow.
2002

New York Fringe Festival Al Fresco
Central Park, Central Park and Times Square, New York City.
August 2002


    

         

            

        

Photographed by Bill Durgin.   


  

     

   
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Jeff Grow, Rick "Spark" Szpigiel, Tracey Fischette (Raven Dawn) and Timothy Speed Levitch.Photographed by Liz Pink.


2001
Transfix invited to perform for the
GenArts Summer Arts Festival
The Puck Building, New York City.
July 2001

     
           
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Jeff Grow, Kristin Haynes and Nikki Verhoff. Photographed by Nicholas Goldberg.

Transfix invited to perform for the opening night
of the International Independent Film Festival
Madison Square Garden, New York City.
March 2001



   

  
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Jeff Grow, Kristin Haynes and Nikki Verhoff. Photographed by Nicholas Goldberg.


1999
“Une Soiree de l’art et les Hazards”
Museum of Art, Arras, France
March 1999

               
Performed by Rachel Bowditch.
1997
Second performance of Transfix
Art Gallery Senior Show
October 1997


      

  

    

Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Kristin Haynes, Micole Raab, and Karina Valentine.

1996
First Performance of Transfix
Theatre of Madness in Motion
Feast for the Senses
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
April 1996


    

     
 Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Kristin Haynes, and Matt Diamond.


**For complete TRANSFIX performance history, go to the ARTIST BIO page.
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