On September 11th, Eric Bogosian and Elliott Sharp Mark will perform In the Shadow of No Towers (After Art Spiegelman) at ISSUE Project Room on September 11, 2008.

An animated film and graphic menagerie based on Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel In The Shadow of No Towers, in which relates his personal experiences during the September 11th attacks, this multifaceted piece will be accompanied by a live experimental soundtrack interwoven with spoken word.

Inspired by the compassion, light and irony evoked in Spiegelman’s book, Syntax Error’s Anne Rothshild, Maria Isabel Gouverneur and Marco Cappelli transposed and transformed the account into a video piece, paired with nuanced compositions that sweep through various musical vernaculars rooted in kaleidoscopic improvisation. One of two special guests joining the ensemble for this premier will be renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Elliott Sharp, who will contribute guitar, bass clarinet and live electronic elements. The other is acclaimed actor, monologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Eric Bogosian, who will lend his distinctive, minimalist style as narrator of the piece.

ISSUE Project Room is in the American Can Factory at Third Street and Third Avenue. Go to Issue Project Room for more ‘tails.