The Kitchen, New York, NY, February 1, 2011
Audience members at New York City’s legendary performance and exhibition space The Kitchen joined Esopus contributors and readers for a night of programming related to Esopus 15: Television. The evening began with a performance piece by Emmy Award–winning soap-opera scribes Jean Passanante (One Life to Live) and Addie Walsh (All My Children), who called upon audience members to assist them in writing a soap-opera scene from scratch. A short program of television-related video work curated and introduced by acclaimed video artist Dara Birnbaum followed, and the evening concluded with a concert by the Brooklyn-based group One Ring Zero, whose “Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed (The ‘MythBusters’ Song)” was one of the standout tracks on the issue’s CD.