with JONATHAN BEPLER 

a plump single-color bulb, or a dance NOV 14-16, 2024 

Life is tenuous. 

But beautiful. 

And predictable. 

Yet not. 

These performances of a plump single-color bulb, or a dance are dedicated to Georgiana Pickett.

Dance, setting & performance: Wally Cardona Music & performance:Jonathan Bepler 

Lighting: Thomas Dunn 

November 15 Stay 

Late Conversation moderated by Matthew Barney

SPECIAL THANKS

Much gratitude to Bill T.Jones,Janet Wong, Kyle Maude and each and every person at New York Live Arts for being so pleasant and supportive throughoutthe process, and Isabella Achenbach, Matthew Barney, DD Dorvillier, Daqi Fang, Carla Fazio, Fondation Cartier,Jade Archuleta-Gans, Colin Gee, Blake Hiltunen,Jett 3D,Julian Henri Louie, Finn McMurray, Isabel P. Roberts, Pam Tanowitz, David Thomson, Rahel Vonmoos, Cathy Weis, Chikako Yamauchi and Ain Gordon. 

FUNDING 

Wally Cardona is a 2023 – 2025 Live Feed Residency Artist at New York Live Arts. 

a plump single-color bulb, or a dance is a production of WCV, Inc., a 501c3 not-for-profit organization committed to the creation of new work, underthe artistic direction of Wally Cardona. All contributions to WCV, Inc., are tax-deductible to the full extent ofthe law. WCV, Inc., 175 Prospect Park SW #2A, Brooklyn, New York 11218. 

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Biographies

Wally Cardona 

After many years of creating works that demanded highly controlled conditions in orderto ^{be made, choreographer Wally} Cardona’s current process is one of softly undoing, initiating intimate collaborations where ways of doing can mutate in proximity to others. 

Choreographic works range from ^{The Set Up: Island Ghost Sleep Princess Time Story Show, a 7-} part dance made overthe course of six years with dance artists ^{from France, Bali,Java, Cambodia, Myanmar,Okinawa,} France and India;to TOOL IS LOOT,resulting from games of aesthetic disorientation, made with Jennifer Lacey and Jonathan Bepler; Interventions 1-7, made from encounters between Cardona and the requests and ^{opinions of a sommelier,} astrophysicist, architect, social ^{activist, among others; Really} Real, a “people piece”for100 individuals, including new music by Phil Kline performed by the full Brooklyn Youth Chorus; A Light Conversation, a physical ^{dialogue on aesthetics vs. ethics, love, commitment and sacrifice,} made with choreographer Rahel Vonmoos; Site, a craft-work for wood, paper,tape and the Capital High School Band of Helena, MT; and Everywhere, a work forfive dancers, 400 columns and 50 boomboxes. 

Honors include a Bessie 

Award, a Guggenheim 

Fellowship, a NYFA 

Fellowship, an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, an inaugural Doris Duke Artist Award, a six-year LMCC Extended Life Residency, a Danspace 

^{Project/Robert Rauschenberg Captiva Project Residency,} and a Krannert Center ^{Reflective Time Residency.} As a performer, he has ^{appeared in multiple works by} Ralph Lemon, David Gordon and Deborah Hay and in 

^{Matthew Barney’s film,} Secondary. Current work in developmentincludes TIMES ^{FOUR/David Gordon: as seen,} read and imagined, a rendering of Gordon’s Times 

Jonathan Bepler

Jonathan Bepleris a composer who collaborates often with artists, choreographers and filmmakers, and enjoys working across disciplines, as well as ^{making improvised and pre-} composed music. Much of his work has been in the context of close collaborations with artist ^{Matthew Barney, including many} films and performances,from 1994 to 2024. 

His concert music includes ^{works forthe Ensemble Modern,} the Glenn Branca Ensemble,the Basel Sinfonietta, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de 

^{Radio France.} He has collaborated with choreographers including DD Dorvillier,John Jasperse 

^{(California, Within Between), Sasha Waltz (S, Gezeiten), Jennifer Lacey (This is an Epic, Mhmmm, and Les Assistantes), and Wally Cardona (Tool is Loot, GIVEN in The Black Box).} Collaborations with Cardona also include several extensive working periods in Southeast Asia forthe making of The Set Up: Island Ghost Sleep Princess Time Story Show. 

Thomas Dunn 

Thomas Dunn designs lighting ^{throughoutthe US and abroad.} Thomas’ approach to lighting stems from years of 

^{investigative work with light,} treating it as both a sculptural medium and a facet of stage design. Selected design credits include works with JoAnne ^{Akalaitis,Jonathan Bepler, Wally} Cardona, Steve Cosson, Annie Dorsen, DD Dorvillier, Daniel Fish, Beth Gill, Trajal Harrell, Ted Hearne,Jennifer Lacey, Noémie ^{Lafrance, David Levine, Molly} Lieber,Ong Keng Sen, Zeena ^{Parkins, Tina Satter,Jay Scheib, Eleanor Smith and Muna Tseng.} Thomas is the recipient of a Kevin Kline Award for 

^{Outstanding Lighting Design,} The Little Dog Laughed, The ^{Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,} as well as a Bessie Design ^{Award, Nottthing Is Importanttt,} DD Dorvillier/human future 

dance corps. Thomas teaches scenic and lighting design at Auburn University. 

Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney is a globally celebrated artist known for his broad-ranging practice 

^{encompassing film, performance, sculpture,} photography, and drawing. 

LIVE ARTS CONTRIBUTORS 

New York Live Arts is deeply grateful to all the individuals listed below for their vital gifs to New York Live Arts over the last year: 

^{$500,000 and higher} Anonymous 

Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker 

$100,000-$499,999 

Anonymous 

Ruth & Stephen Hendel 

Eleanor Friedman 

Ellen M. Poss 

Alex Katz Foundation 

$50,000 – $99,999 

Zoe Eskin 

Helen Haje 

Suzanne Karpas 

Lorraine Gallard & Richard H. Levy Barbara & Alan Marks 

Mathew Putman 

Jane Bovingdon Semel & Terry Semel | Semel Charitable Foundation 

$25,000 – $49,999 

Dance/NYC 

David Dechman & Michel Mercure Adam Flato 

William Floyd 

Darnell L. Moore 

Amy Newman & Bud Shulman Andrea Rosen 

Jonathan & Jennifer Soros 

Diana Wege / Wege Foundation 

$10,000 – $24,999 

Anonymous 

Jody & John Arnhold 

Patricia Blanchet 

Bloomberg Philanthropies 

Paula Cooper 

Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy 

Agnes Gund 

Alexes Hazen 

Colleen Keegan 

Michael Malafronte & Julia Haley Julie Orlando 

Ellen M. Poss 

John Robinson 

Wendy Smith 

Nina Stricker 

Pat Stryker 

Tito’s Handmade Vodka 

Warner Bros. Discovery 

$5,000 – $9,999 

Derrick Adams 

Rose C. Cali 

Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. 

Lawton W. Fit 

Jason Keehn 

Robert Longo 

Ellen Pechman 

Randy Polumbo 

Herb Rits, Jr. Foundation 

Thomas Rom 

Cindy Sherman 

^{Jeffrey Schneider & Jeffery Povero} David Schwartz Foundation Catharine Stimpson 

$1,000 – $4,999 

Ayala Abrams 

The Angelson Family Foundation Derek Brown & Deborah Hellman Kathleen Chalfant 

Jeannie Colbert 

Boykin Curry 

Terence Dougherty & Pierre Duleyrie Kimberly Drew 

Emma Friedman-Cohen 

Mimi Garrard 

Sandy Gelfond 

Sean Giancola 

Michael & Deborah Goldberg 

Whoopi Goldberg

Thomas & Barbara Gotschalk 

Andrew Halliday 

Kevin Harter 

Tom Hennes 

Barbara Hoffman 

Jenny Holzer 

Michael Houston 

Laura & Richard Hunt 

Judy Johnson 

Bill T Jones & Bjorn Amelan 

Andrew Keegan 

Gavin Kenny 

Esperanza Martinez in memory of Vicktorianna Gardner-Davis 

Bella Meyer 

Nancy Meyer & Marc Weiss 

Susan Micari 

Helen Mills & Gary Tannenbaum Meridee Moore & Kevin King 

Momoko Myre 

Alessandra Nicifero 

Scot Norman 

Mark O’Donnell 

Eric Oberstein