The Portal
Grandma
In this iteration of Grandma, ODC Theater presents an evening of works by Cori Olinghouse, her Clown Therapy workshop, and Limited Edition: Forward Looking Lineages a performative exchange and discussion developed in partnership Open Space, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Opening with Ghost line, a 16mm film collaboration with filmmaker Shona Masarin, optical printing, hand painting, drawing, and frame-by-frame animation are utilized to summon the materiality and physicality of the clown, exploding the surface of the film through tactile interventions. Grandma, a live performance set in an American landscape of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, excavates the effects of television, the media, and familial pasts.