Performance program - Projects for a New Millennium

TERRA TRACTUS
the
e a r t h
m o v e s
The Stony Creek Quarry . Branford, CT . June 2014
SPONSORS
Ethel & Abe Lapides
Foundation Inc.
Doug Anderson / Stacy Mancini / Rick Atkinson / the entire Stony Creek Quarry Crew!
media
Rod Richardson
& Binnie Klein
production
Geoff Hotz | Access Audio-Visual Systems Inc.
Chris McMeen | Christie Lites
with very special thanks to
Unk DaRos
James Cosgrove | Town of Branford
Darrell Petit
Kevin Halloran | Branford Police
Susan Faracelli
Jack Ahern | Branford Fire
Mike Franzman
Branford Land Trust
Michael Angelis
Senator Ed Meyer
Judy Sirota Rosenthal
Ben Haverkampf
Stony Creek Museum
Linda Wingerter
Luck & Levity Brewshop
Leslie Weinberg
Robert Renolyds Gallery
Kim Healey
Neighborhood Music School
Ian Dunn
Donita Aruny | Shoreline Arts Alliance
Karl Gasteyer
Marianne Pfund | Goodworks Insurance
Maryann Ott
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Guilford Land Conservation Trust
Holly Mulcahey
food
Caseus Cheese Truck
High Tide Gourmet
Lunchbox 23
Munchies Food Truck
Food365 Ice Cream
The Ice Cream Guy
ACES ECA
Dana Keeton
Maggi Burnett
Barbara Neagle
“Ivan” Ivanovich
Vita Nuova, LLC
Lydia Emperador
Gabel’s Wine Shop
Show Lighting Corp
Salvatore Morottoli
Greg Novak | OPIN
Susan & Steven Smith
Steve Hamelin | Supertech
Roger Guay | K&G Graphics
and SITE PROJECTS Whispering Galleries on view now at the New Haven Public Library until August!
Projects for a New Millennium
presents
TERRA TRACTUS
the
e a r t h
m o v e s
In memoriam of its founder, Joy Wulke, and in celebration of twenty years of
art, science and technology programming with Projects for a New Millennium.
Creative Director
Co-Producers/Managing Directors
Co-Producer/Lighting Designer/Technical Director
Director
Musical Director/Composer
Media/Projection Design
Choreographer
Stage Manager
Lead Climber/Sculptor
Volunteer Coordinators
Quarry Gallery Curator
Media/Projection Consultant
Model and Fish Fabrication
Additional Artwork
Movement | Dance | Shadows...
Krista Celentano
Asia Comin-Sporbert
Qingxian Comin-Sporbert
Owen Prum
Haley Williams
Joy Wulke (1948-2014)
Gioia Connell
David Connell
Jamie Burnett
Tom Burnett
Istvan Peter B’Racz
Daniel Fine
Matthew Ragan
Nazorine Ulysse
Margaret Carl
Silas Finch
Robin Comey
Victoria Armentrout
Tony Falcone
Alex Oliszewski
Alison Walsh
Aaron Sherrill
Climbers | Crew...
Steve Anderson
Silas Finch
Daniel Jeanette
Chris Lascelle
Zachary McLaughlin
Josh Nilaya
— Charles Darwin, The Voyage of The Beagle
SPONSORS
Ethel & Abe Lapides
Foundation Inc.
Doug Anderson / Stacy Mancini / Rick Atkinson / the entire Stony Creek Quarry Crew!
media
Rod Richardson
& Binnie Klein
production
Geoff Hotz | Access Audio-Visual Systems Inc.
Chris McMeen | Christie Lites
with very special thanks to
Unk DaRos
James Cosgrove | Town of Branford
Darrell Petit
Kevin Halloran | Branford Police
Susan Faracelli
Jack Ahern | Branford Fire
Mike Franzman
Branford Land Trust
Michael Angelis
Senator Ed Meyer
Judy Sirota Rosenthal
Ben Haverkampf
Stony Creek Museum
Linda Wingerter
Luck & Levity Brewshop
Leslie Weinberg
Robert Renolyds Gallery
Kim Healey
Neighborhood Music School
Ian Dunn
Donita Aruny | Shoreline Arts Alliance
Karl Gasteyer
Marianne Pfund | Goodworks Insurance
Maryann Ott
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Guilford Land Conservation Trust
Holly Mulcahey
food
Caseus Cheese Truck
High Tide Gourmet
Lunchbox 23
Munchies Food Truck
Food365 Ice Cream
The Ice Cream Guy
ACES ECA
Maggi Burnett
Barbara Neagle
“Ivan” Ivanovich
Vita Nuova, LLC
Lydia Emperador
Gabel’s Wine Shop
Show Lighting Corp
Salvatore Morottoli
Greg Novak | OPIN
Susan & Steven Smith
Steve Hamelin | Supertech
Thimble Island Brewing Co.
Roger Guay | K&G Graphics
and SITE PROJECTS Whispering Galleries on view now at the New Haven Public Library until August!
Projects for a New Millennium
presents
TERRA TRACTUS
the
e a r t h
m o v e s
In memoriam of its founder, Joy Wulke, and in celebration of twenty years of
art, science and technology programming with Projects for a New Millennium.
Creative Director
Joy Wulke (1948-2014)
Co-Producers/Managing Directors
Gioia Connell
David Connell
Co-Producer/Lighting Designer/Technical Director
Jamie Burnett
Director
Tom Burnett
Musical Director/Composer
Istvan Peter B’Racz
Media/Projection Design
Daniel Fine
Matthew Ragan
Choreographer
Nazorine Ulysse
Stage Manager
Margaret Carl
Lead Climber/Sculptor
Silas Finch
Volunteer Coordinators
Robin Comey
Victoria Armentrout
Quarry Gallery Curator
Tony Falcone
Movement | Dance | Shadows...
Krista Celentano
Asia Comin-Sporbert
Qingxian Comin-Sporbert
Owen Prum
Haley Williams
Climbers | Crew...
Zack Crg
Silas Finch
Daniel Jeanette
Chris Lascelle
Josh Nilaya
Steve Williams
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— Charles Darwin, The Voyage of The Beagle
welcome to the evening...
TERRA
Earth
TRACTUS
dragged, trailed, extracted
The Stony Creek Quarry is the ideal setting to create productions full of wonder, to inspire all who
see them to embrace the beauty and fragility of our planet through understanding and participation.
We can find truth and beauty all around us. We need only to open our eyes, minds and hearts to
embrace this beauty.
Through science, education and participation in the arts we can foster a culture of curiousity and
awareness. Just as the state of the Earth’s climate is a balancing act based on external forces such as
the size and distance from the sun, and internal forces like greenhouse gases and the amount of heat
it absorbs and reflects--so must we balance our internal and external in order to live both happily
and responsibly. By creating emotional and physical connections through visual, auditory and dance
interpretations, we can broaden our platform of understanding and potentially strengthen our grasp
on complex intellectulal subjects like geology and paleoclimatology. By taping into utter joy in the
present, we can also more readly connect with those from our past. It is through researching history
and learning of the adventures of those who came before us--who left their mark on this world as we
continue to leave ours--that we can more readily understand and appreciate our own place in history.
From Gondwana to Pangaea to the upcoming super continent with its central shared ocean, nothing
stands. Forms melt like mists, solid lands like clouds, shape themselves and go. The history of Man
is inconcevably small in these annals of time, and our understanding of the feats of nature at such
scales can only be limited . However, as humans continue to strengthen as a force on this planet, we
have become the defining impetus of an age. Hopefully, with full appreciation and atleast the effort
of awareness, humans will grow in wisdom to protect and preserve the health and diversity of the
planet upon which we live.
Joy Wulke, Founder,
Projects for a New Millennium
THE SITE
The Castelluchi Quarry
“Geology, the science of the Earth, allows us to trace back through a complex sequence of geological
events that spanned some 600 million years of Earth’s history. Preserved within the rocks is a detailed record of volcanic upheavals, earthquakes, mountain building, and continental drift that can
be read using modern methods of geologic research. To understand Stony Creek granite, we need
to consider how the granite formed, what it is made of and how it ended up in New England, on the
eastern fringe of North America. The great beauty and strength that distinguish Stony Creek granite
resulted from a unique progresion of dynamic Earth processes that operated at the intense pressure
and temperatures, deep within ancient mountain belts.
“The long geologic odyssey of Stony Creek granite from South American to New England involved
thousands of miles of continental drift across the face of the Earth, and took hundreds of millions of
years. At the same time that fresh blocks of massive Stony Creek granite cut from the quarry walls
provide building stone of unparalleled quality, they afford us an invaluable record of the ongoing
process that move continents, make mountains, and shape the Earth.”
Dr. Jay Ague, Henry Barnard Davis Memorial Professor of
Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
from Flesh and Stone (2000)
A GLOSSARY OF TERMS
collision zone
Pangaea
granite
igneous rock
lithospheric plates
Paleoclimatology
rift zone
subduction zone
the location at which one lithospheric plate collides with another the movement
of continents across the surface of the earth.
a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
The process of its formation occured between 540 and 300 million years ago with
the pressing together of volcanic archs and the continent of Africa onto the anchient
eastern seaboard of North America. It began to break apart around 200 million
years ago. Pangaea’s creation and seperation formed Stony Creek granite.
igneous rock that crystallizes underground and is composed of relatively large
crystals of a specific suite of minerals.
lava rock formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
plates of rock that form the outermost shell of the Earth; today six major and
numerous smaller plates form this shell.
the study of changes in climate over the scale of Earth’s history. It uses a variety of
proxy methods from rocks, sediments, ice sheets, tree rings, corals, shells and microfossils to determine the past states of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate regions-which can help us understand the evolution of life and our current climate.
a zone of tension that acts to pull continental land masses or ocean basins apart.
the location at which lithospheric plates sink or are thrust into the Earth’s interior,
forming trenches or causing orogenesis (mountain-building).
MEDITATIONS
Till the slow sea rise and the sheer cliff crumble,
Till the terrace and meadow the deep gulfs drinks
— Swinburne
As the North American glaciers begin to melt, new oceans are created. 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, the
Long Island Sound, the once glacial lake, releases into the Atlantic Ocean by the breaking of a glacial
dam. With the warming of the earth, its inhabitants begin to gestate and diversify. Humans begin to
create diverse cultures and artifacts. At the same time, fresh blocks of massive Stony Creek granite are
cut from the quarry walls providing building stone of unparalleled quality, and afford us an invaluable
record of the ongoing processes that move continents, make mountains, and shape the earth.
A deep and tremulous earth-poetry
— Llewelyn Powys
You see gleaming tetrahedrons on the cliffs. They are the shape of the crystals that make up Stony Creek
granite. The three minerals in Stony Creek granite are potassium feldspar, made mostly of potassium,
silicon, aluminum, and oxygen; the cream color or light gray plagioclase feldspar; and quartz composed
of silicon and oxygen. Its reddish color coming from traces of iron in the structure of the mineral.
There rolls the deep where grew the tree.
O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea.
The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form and nothing stands;
They melt like mists, the solid lands,
Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
But in my spirit will I dwell,
And dream my dream, and hold it true;
For tho’ my lips may breathe adieu,
I cannot think the thing farewell.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, Sect. 123
Run with the plunge of the wind as a wave tumbling
— MacLeish
Stony Creek granite, the most complex rock in New England, reaches the earth’s surface after a long
journey from 15 miles below resulting from collisions, rifting, subduction and transformation all plate
boundaries and the erosive actions of wind, sand and ice. Dark mysterious forms appear in the granite
as iron and magnesium localize through dynamic activity.
They are not words at all but the wind rising
The wind changes at night and the dreams come.
— MacLeish
This odyssey of Stony Creek granite took hundred of millions of years and the story continues. The
Earth’s continents are moving in constant slow motion--called continental drift--across the planet’s surface, and have been moving thus for billions of years. The plates--about 120 miles thick in continental
regions and about 60 miles thick below ocean basins--move in response to complex forces acting deep
within the Earth arising from our planet’s release of heat. Our continents are moving towards the next
super- continent expected in 250 million years. This new continent will be circular in form bringing all
lands together with a shared interior ocean. Will we, as humankind, be here to see it? Will there be a
rebirth or creation of a new species?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bell, Michael, The Face of Connecticut People, Geology and the Land, State Geological and Natural
History Survey of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, 1997
Carlson, Rachel L., The Sea Around Us, Oxford University Press, 1951
Goldsworthy, Andy, Andy Goldsworthy a Collaborations with Nature, H. N. Abrams, 1990
Kingsley, Charles, C, ICE the Worlds of the Antarctic and the Arctic, Cacklegoose Press, London,
2002
Lucie-Smith, Edward, Art Nature Dialogue: Interviews with Environmental Artists, State University of New York Press, 2004
MacLeish, Archibald, Collected Poems 1917-1982, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1985
McPhee, John, Annals of the Former World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1998
Redfern, Ron, Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans & Life, University of Oklahoma, 2001
Smithson, Robert & Alberro, Alexander, Robert Smithson – Works & Writings, Distributed Art
Publishers, 2004
Deford, Deborah (ed.) Flesh and Stone: Stony Creek and the Age of Granite, Stony Creek Quarry
Workers Celebration, 2000
USEFUL LINKS
The Paleomap Project
www.scotese.com
Witness oceans and landmasses
transform from supercontinent
Rodinia, which formed 1100
million years ago, to “Pangea Ultima”, a supercontinent that will
form 250 million years in the Future. Learn about our climactic
history from its mysterious, little
known early state to the current
Anthropocene epoc,
marked
by human
activity. A
s t i mu l at ing review.
Scale of the Universe
htwins.net/scale2
Get a sense of the scale of
human kind among quarks,
earthworms, planets and
galaxies. A fun excercise
for the whole family and
perfect for teachers.
Das Rad (Rocks)
www.shortoftheweek.
com/2009/08/14/das-rad
Four students of the BadenWurttemberg film school in
Germany crafted this great
story with fun characters and
a big message. Truly, this is a
film that touches on one truth
that is easy to forget in our busy
lives of traffic lights and grocery
store lineswe are ephemeral
things in a
much bigger universe.
PRODUCTION
JOY WULKE (1948-2014)
Founder/Creative Director
is a nationally recognized sculptor whose work bridges the boundary between visual art and architecture. After receiving her Masters of Environmental Design degree from Yale in 1974, she had numerous
exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in the U.S.A., Europe, and Japan. She received numerous awards, including two Connecticut Commission on the Arts Artist Grants and a New England
Foundation on the Arts Artist Grant. Her commissions spanned the country and included work for
the Lincoln Center Film Forum in New York and the Louisiana World’s Fair. Her work has been widely
published in books and periodicals including New Media in the Late 20th Century Art by Michael Rush.
She was Project Coordinator for the Art in Public Spaces program from 1999-2004. She is founder of
Projects for a New Millennium, which has initiated collaborative multi-media projects and educational
programs in Connecticut, New York, and Montana. Joy passed away in 2014 after a seven-month battle
with cancer, and will be sorely missed by all whose lives she touched.
ISTVAN PETER B’RACZ (Composer/Musical Director)
Istvan’s works have been performed/played in many venues throughout the United States, as well as Europe, and on the airwaves. He especially enjoys working with other artists, and was the Artistic Director/
Founder of the “New Haven Worx” and “SOUNDunderGROUND” concert series. Currently, he is an
active member in the “Sub-Verse” music group, and composer for the “Projects for a New Millennium”
group (www.projects2k.org).
JAMIE BURNETT (Co-Producer/Production Manager/Lighting Designer/Technical Director)
is a BFA graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Theater Production Design. He was Master Electrician at Long Wharf Theater followed by Technical Director/Lighting Designer for the Educational Center
for the Arts (ECA) in the 80s and 90s, designing hundreds of productions in the Arts Hall and The Little
Theater. He is a consultant, designer, special events planner, and film/video Gaffer, as well as a licensed
electrical contractor. Re- cent work includes lighting design for Abyss, an epic music and dance piece at
Yale; The Crucible and Pirates of Penzance at ECA; The Hugo Kauder Society’s Production of the Merlin
opera; the complete lighting system renovation of the Paul Mellon Arts Center Theater at Choate Rosemary Hall; and, the eye catching LED kinetic lighting on the Stamford Train Station. Jamie is resident
Lighting and Set Designer for New Haven’s Elm Shakespeare Company where he has designed lighting
for every production for the past 18 years, most recently for Julius Caesar. With Projects for a New Millennium, he was Producer/Lighting Designer/Production Manager for the smash hits Terra Continuum
(1999), Terra Lumina (2001), and Terra Mirabila (2005), the grand multimedia extravaganzas performed
in the Stony Creek Granite Quarry. He also designed Project 2k’s Branford Luminata in 2010 lighting the
Town Hall on the Branford Green. In 2005, he was recipient of the New Haven Arts Award. Jamie owns
his own electrical contracting and special event business, Luminous Environments, LLC, specializing in
consulting, design, renovation, and installation of theater and studio lighting/rigging systems. He has
partnered with Supertech Inc. on the design and installation of hundreds of projects since 1996. Jamie
resides in Durham, CT where he enjoys wrangling neighbors’ escaped pets.
TOM BURNETT (Director)
Directing credits include: “Lunatic Cunning” (winner of “Best in Show” at the National Puppetry Festival
2013), Terra Lumina (Projects for a New Millennium), “The Triumph of St Nicholas” and “Cosmogonia”
with coocoohandler. Tom Is a founding member of “Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement” and has presented
work at PS 122, Joe’s Pub, The Kitchen and many more. He is currently a member of the electro-acoustic
Trio “Sub-Verse”, and the “New Noise Continuum.”
MARGARET CARL (Stage Manager)
is delighted to be working on her fifth P2k quarry show. She has been a stage manager in the New
Haven area for 30 years working with many theater companies and special events including a number
of P2K projects, Performance Studio, Algonquin Theatre, The International Festival of Arts and Ideas,
Elm Shakespeare, Yale University, Cornerstone Productions, Puppetsweat, Jackdaw Pike, In Any Event,
NEAT, and Actor’s Ensemble. She lives in Hamden with her cat, Hannibal, who has been there almost
since the beginning. This one is dedicated to Joy, who continues to be an inspiration to us all.
ROBIN COMEY (Volunteer Coordinator)
joined P2K in 1999 working on Terra Continuum. In 2009, she co-produced Branford Luminata, and in
2010 as Concept/Director of Water Wonders, a family educational event. Robin is committed to providing educational opportunities for children and fostering environments of support for children. A committed community volunteer, she advocates to provide resources for children through her work as Chair
of Branford Early Childhood Collaborative, Food Allergy Education Network, Branford Girl Scouts,
John B. Sliney PTA, and Branford Community House Playground Project.
GIOIA CONNELL (Co-Producer/Managing Director)
is a sustainability professional and fabricator who, as the daughter of late Projects 2k Founder Joy Wulke,
was raised surrounded by the wonders of art and nature. She currently works as Project Coordinator
for Vita Nuova, a complex site and neighborhood redevelopment company. The collaborative marvels
of Projects 2k and their eye-opening reflections on both the delicate and powerful phenomena of our
natural world have helped shape her world view and her professional path.
DAVID CONNELL (Co-Producer/Managing Director)
A graduate of Pratt Institute and an architect for 43 years, he was a contributing designer for the Windows On The World Restaurant at the World Trade Center, the American Restaurant in Kansas City, MO,
and the 1977 renovation of the Guilford Free Library. As Joy Wulke’s husband for 30 years, he witnessed
the growth of Projects2k since its inception in 1993, and the development of all of Joy’s art and commission work, assisting in some. He has served as a director and president of the Eli Whitney Museum in
Hamden and on the board for the Guilford Art Center.
VICTORIA ARMENTROUT
(Volunteer Coordinator)
ALICE-ANN HARWOOD
(Event Marketing)
BILL FISCHER
(Lead Drummer)
TONY FALCONE
(Quarry Gallery Curator)
AARON SHERRILL
(Projection Graphic Assistant)
PRODUCTION (cont.)
SILAS FINCH (Climber/Sculptor)
Fragments, pieces, parts, scraps, objects adrift, without connection, undefined. These objects are given
new identities and are reconnected to something whole. A more dramatic transformation could not be
imagined. In the hands of Silas Finch, the objects transcend their strictly utilitarian purpose and become
true works of art. Silas, preferring to use his hands and basic tools, searches for their new purpose, positioning and repositioning parts until they achieve a natural union. He does not alter the form of the individual parts by processes such as bonding or welding in order to force them to fit together. His process
demands that he endure the ever-present possibility of collapse. Yet taking these risks is what makes the
moment of connection so satisfying for the artist. Silas’ work and personal studio were also used for the
basis of the movie “My Brother Jack,” an award winning film by director Steven Dest. Silas’s sculpture can
be found in galleries from Provincetown to New York.
DANIEL FINE and MATTHEW RAGAN (Media/Projection Design)
create a layered and playful world that visually enhances the story of the geological history of the Earth
and the Stony Creek Quarry. Using custom-built software developed in Derivative’s Touch Designer,
Daniel and Matthew explore the edges of incorporating media for live performance. Working with four
Christie 10K projectors, multiple live cameras, miniature models, real-time digital art, stop-motion animations, and visuals reacting to music in real-time, the designers invite the audience to lose themselves
in the Terra Tractus experience.
Daniel Fine tells stories by manipulating moving images, text, puppets, actors, inanimate objects, and
interactive technologies. His work explores the intersections between the digital and physical worlds.
Learn more at www.danielfine.net. Matthew Ragan, a California native, earned his BA from the California State University in Fresno. In August 2012, he moved to Arizona to pursue his MFA in the Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Performance program at ASU. His driving design and aesthetic principles
center around the process of representing the invisible through the use of digital media. You can learn
more about his work at matthewragan.com.
GEOFFREY B. HOTZ, CEST, AVC (Audio Visual Specialist)
has been working in the audio-visual rental, installation, and staging business for over twenty years. He
is a “jack of all trades”, an “AV Commando”, and a P2K veteran. Since 2001, he has greatly supported the
production team on the Terra quarry performances, P2K’s LAMP New Haven light “experiences,” and
numerous other events/projects. His company, Access Audio-Visual Systems of North Haven supplied
the projection equipment and donated labor and materials for our show.
ZACHARY McLAUGHLIN (Climber/Painter)
Zachary McLaughlin, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, has been painting for over twenty
years. His paintings range from expressive to conceptual, using a mix of media and surface. In his work,
he often contemplates how humans interact with themselves, and nature, across spans of time.
SUSAN MULCAHEY, CMP, CMM (Project/Event Coordinator)
believes creating environments where people feel comfortable is a critical component in designing events
and is exactly what she strives to accomplish in her work in event production/exhibit management. With
planning experience taken from both the corporate and non-profit sectors, she now works independently with clients, assisting them in developing and implementing a variety of tailored events. She continues
life’s learnings through travel and less traditional pursuits that continue to expand her journey into the
realm of creative possibilities.
FRED SANTORE (Sound System Designer) owns and operates Horizon Sound, Inc. based in Shelton, CT.
NAZORINE ULYSSE (Choreographer)
was born in Port au Prince, Haiti, started studying dance at East Rock Middle School in New Haven and
is a graduate of ECA. Nazorine studied with the Ririe Woodberry Dance Company in Utah and at the
Martha Graham School in New York City. White in New York, she studied Prana Yoga at the Open Center and worked with Douglas Dunn on his dance project to Europe. She received her BFA in Dance from
the California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. After spending
several years in New York City dancing with Oliver Tarpage, choreographing, and teaching, Nazorine
returned to New Haven where she has begun her own company, Ulysse and Dancers. She’s currently
working on a duet with Yale faculty Lasso Coulibaly from Burkina Faso. At ECA, she teaches modern
dance technique, Choreography III, Contact Improvisation, Sites Specific, Yoga, faculty Repertory, and
advises Senior Projects this spring. She’s also a faculty member of the CCY summer dance program at
Wesleyan University.
PRODUCTION CONTRIBUTORS
JAY J. AGUE
Professor Ague has been a faculty member in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University since 1988. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from Wayne State University, and
his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of California, Berkeley. He has led or participated in geological
research expeditions to numerous places around the globe including British Columbia, Greece, New
England, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Scotland. He studies metamorphic rocks and their relationships to earthquakes and volcanoes; groundwater flow; economic mineral deposits; and processes
that release and transport greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide through Earth’s crust. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific papers, invited book chapters, and conference abstracts.
He is Curator of Mineralogy at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, a position encompassing
mineralogical research as well as public outreach and education programs.
T. CHARLES ERICKSON (Photographer)
has been a professional photographer since 1979 specializing in photographing performances for theatre, dance and opera companies around the country. Beginning with Long Wharf Theatre, Mr. Erickson
has continually expanded his client roster and reputation as the photographer for many of the dominant
theatres on the national scene with past and present clients including Hartford Stage Company, the Yale
Rep, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, Boston’s A.R.T. and Huntington theatres, Houston’s Alley, San Diego’s Old Globe, Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Lincoln Center, in
addition to numerous independently mounted Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. His photos are
regularly featured in Time, New York, ArtForum, American Theatre and most major newspapers in the
US. He has more than eighty magazine and book covers to his credit.
GREG NOVAK is a collaborative freelance, contract and employee videographer and video editor. Serving all of Connecticut and surrounding areas, his expertise ranges from brainstorming to final cut. Greg
has been a faithful supporter and documentor of Projects2k and its performances for many years.
MARIE MONKS Sculpture Class, Branford High School Jamie Ardito | Yamile Delarosa | Emily
Hardy | Sean Judd | Taylor Mitchell | Caitie Perricone | Faythe Ventresca | Colleen Visnic | Iana West
WHO WE ARE
Projects for a New Millennium was established in 1993 to create events and educational programming that fuse art, science, and environmental concerns. We aim to create a sense of wonder and
instill a purpose of discovery, appreciation, and long term stewardship of the natural world. Our
audiences are all those who are willing to be curious and transformed through exploration.
SELECT PROJECTS
Understanding: New Haven Chorale & Hartt School of Music (2013) A thought-provoking,
multi-media exploration of the rich common ground between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
Meet the Composer (2012) A performance and Q&A by innovative composer Istvan B’Racz,
involving gathered city sounds mixed live, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT.
LuminAqua (2010) A light performance illustrating the history of Connecticut Waters with accompanying educational programs, Branford, CT.
Branford Luminata (2009) A collaboration with Branford, CT for a light performance illustrating
the town’s history.
Terra Miribila...If Rocks Could Dream (2005) A multi-media performance about the geological
history of the enchanting pink granite, Stony Creek Quarry, Branford, CT.
Izzy the Frog in Lumina Land (2004) An exhibition on the biology and ecology of frogs, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT, art/science programming, Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, CT.
The Planets (2003) Light and images accompany the New Haven Symphony’s performance of The
Planets, Woolsey Hall at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Terra Lumina (2001) Performance, a Day in the Life of Light, Stony Creek Quarry, Branford, CT.
Navigation Through Time (2000) An operatic and dance performance at University of Connecticut Avery Point, Groton, CT.
Continuum Marvels (2000) A multi-media performance and continuing educational programs,
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT.
Terra Continuum (1999) A multi-media review of scientific discovery from the Big Bang to
String Theory, Stony Creek Quarry, Branford, CT.
Sun Wind Tide (1996-1997) An international exhibition of artists & scientists, Mystic Art
Association, Mystic and the Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT.
The Celebration of Branford Waters (1997) A light/laser performance, a day of environmental
awareness for the public with 18 participating organizations, Branford, CT.
A Visualization of Time (1995) A monmumental sundial in the Stony Creek Quarry, staged as an
evening laser performance with sculptural hour markers.
CONTRIBUTORS
* Thank you to the generous contributors to the Joy Wulke Memorial Fund
BRIDGE BUILDERS
$500-$1000
John Margenot
Lee & Joanna Jacobus *
George and Lauri Varga
Shelley and Gordon Geballe
Allen Kolkowitz and Christopher Kusske
JFC Charitable Trust, Jim & Margaret Andreassi
SCULPTORS
$250-$499
Mark Simon and Penelope Bellamy *
Don Watson
Charles and Gretchen Kingsley *
Tom Burnett
Mavis and David Brittelli
Helen Kauder
Barbara Bearak Pelletier
Elizabeth Lacy
Miguel Angel Baltierra
David Madacsi
Shuab Charitable Fund
Julia Frey Nolet
Louise Sinnott Stocker
Katherine Kennedy
Jeff & Marcia Marsted
MASONS
$100-$249
The Youngs
Robert and Marleta Garner *
Eric Epstein
John and Joan Grossman
Jackie Buhn
Peaches and Bill Quinn
Phyllis Crowley
Maryann D. Babcock *
Neyda Ahlstrom
Gwen Wood Emery
Roberta Hamelin
Joanne Berghold
George Buchanan
Sarah Kiskaddon
Linda and Jeffrey Meyer
Richard Blacher
Kent and Nona Bloomer
Joseph Schiffer
Rachel and Ian Alderman
Howard Hebel
Michael and Doris Murphy
Diana Perron
Elaine Gordon and Peter Curley *
Joyce Dilauro
Auguste Fortin VI and Oi Fortin *
Robert Lenz
Chapel Construction of New Haven, Inc.
ADVOCATES
$50-$99
Hank and Judy Silverman *
Robert and Linda Dente *
Leola Allen & Ernie Conry
Herb and Alice Camp
Paul B. Bailey Architect LLC
Bob and Ellen Page
Susan Farricielli AKA Prototype
Christina Spiesel
John Herzan & Lauren Brown *
Barclee Cameron
Stephane & Claire De Lombaert *
Susan E. Bender *
Daniel J. Pardy & Gerald Saladyga *
Edward Dolan
William Horne & Roberta Lea Brilmayer *
Holly Hopkins
Barbara Marks
Bill Tower
Cama Inc.
Bob Crelin
Anne Eisner
Peter Indorf
Carol Grave
Donita Aruny
Louis Mackall
Barbara Lamb *
Faith Hentschel
Robert P. Echter *
Margrit Newman
Hilary Kiskaddon
Jan Harris
Laura Ress *
Johnes Ruta
Gail Bishop
Yvonne Fry *
James Leahy
Suzan Shutan
Mark Gaynor *
Alexis Zingale *
Thank you also to our IndieGoGo and Great Give donors! See our Facebook page for shoutouts!
by Joy
and now for Joy
Joy Wulke was a woman of many talents. She excelled as an artist, arts administrator,
and photographer. She was casually creative cook, effortlessly preparing meals for six,
eight, twelve or twenty while keeping and creating good company. She was a devoted
wife and mother, inviting her family to share in her creative life. She was a true and
faithful friend, maintaining contact with seemingly everyone with whom she ever
shared some aspect of her busy and productive life.
However, among all of her strengths, two qualities stood out among the others. She
had an outstanding ability, even delight, for working in collaboration with others
of varied interests and capabilities, taking the lead where appropriate, but equally
willing to assume a supporting role in the spirit of cooperation towards achieving
the best possible outcome. But, perhaps her most important quality — the one that
underlay all the others, even making them possible — was her utter fearlessness in
conceiving, planning, and executing her projects. No idea was so bold, no obstacle so
difficult, no person so august that she wasn’t willing to confront them head-on in her
desire to make art, to make art accessible, to stimulate minds, and to touch hearts.
This fearlessness — this courage — served her well throughout her life: in her work,
in her travels, in her relationships, and finally, in her death. Her last conscious moments were spent with her family, smiling and sharing. Then, she turned to follow her
light, wherever it lead.
— David Connell
museum & workshop
Summer programs now through August 22nd.
www.eliwhitney.org/summer-2014
Artspace salutes
Projects for a New Millenium
on the occasion of Terra Tractus
and for making manifest
the love and passion of our
friend and collaborator
JOY
WULKE
This fall, please join us for Transported/Illuminated, the 17th annual
City-Wide Open Studios festival, in which she would have played a key role.
October 2 — 26 | wwww.cwos.org
Projects for a New Millennium
[email protected]
www.projects2k.org
Projects for a New Millennium
presents
TERRA TRACTUS
the
e a r t h
THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
Neyda Ahlstrom
Greg Cristola
Andrew Cryan
Mary Ann Davis
Maxsween Emmons
Michael Fantano
Susan Farricielli
Ashley Garret
Richie Gotay
Michael Harris
DeVonne Jones
Jessica Katon
Dan Kinsman
Hilary Kiskaddon
Lyle Langan
Nancy Mann
Jennifer McCaughtry
Matthew Mele
Jill Mongero
Teah Muller
Hudson Noes
Laura Noes
Carl Norbeck
Tina O’Neil
Elona Pawelzik
Roxy Pickering
Susan Quincy
Jon Raslavsky
Robert Reynolds
Eric Rowe
David Rundio
Carmen Russo
James Russo
Chris Salonia
Deb Simon
Tristan Walker
Seth Wallace
Robin Woerner
Lisa Wolkow
Chuckie
Frank and Conor of the Stony
Creek Quarry Company
…and to all friends who stepped in to help!
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