A collective of theater and media artists committed to the creation and production of aesthetically innovative and emotionally compelling works that address sociopolitical realities in a direct yet artful way, embracing complexity and contradiction.
Artistic Directors: Noel Salzman and Jay Smith
1990 - Present: Production History and Butane Associates
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(Kathy goes to) Haiti KRIK? KRAK? (a Hatian installation) was presented in July 2006 at The Deli Formerly Known As Prince, A Chashama Arts Space at 44th Street and 3rd Avenue in NYC DIRECTION: Noel Salzman
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| An hallucinatory meditation on the violent clash of cultures engendered by colonialism: Acker's deadpan travelogue "Kathy Goes To Haiti" takes us on a brutally beautiful journey into the depths of sexual tourism and emotional anarchy, interrupted by a dream of an American film that travesties voodoo... | |
 SOURCES • Kathy Goes To Haiti, a novel by Kathy Acker • My Life, My Death by Pier Paolo Pasolini, a novel by Kathy Acker • Devoured by Myths, an interview with Kathy Acker by Sylvere Lotringer • Live and Let Die, a film by Guy Hamilton :::: the butane group ©2023 :::: info @ thebutanegroup.org |