Creatures
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Bethany Lacktorin & Wavelets Creative present
My Ocean
Sound & Performance Installation
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Created by Bethany Lacktorin & James Everest
with Jais Gossman
Directed by James Everest
Produced by Bethany Lacktorin
Written by Bethany Lacktorin, Jais Gossman
and James Everest
Original Score composed by James Everest
Performed by Bethany Lacktorin, James Everest (guitar), Jais Gossman (Ivan), Gavino Limon (Grass Dance), Lance Kolstad (Kite Flyer), Thomas LaBlanc (4 Winds Prayer), and the My Ocean Orchestra & Choir
DNR Naturalist - Kelsey Olson (Sibley State Park Interpretive Center)
Dramaturg - Jais Gossman
Music & Sound Director - James Everest
Tech Director - Joel Dundorf
Production Assistant - Abbey Guggisberg
Costumes & Props - Jeanie Ockuly & MC Kunz
Birdhouses by Steve Luttinen
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
The Department of Natural Resources
Sibley State Park Interpretive Center
Jerry Skarpness of the Lake Johanna Parks Association
Goat Ridge Brewing Co., New London, MN
Merlin Peterson of Pope Art Gallery, Terrace
The Estby Family
My Ocean wishes to thank the following organizations for their support:
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The American Composers Forum
Jerome Foundation
Lakes Region Arts Council
My Ocean was made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation and is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Lakes Region Arts Council (LRAC), thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
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The Nature Conservancy
Performances of “My Ocean” are conducted at Ordway Prairie Preserve which is owned and
operated by The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to preserve
the lands and waters on which all life depends.
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Edited by Nik Nerburn
Sound Mix by Bethany Lacktorin
My Ocean Performance Video
About the Artists
Bethany Lacktorin is a performer, sound artist and musician who creates site-specific, immersive, interactive, multi- disciplinary installation experiences that foster new perspectives, heightened awareness, and deeper connections to the spaces, places, and communities in which we live. Expressed as music, movement, sound, story and object Bethany’s work has been presented at institutions across the US and Europe.
A professional sound engineer since 2001 she has earned credit as sound designer for feature films, documentaries, short flms, television and radio.
http://www.bethanylacktorin.org
Nik Nerburn is an artist, filmmaker and photographer. He works in a variety of photo formats. His work often involves essayistic interventions in archival materials to explore regional histories, focusing on contested histories that stand at the intersection of power, memory, race and place. https://niknerburn.wordpress.com/about/
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Samuel Yuan (Yicong) is a photographer and a video editor currently study in Univeraity of Minnesota Morris. Check out his Youtube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCly5sCgYeBUTL_ZSUZ5hOGA
