12 Minutes Max is a curated monthly performance series featuring short works by local artists in many disciplines.
Finn Payne-Rinne and Annukka Payne-Rinne will perform a multimedia piece including a musical presentation by Finn's band Shapes Named Soap, accompanied by a film background by Annukka Payne-Rinne. They are 15 years old, aspiring musicians and filmmakers; their father David Payne will accompany. They will explore themes of both growing up and being trans in a gender-binary culture.
Jasmine Stack will present Lemon, a dance work in which the choreography is generative and the dance unfolds and shapes itself in real time. “Set within a structured algorithm of movement possibilities, the dancers attend to the limits of this structure while also stretching the boundaries of what is possible within it.” Jasmine is a choreographer currently based in Salt Lake City. She will be performing in her work alongside dancer Morgan Phillips and musician Jo Phillips, who has created a dedicated live score to accompany the choreography.
April Marshall, “The SaltWater Witch”, believes in “regularly working with the holy trinity of Art, Science, and Magic” and presents her cautionary tale A Blazing Hot Tip for Working The Love Magics. Born just a few miles from the shores of her beloved Great Salt Lake she has been practicing her “weirding” ways since she was a small child. Still happily nested in the Salt Lake Valley, she is currently “working some well intentioned everyday alchemy with writing, mix media art making, and home crafting and regularly shares her enchantments in the mundane world and through her various social media profiles”.
One Sunday a month, we present three original pieces in a varied mix, chosen from music, dance, film, theater, performance art, writing, and the like — each 12 minutes or less with a short Q&A after each piece. The whole event is short and sweet, taking about an hour.
This program is modeled after 12 Minutes Max, a performance laboratory originated by On the Boards in Seattle.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Performances & Presentations | Music | Arts & Creativity |
NOTE: The Main Library's Rooftop Terrace is closed for renovations.
Salt Lake City's Main Library, designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie in conjunction with VCBO Architecture, opened in February 2003 and remains one of the most architecturally unique structures in Utah. This striking 240,000 square-foot structure houses more than 500,000 books and other materials, yet serves as more than just a repository of books and computers. It reflects and engages the city's imagination and aspirations. The structure embraces a public plaza, with shops and services at ground level, reading galleries above, and a 300-seat auditorium.
A multi-level reading area along the Glass Lens at the southern facade of the building looks out onto the plaza with stunning views of the city and Wasatch Mountains beyond. Spiraling fireplaces on four floors resemble a column of flame from the vantage of 200 East and 400 South. The Urban Room between the Library and the Crescent Wall is a space for all seasons, generously endowed with daylight and open to magnificent views.
