The Geniuses
Lori Goldston
Music
DESCRIBES HERSELF AS:
Classically trained, rigorously de-trained, semiferal.
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Sarah Bergmann
Visual Art
THINKS A LOT ABOUT:
Bees, bats, birds, butterflies, nodding onions, Nootka lupines, woolly sunflowers, yarrow.
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Ellen Forney
Literature
MAKES:
Memoir cartoons you have probably encountered in The Stranger.
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The Intelligence
Music
presented by SmartWaterCaptures:
A golden mean between noise and pop.
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DK Pan
Visual Art
presented by Chihuly Garden and GlassHas made art out of:
Motels about to be torn down, decommissioned bathhouses, salt, the letters of strangers, his mother's voice.
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Lesley Hazleton
Literature
presented by amazon.comIs working on:
A biography of Muhammad.
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Charles Mudede and Robinson Devor
Film
Once got scriptwriting advice from:
The guy who wrote Charlie's Angels.
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Shabazz Palaces
Music
Are named after:
The ancient scientist from whom all Africans are descended in Nation of Islam lore.
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Susie Lee
Visual Art
Has made art out of:
Clay, paper, sand, water, light, burning twine, Bach.
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Jim Woodring
Literature
Has invented creatures including:
A grieving frog, twin lizard-faced demigods named Betty and Veronica, and a pet that looks like the roof of a Turkish castle with legs.
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Marya Sea Kaminski
Theater
Has played:
A suffering princess, a Palestinian-rights activist, Laura Bush, a little girl whose imaginary friend is a cocaine addict, herself.
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Zia Mohajerjasbi
Film
Has made music videos for:
Blue Scholars, Gabriel Teodros, Jake One, Common Market, and Macklemore.
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Jeffry Mitchell
Visual Art
Has no "e" in his first name because:
It escaped through the gap between his front teeth.
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Stacey Levine
Literature
Is disgusted by:
Men who have women's first names as last names.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet
Organization
When it had to find a new artistic director:
Hired a young, soft-spoken artist with little administrative experience but strong artistic vision.
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Paul Mullin
Theater
Writes plays about:
Science, death, radiation sickness, sex, amnesia.
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Wynne Greenwood
Visual Art
Makes:
Videos, sculptures, performances, music, and alter egos, often in a single work of art.
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Sherman Alexie
Literature
By the End of the Year Will Have Finished:
24 Books in 16 Years.
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Implied Violence
Organization
Are not afraid of using:
Fake blood, live chickens, fresh produce, intimidation tactics, buildings no one else is using.
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Linas Phillips
Film
Loves:
Werner Herzog, Andy Kaufman, when mentally handicapped kids make fun of other people, Jesus, aliens.
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Cary Moon
Politics
Is reading:
Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Organization
Often produces:
Plays in which scientists are undone by businessmen.
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Heather McHugh
Literature
Has published:
Seven books of poetry, a book of essays, and four translations.
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Jennifer Zeyl
Theater
Designs sets using:
Chicken wire, telephone poles, shellacked crabs, water.
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Jonathan Raban
Literature
Has written about:
Deep-sea monsters, traveling to Arabia, crack on the streets of New York City, the KKK, driving to Mexico.
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On the Boards
Organization
Likes:
Talented freaks, cross-genre pollination, curiosity, artistically integrated nudity.
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