>For Immediate Release
>
>Please forward
>
>Keith+Mendi Obadike, whose past projects include
><http://obadike.tripod.com/ebay>Blackness for Sale and
><http://blacknetart.com/keepingupappearances.html>Keeping Up
>Appearances, launch a net.opera The Sour Thunder from
><http://blacknetart.com/sour.html>http://blacknetart.com/sour.html
>Thursday Feb 28th - Saturday March 2nd with live (real video)
>streams nightly from Yale University at 8:30pm
>and 11:00pm EST. Mp3s from the opera will be available for downloading.
>
>
>The Sour Thunder tells a double-sided story blending autobiography and
>speculative fiction. Sesom travels from a land where scent is language
>to a land where language is spoken. Mendi travels from Atlanta (the US)
>to Santiago (the DR). The Sour Thunder explores the role of geography
>in identity and the idea of language as a technology. It will be
>simultaneously performed in and webcast from the Yale Cabaret and Afro
>American Cultural Center.
>
>This net.opera features the website design and flash art of John Vega
>and the hypertext eMixes of Houston Baker, Christian Campbell, Coco
>Fusco, Duriel E. Harris, Nalo Hopkinson, John Keene, Ferentz Lafargue,
>Wahneema Lubiano, Dawn Lundy Martin, Paul D. Miller aka Dj Spooky, and
>Ronaldo V. Wilson. The live performance features Iona Brown, Marcus
>Gardley, Peter Macon, and Laurie Woodard with set design by Torkwase
>Dyson, lighting design by Tan Falkowski, costume design by Camille
>Assaf, choreography by Tim Acito, and scent design by Iona Brown.
>
>For the most recent information on this project, please go to:
><http://blacknetart.com/sour.html>http://blacknetart.com/sour.html
>or email <mailto:thesourthunder at blacknetart.com>thesourthunder at blacknetart.com