Janie Geiser & Company

News Update/When The Wind Blows

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Janie Geiser creates a miniature world so tangible that the puppets begin to seem life-size. In When the Wind Blows, she uses stories gathered from newspapers, fairy tales, dreams, and children¹s games and songs to explore the relationship between violence and childhood. The work incorporates taped and live music by Atlanta composer Chip Epsten. News Update, a collaboration with composer A. Leroy, is an up-to-the-minute shadow puppet news show that satirizes the slanted way TV news is transmitted. For adults.