[NEohioPAL] THE WALL's Final Performance: Sat 11am-8pm @ 78th Street Studios

[Ray Caspio]

*"Caspio’s immersive work interweaves sensory and mental information to
open new avenues of thought. Ray’s work is intimate–deeply,
unapologetically intimate–but it is communal too, with
microscopically-focused, ironic details and an expansive sense of cosmic
unity**."*

-Liz Maugans, CAN Journal
*Full review here:*
http://canjournal.org/2023/05/ray-caspio-the-wall-at-1300-gallery/



*"[Caspio's] presence is always compelling...and [their] words!"*
-Christine Howey



*"Powerful, thought-provoking and provocative! A must see!"*
-Cleveland Explored

* <http://raycaspio.com/thewall>*

*"I’ve never felt art like this before. Ineffable."*
-A.W., patron
<http://raycaspio.com/thewall>


*raycaspio.com/thewall <http://raycaspio.com/thewall>*
*for tickets and more information*


THE WALL is a durational performance installation centered around a 6’4” x
6’4” wall of text from Caspio’s studio composed of automatic writings
recorded during their 18 month pandemic isolation. The result is a
dreamlike meditation on loss, Self, sexuality, and memory inviting
participants to face the walls we erect around ourselves. THE WALL's raw
vulnerability and immersive reflection in a time of lies, chaos, and fear
of "the other" is a journey of acceptance toward the wholeness of
ourselves, and each other, before our time is through. THE WALL brings the
story to life through paintings, audio, photography, and automatic and
homoerotic drawings, with performance uniting all of the elements.

*REMAINING PERFORMANCE*
Saturday, May 27: 11am-8pm
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, with a suggested amount of $25

*Come and go as you wish or witness the entire event.*
*Ages 18+ only*
*TICKETS:* https://www.raycaspio.com/thewall

*LOCATION*
1300 Gallery at 78th Street Studios
1300 West 78th Street
Cleveland, OH 44102

THE WALL is supported by The Satellite Fund, administered by SPACES, and
funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional
Regranting Program. It is co-produced by Caspio and Ohio City Theatre
Project.


*ABOUT RAY CASPIO*

Ray Caspio (b. 1979, they/he) is a performance and conceptual artist, and
educator. Their art is one of exposure. Caspio creates atmospheric works
ranging from confessional to camp/satirical to sincere in an inquiry into
memory, Queer identity, trauma, loss, the grotesque of society, and
profound emotion. They possess a visceral vulnerability and irreverent
humor that opens an authentic conduit between the artist and their audience
collaborators. Their performances have been recognized as “magical” and
“intensely honest and unflinching,” with Ray being called “a shapeshifter”
and “one [person] tour de force.” Caspio’s creations have been performed at
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), BorderLight Fringe, Theater Ninjas, and
Cleveland Public Theatre’s Pandemonium. Caspio’s work appeared on “Best of”
lists for Scene Magazine and WCPN’s The Sound of Applause. Ray was profiled
by Scene as “The Thespian'' of 2014. Caspio founded Michael Chekhov Center
Cleveland to share their understanding of Chekhov’s psychophysical
performance principles with Northeast Ohio artists. Ray received a 2016
Creative Workforce Fellowship for their performance work. Through the
revealing of cathartic truths of their inner life, Caspio inspires the
questions: Who am I? Who are you? Who are we? What is this space we
inhabit, together? And what does it mean to be alive?

*ABOUT OHIO CITY THEATRE PROJECT*
Actively involved in the Cleveland area since 2012, Ohio City Theatre
Project (OCTP) strives to create world class theatrical experiences that
are experienced intellectually and touch the heart. OCTP uses creative
innovation to drive civic dialog about contemporary issues and connects
with regional partners to develop synergistic opportunities for local
artists to produce new theatrical work and impactful education programs.

OCTP is led by Executive Artistic Director Pandora Robertson. OCTP has
produced the premieres of new works by Northeast Ohio artists, which
include the film But to work! (2021) as well as the plays Central Concern
(2019 premiere, 2022 Borderlight Festival Producer’s Choice Award),
Incendiaries
(2016 premiere, 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for
playwriting), Snake Oil (2015), Free Radical and The Late Night
Sketchbook (2014),
Summer Storefront (2013), Living Storefront: A Night of New Theatre (2012),
as well as productions of Eugène Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano (2013) and Matt
Larsen’s Kid Mystery (2012).



*"Breathtaking."*
-J.R., patron

*"Political, personal, of the body, flesh, heart space, richly
philosophical and utterly present."*
-Molly Andrews-Hinders, Performance Artist

*"I was moved and brought to tears...Thank you for the safety of THE WALL."*
-D.A., patron

*"*
*Run to this experience, I’m so glad I got to be in town for this."*
-N.E., patron


*raycaspio.com/thewall <http://raycaspio.com/thewall>*
*for tickets and more information*
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