THE PIECE
January in New York is about the line between freedom and responsibility and the endurance of a marriage. Generated through a series of interviews with the writer’s own parents, this multimedia piece traces the real couple’s relationship during a period of ideological certitude. Impossible expectations reveal deep wounds and regrets that give way to dignity and the resilience of the individual. With music composed by Robert M. Johanson, films by M Sharkey and Stepan Liubimov and performances by Marianne Rendón and Robert M. Johanson.
THE ARTIST
Andromache Chalfant is a Brooklyn based artist, designer and writer raised in New York City. Her ongoing generative projects fuse set design, performance, music and film with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration. She is co-founder of Coffey Street Studio which provides an artistic laboratory to artists of all disciplines for experiments in performance. Design credits include sets for: the Greek National Opera in Athens, Greece, The Public Theater, The Vineyard Theater, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theater Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater, BAM Fisher, The Atlantic Theater, HERE, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many others.