Meet the Composer

Nick Brooke's new work Border Towns explores how recordings have re-engineered the psychological landscape of the US, stitching together hundreds of recordings collected along the borders. Seven performers lipsync, sing, and move precisely with a dense map of song fragments, ambient sounds, and border broadcasts. Along the way, musical Americana gets reconstructed into a surreal theatrical collage reflecting on recording, location, and culture. This production, which kicks off HERE’s 2010-11 season, runs September 9 through 19, 2010.

Nick Brooke talks about Border Towns from here on Vimeo.