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'''John Jesurun''' is a New York, USA, based writer, director and multi-media artist. His work Chang in a Void Moon is a live serial running since 1983, originally at the Pyramid Club in the East Village, and now though less frequently at venues worldwide. The large and varying cast has included [[Steve Buscemi]], [[David Cale]] and many downtown luminaries.
'''John Jesurun''' is a writer, director and [[Multimedia|multi-media]] artist, based in [[New York City]].<ref name=Kourlas>{{cite news|title=The Inspiration Found In Silence and Brando|first=Gia |last=Kourlas|work= New York Times|date=December 7, 2010|page=C.6}}</ref> His work ''Chang in a Void Moon'' is a live serial running since 1983, originally at the [[Pyramid Club (New York)|Pyramid Club]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] and now less frequently at venues worldwide. He was born 1951 in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]].


==Biography==
== Education ==


Jesurun received his B.F.A. from the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia College of Art]] in 1972 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from [[Yale University]] in 1974.
John Jesurun is a playwright,director and designer living in New York. His presentations integrate elements of language, film, architectural space and media. His exploded narratives cover a wide range of themes and explore the relation of form to content, challenging the experience of verbal, visual and intangible perceptions. His work is distinguished by his integrated creation of the text,direction,set and media design. Born 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan. B.F.A. Philadelphia College of Art/1972. M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University/ 1974. 1976-79/Television Content Analyst for CBS.1979-82/Assistant to producer/ Dick Cavett Show producing shows on John and Mackenzie Phillips, John Hammond Sr., Odetta and Tito Puente.
In 1982 he began began his theatrical career at the Pyramid Club on the Lower East Side with his groundbreaking serial play CHANG IN A VOID MOON, now in its 60th episode. (Bessie Award). Since 1984 he has written,directed and designed over 25 pieces including: the media trilogy of DEEP SLEEP (1986 Obie Award, Best Play), WHITE WATER and BLACK MARIA , NUMBER MINUS ONE, DOG’S EYE VIEW, RED HOUSE, SHATTERHAND MASSACREE, PHILOKTETES, EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE, SLIGHT RETURN, IRON LUNG, BARDO, SEPTET and SNOW.
His company has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. His work has been produced and presented by numerous venues including La Mama, the Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, the Walker Arts Center, On the Boards, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Wexner Center,Kampnagel Theater, Prater Theater,National Theater of Mexico, Mickery Theater, Theater am Turm, Granada Festival, Eurokaz Zagreb, Bogota International Festival,Vienna Festival,Kyoto Performing Arts Center and Spoleto USA. His short films have been shown at festivals and alternative spaces in Europe and the US.
He is the recipient of numerous grants including the:
* Rockefeller Foundation Playwrights Fellowship
* Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
* National Endowment for the Arts Playwrights Fellowship
* Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Fellowship
* MacArthur Fellowship
* National Endowment for the Arts-Visual and Media Arts Fellowships
* [[Asian Cultural Council]]
* Rockefeller Multi-Arts Production
* BAM/Lucent Technologies Arts in Multimedia
* MAP Fund
He has taught theater at Goethe University/ Frankfurt, Justus Liebig University/ Giessen, DASARTS/Amsterdam, New York University, LaMaMa Umbria, Tokyo University, Kyoto University of Art and Design and the New School.
His work is published by Performing Arts Journal(DEEP SLEEP,FAUST), Ediciones El Milagro (PHILOKTETES) (Spanish),Theater Communications Group (WHITE WATER), Sun and Moon Press(EVERYTHING THAT RISES), Yale Theater Magazine(PHILOKTETES) Index, 2Wice, Felix .


== Recent Publications ==
== Career ==


From 1976 to 1979 Jesurun was a television content analyst for [[CBS]]. From 1979 to 1982 he was assistant producer of ''[[the Dick Cavett Show]]''. In 1982 he began his theatrical career at the [[Pyramid Club (New York City)|Pyramid Club]] with his serial play ''Chang in a Void Moon''. Since 1984 he has written, directed and designed over 25 pieces.
PHILOKTETES- German translation by [[Anna Kohler]] in Theater der Zeit, Dec. 2004. FAUST/HOW I ROSE-Performing Arts Journal, Sept. 2004.
PHILOKTETES in “Divine Fire” Backstage Books/Aug. 2005.
He has worked with various artists including [[Molissa Fenley]], [[Steve Buscemi]],Christian Marclay, John Kelly, Hideo Kanze, Neil Greenberg, Rebecca Moore,David Cale, René Pollesch, [[Fiona Templeton]], Frank Maya, Martin Acosta, Barbez and [[Ron Vawter]]. His music video for Jeff Buckley was nominated for an MTV award. Other projects include the 2000 staging and video design for the concert performance of [[Roy Nathanson]]’s Jazz Suite “Fire at Keaton’s Bar and Grill” featuring [[Debbie Harry]] and [[Elvis Costello]] at St. Ann’s,Brooklyn and [[Royal Festival Hall]], London,the set and video design for the opera “Dennis Cleveland” at [[Lincoln Center]].


==Recent Projects (2004-06)==
=== Works ===
===FAUST/HOW I ROSE- OCTOBER 2004===
TEXT, SET AND VIDEO DESIGN BY JOHN JESURUN
DIRECTED BY MARTIN ACOSTA
FESTIVAL CERVANTINO, GUANAJUATO MEXICO,
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC -NOV.2004


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
===SHATTERHAND MASSACREE, PHILOKTETES, CHANG EPISODE #58===
|-
TEXT, DIRECTION, SET AND VIDEO DESIGN BY JOHN JESURUN
! Year
BERLINER FESTSPIELHAUS -DECEMBER 2004
! Title
RED HOUSE( GERMAN VERSION)
|-
PRATER THEATER, BERLIN FEB-JUNE 2005
| 1982-83
TEXT, DIRECTION, SET AND VIDEO BY JOHN JESURUN
| align="left"| Chang in a Void Moon episodes #1-36<br>Bird’s Eye View<br>Non Chang pieces
|-
| 1984
| align="left"| Dog’s Eye View<br>Number Minus One<br>Red House<br>Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #37-42
|-
| 1985
| align="left"| Shatterhand Massacree
|-
| 1986
| align="left"| Deep Sleep<br>White Water
|-
| 1987
| align="left"| Black Maria
|-
| 1988
| align="left"| Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #43-45
|-
| 1989
| align="left"| Sunspot
|-
| 1990
| align="left"| Everything that Rises Must Converge
|-
| 1991
| align="left"| Blue Heat
|-
| 1992
| align="left"| Iron Lung
|-
| 1993
| align="left"| Southern Cross<br>Point of Debarkation
|-
| 1994
| align="left"| Slight Return<br>Pearly Iridescent<br>Joan D’Ark
|-
| 1995
| align="left"| Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #46-50
|-
| 1996
| align="left"| Faust/How I Rose
|-
| 1997
| align="left"| After Image<br>Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #51-53 at [[The Kitchen]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=JOHN JESURUN|url=https://sites.google.com/site/johnjesurun/changinavoidmoon|website=John Jesurun Google Site|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| align="left"| Land of the Living
|-
| 2000
| align="left"| Snow
|-
| 2003
| align="left"| Bardo<br>Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #54-56 at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa]]<ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 2004
| align="left"| Chang in a Void Moon, episode #57 at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa]]<ref name="auto"/> <br>Chang in a Void Moon, episode #58 at [[Berliner Festspiele]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chang in a Void Moon / Episode #58|url=http://archiv2.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/archiv/festivals2004/07_spielzeiteuropa/sze_04_programm/sze_04_ProgrammlisteDetailSeite_340.php|website=[[Berliner Festspiele]]|publisher=berlinerfestspiele.de|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| align="left"| Septet, part 1<br>Stoned Love<br>Chang in a Void Moon, episode #56
|-
| 2006
| align="left"| Septet, part 2<br>Firefall<ref>{{cite news|title=Playing With Fire Walls: The Laptops Take Center Stage|first=Claudia |last=La Rocco|work=New York Times|date=February 7, 2009|page=C.5}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| align="left"|Liz One (Her Secret Diaries in the Land of 1,000 Dances)<ref>{{cite news|title=A Tudor Who Seems a Touch Mad|first=Claudia |last=La Rocco|work= New York Times|date=October 16, 2009|page=C.15}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| align="left"|Chang in a Void Moon, episodes 59-61 at [[Incubator Arts Project]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Chang in a Void Moon|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/chang-in-a-void-moon|accessdate=11 July 2017|publisher=[[Time Out (magazine)|TimeOut New York]]|date=19 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=John Jesurun's CHANG IN A VOID MOON Set for Incubator Arts Project this Month|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/John-Jesuruns-CHANG-IN-A-VOID-MOON-Set-for-Incubator-Arts-Project-this-Month-20140303|accessdate=11 July 2017|publisher=Broadway World (Wisdom Digital Media)|date=3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Soloski|first1=Alexis|title=A Wild Ride Returns. Confused? 'Chang in a Void Moon' at Incubator Arts Project|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/theater/chang-in-a-void-moon-at-incubator-arts-project.html|accessdate=11 July 2017|work=[[New York Times]]|date=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CHANG IN A VOID MOON by John Jesurun|url=https://www.hatchfund.org/project/chang_in_a_void_moon_by_john_jesurun|website=Hatch Fund|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>
|}


===PARTIAL VIEW===
== Style ==
Video design by John Jesurun/Collaboration with Choreographer Niel Greenberg
Dance Theater Workshop –April 2005
TIME OUT AUDIENCE AWARD/BEST OF 2005/NYNEWSDAY BEST OF 2005


Jesurun's presentations integrate elements of language, film, architectural space and media. His exploded narratives cover a wide range of themes and explore the relation of form to content, challenging the experience of verbal, visual and intangible perceptions. His work features integrated creation of the text, direction, set and media design.<ref>Chris Salter ''Entangled: Technology and the Transformation of Performance'', p. 132, [[MIT]], 2010 {{ISBN|978-0-262-195881}}</ref> Describing his process, Jesurun explains, "Usually everything happens at the same time. I write with a typewriter on one side and a sketchbook on the other side. So then the words and images and ideas happen simultaneously."<ref>Gholson, Craig. [http://bombsite.com/issues/11/articles/617 "John Jesurun"], ‘’[[BOMB Magazine]]’’ Winter, 1985. Retrieved on March 6, 2013</ref>
===PHILOKTETES (JAPANESE VERSION)===
(TRANSLATION BY JONATHAN SCOTT) APRIL 2005,
TEXT, DIRECTION,STAGE AND VIDEO DESIGN BY JOHN JESURUN
KYOTO CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS (JAPANESE VERSION)
WITH NOH THEATER LEGEND HIDEO KANZE


== Touring ==
===CHANG IN A VOID MOON EPISODE #59-JUNE 2005===
TEXT, DIRECTION, DESIGN BY JOHN JESURUN -RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART


Jesurun's company has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. His work has been produced and presented by numerous venues including [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La Mama]], [[The Kitchen]], [[Dance Theater Workshop]], the [[Walker Arts Center]], [[On the Boards]], [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]], the [[Wexner Center for the Arts|Wexner Center, Kampnagel Theater]], Prater Theater, [[National Theatre of Mexico]], Mickery Theater, Theater am Turm, Granada Festival, Eurokaz Zagreb, Bogota International Festival, [[Vienna Festival]], Kyoto Performing Arts Center and [[Spoleto Festival USA|Spoleto USA]]. His [[Short subject|short films]] have been shown at festivals and alternative spaces in Europe and the US.
===SEPTET- NOV. 2005===
TEXT, DIRECTION,SET AND VIDEO DESIGN BY JOHN JESURUN
EXPERIMENTAL THEATER WING, NYU


===2006===
== Teaching ==
Residency at Macdowell Colony
Multimedia workshop for International Directors Symposium, La Mama Umbria Aug, '06
Recipient of Franklin Furnace Fund Award
FALL '06- Artist in residence at the New School's Eugene Lang College.


Jesurun has taught theater at [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main|Goethe University]], Frankfurt; [[University of Giessen|Justus Liebig University, Giessen]]; [[DasArts]], Amsterdam; [[New York University]]; [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La Mama]], [[Umbria]]; [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo University]]; [[Kyoto University of Art and Design]]; and [[The New School]].
===FIREFALL-PHASE 1===
Text, Direction, Design By John Jesurun -December '06, Presented at the New School


===PHILOKTETES===
==References==
{{Reflist}}
Text, Direction, Design By John Jesurun, presented at KaaiTheater Brussels December 2006.


== External links ==
==FUTURE PROJECTS -2007==
* [http://www.e-felix.org/issue3/Jesurun.html Article by John Jesurun]
* [http://bombsite.com/issues/11/articles/617 ''BOMB Magazine'' interview with John Jesurun by Craig Gholson (Winter, 1985)]


{{Authority control}}
PHILOKTETES
Text, Direction, Design By John Jesurun -Soho Rep -October, 2007

Jesurun will direct and design a new staging of Harry Partch's seminal music/theater piece DELUSION OF THE FURY/ Japan Society, December 2007.
2007 Residencies at Yaddo and the Liguria Study Center.

Publication of FIREFALL text in Performing Arts Journal

CHANG GUIDE- an annotated synopsis guide to the 60 episodes/25 years of CHANG IN A VOID MOON.

Four new pieces:
SEPTET:PARTS 1 & 2
STONED LOVE(with Black-Eyed Susan)
FIREFALL/PHASE 2
LIZ #1

== Works ==
===1982-83===
*Chang in a Void Moon episodes #1-36
*Bird’s Eye View
*Non Chang pieces

===1984===
*Dog’s Eye View
*Number Minus One
*Red House
*Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #37-42

===1985===
*Shatterhand Massacree

===1986===
*Deep Sleep
*White Water

===1987===
Black Maria

===1988===
*Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #43-45

===1989===
*Sunspot

===1990===
*Everything that Rises Must Converge

===1991===
*Blue Heat

===1992===
*Iron Lung

===1993===
*Southern Cross
*Point of Debarkation

===1994===
*Slight Return
*Pearly Irridescent
*Joan D’Ark

===1995===
*Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #46-50

===1996===
*Faust/How I Rose

===1997===
*After Image
*Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #51-52

===1999===
*Land of the Living

===2000===
*Snow

===2003===
*Bardo
*Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #53-55

===2005===
*Septet, part 1
*Stoned Love
*Chang in a Void Moon, episode #59

===2006===
*Septet, part 2
*Firefall

==External links==
*[http://www.e-felix.org/issue3/Jesurun.html Article by John Jesurun]


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Latest revision as of 11:45, 6 March 2022

John Jesurun
Born
Battle Creek, Michigan U.S.
NationalityAmerican (United States)
Known forTheatre

John Jesurun is a writer, director and multi-media artist, based in New York City.[1] His work Chang in a Void Moon is a live serial running since 1983, originally at the Pyramid Club in the East Village and now less frequently at venues worldwide. He was born 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Education[edit]

Jesurun received his B.F.A. from the Philadelphia College of Art in 1972 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University in 1974.

Career[edit]

From 1976 to 1979 Jesurun was a television content analyst for CBS. From 1979 to 1982 he was assistant producer of the Dick Cavett Show. In 1982 he began his theatrical career at the Pyramid Club with his serial play Chang in a Void Moon. Since 1984 he has written, directed and designed over 25 pieces.

Works[edit]

Year Title
1982-83 Chang in a Void Moon episodes #1-36
Bird’s Eye View
Non Chang pieces
1984 Dog’s Eye View
Number Minus One
Red House
Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #37-42
1985 Shatterhand Massacree
1986 Deep Sleep
White Water
1987 Black Maria
1988 Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #43-45
1989 Sunspot
1990 Everything that Rises Must Converge
1991 Blue Heat
1992 Iron Lung
1993 Southern Cross
Point of Debarkation
1994 Slight Return
Pearly Iridescent
Joan D’Ark
1995 Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #46-50
1996 Faust/How I Rose
1997 After Image
Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #51-53 at The Kitchen[2]
1999 Land of the Living
2000 Snow
2003 Bardo
Chang in a Void Moon, episodes #54-56 at La MaMa[2]
2004 Chang in a Void Moon, episode #57 at La MaMa[2]
Chang in a Void Moon, episode #58 at Berliner Festspiele[3]
2005 Septet, part 1
Stoned Love
Chang in a Void Moon, episode #56
2006 Septet, part 2
Firefall[4]
2009 Liz One (Her Secret Diaries in the Land of 1,000 Dances)[5]
2014 Chang in a Void Moon, episodes 59-61 at Incubator Arts Project[6][7][8][9]

Style[edit]

Jesurun's presentations integrate elements of language, film, architectural space and media. His exploded narratives cover a wide range of themes and explore the relation of form to content, challenging the experience of verbal, visual and intangible perceptions. His work features integrated creation of the text, direction, set and media design.[10] Describing his process, Jesurun explains, "Usually everything happens at the same time. I write with a typewriter on one side and a sketchbook on the other side. So then the words and images and ideas happen simultaneously."[11]

Touring[edit]

Jesurun's company has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. His work has been produced and presented by numerous venues including La Mama, The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, the Walker Arts Center, On the Boards, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Wexner Center, Kampnagel Theater, Prater Theater, National Theatre of Mexico, Mickery Theater, Theater am Turm, Granada Festival, Eurokaz Zagreb, Bogota International Festival, Vienna Festival, Kyoto Performing Arts Center and Spoleto USA. His short films have been shown at festivals and alternative spaces in Europe and the US.

Teaching[edit]

Jesurun has taught theater at Goethe University, Frankfurt; Justus Liebig University, Giessen; DasArts, Amsterdam; New York University; La Mama, Umbria; Tokyo University; Kyoto University of Art and Design; and The New School.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kourlas, Gia (December 7, 2010). "The Inspiration Found In Silence and Brando". New York Times. p. C.6.
  2. ^ a b c "JOHN JESURUN". John Jesurun Google Site. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Chang in a Void Moon / Episode #58". Berliner Festspiele. berlinerfestspiele.de. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (February 7, 2009). "Playing With Fire Walls: The Laptops Take Center Stage". New York Times. p. C.5.
  5. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (October 16, 2009). "A Tudor Who Seems a Touch Mad". New York Times. p. C.15.
  6. ^ "Chang in a Void Moon". TimeOut New York. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ^ "John Jesurun's CHANG IN A VOID MOON Set for Incubator Arts Project this Month". Broadway World (Wisdom Digital Media). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  8. ^ Soloski, Alexis (1 April 2014). "A Wild Ride Returns. Confused? 'Chang in a Void Moon' at Incubator Arts Project". New York Times. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  9. ^ "CHANG IN A VOID MOON by John Jesurun". Hatch Fund. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  10. ^ Chris Salter Entangled: Technology and the Transformation of Performance, p. 132, MIT, 2010 ISBN 978-0-262-195881
  11. ^ Gholson, Craig. "John Jesurun", ‘’BOMB Magazine’’ Winter, 1985. Retrieved on March 6, 2013

External links[edit]

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