The Leopold Museum in Vienna will include six of Gerhard Aba’s photos from the project The Charme of the Makel in its exhibition Body, Face, Soul – pictures of women from the 16 th – 21st Century (from June 9 – October 2, 2006). The documentary, which features a performance of Fancy and an interview with Lisa Bufano will also be on view. The exhibition will show paintings of Albrecht D’er, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Marc Chagall, Louise Bourgeois and others.
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Axis Dance Company
Participated in a physically integrated dance workshop held by Axis Dance Company in Oakland, California. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet some great performers and make new friends.
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We accepted a generous invitation to travel back to Austria to reconnect with the Makel School. We performed at events in conjunction with screenings of Vom Charme Des Makels, a documentary project of Franz Palank and Gerhard Aba, directed by Gerald Teufel, that was first aired for Viennese television audiences (channel Bayern Alpha) November, 2005. Since technical issues with aerial rigging have temporarily suspended development of Lucid, Lisa Bufano and E. Stephen Frederick presented Forming Fancy to Vienna and Linz audiences.

View a movie clip taken during practice with harness and rope suspension following a workshop with Christine Chen at Streb Labs in Brooklyn, NY. This was shot at Cary Wolinsky’s studio.
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Visit: www.strebusa.org

Began a collaboration with E. Stephen Frederick, curator of the Empire Snafu Restoration Project. Explored possibilities of aerial movement using harness, rope, and pulleys. After learning of technical restrictions of suspension equipment Vienna, we developed Forming Fancy for our trip back to Europe.

CAC Residency, North Adams, MA: www.thecac.org
New performance and video work began during an artist-in resident program at The Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, MA.
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Worked as graphics/animator person with a Boston film crew in the 2005 National Film Challenge Competition. The 6 minute film Leopard Skin Tulips takes place (mostly) on bikes and was completed and delivered by the 72 hour deadline.

Worked with Rosalie Barnes on production of film and video of stilt performance to use for possible installation and collaboration.