High Winds
HIGH WINDS is a trans guy with insomnia who goes on a hallucinatory road trip in search of his estranged brother. The show is a tour-de-force monologue with an electro-acoustic score by JJJJJerome Ellis and video by Katherine Freer.
Based on writer Sylvan Oswald's experiences with insomnia, gender transition, and moving to Los Angeles, the project was conceived in 2015 as an art-book collaboration with graphic designer Jessica Fleischmann, High Winds was published in 2017 by X Artists Books. Since then, Sylvan has turned his text into a performance.
The show runs 65 minutes and features lighting by Sarah Lurie, costumes by Haydee Zelideth, and direction by Ellie Heyman.
Contact Sylvan for inquiries on the show.
For more info, check out the original book here; the High Winds performance text; or the article “From a Weather Report: High Winds, Insomnia, and the Theater of Sylvan Oswald,” by Miriam Felton-Dansky published in Theater.
Jack Henry and Sylvan Oswald perform at Fusebox Festival, 2022. Photo by Sarah Annie Navarrete.
HIGH WINDS:
This year was better numb.
Aesthetic Crisis versus
Maybe Just Busted.
All books too words.
All internet too panic.
All art too business.
All thoughts been done!
Past Performances
April, 2022: Fusebox Festival, Austin TX
Spring 2018: Next Door @ NYTW
Fall 2017: Abrons Arts Center; LAX Festival presented by Los Angeles Performance Practice.