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Fallow The Dream, 2011

First performed at the Vancouver Art Gallery on March 18, 2011, Fallow a Dream is a three hour durational magical invocation of Yip Harburg by turning his two most famous songs Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Brother Can You Spare a Dime into an extended invocation. It investigates how the concept of the “dream” can both inspire and oppress.

E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896-1981), a poet and lyricist, was a cultural force of his day, writing some of the most iconic songs of the 20th Century. He was also blacklisted from radio, film and television during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations. A courageous artist who sought to address the material concerns of the working class through his work, he was a self proclaimed "fellow who followed a dream.1"

The performance was recorded and pressed into an LP, which, etched with Fallow's magical act, stands as an enchanted object.

1The Yip Harburg Foundation

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