RAWards Boise Semi-Finals 2012 : Marten Evergreen performs live

 Marten Evergreen (the performing arts company that I've co-founded with Lukas Evergreen) was nominated for Performer of the Year for RAW Artists www.rawartists.org We had the honor of competing at the RAWards Boise Semi-Finals 2012 in hopes of representing Boise in the National Finals for RAW. 

 Marten Evergreen is: 

Krysta Nebeker, Lukas Evergreen, Caid Jones, (and me) Lisa Marten

 November 15, 2012

The Revolution Concert House in Boise

We competed against 4 other performing art groups to represent Boise in the National Finals.

RAW: Natural Born Artists 

www.rawartists.org 

underground indie artists in 65 US cities competing for National awards

for visual art, fashion, music, film, performing art, photography, hair, makeup

we performed an original piece live to a packed house of art supporters. 

members of the local media gathered to cover the event. 

50% of the vote was from attendees and 50% of the vote was from 3 professional arts judges.

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MARTEN EVERGREEN

"TURMOIL OF THE EGO"

artist statement

'the normal man is not only far more immoral than he believes but also far more moral than he knows.'

-Sigmund Freud

Choices - we're faced with them every day. There's a constant struggle within us, between the extremes of the id and the superego - to satisfy ourselves, or to satisfy others, it's an internal-external, and spiritual battle that rages within. But, no matter what we do, we must choose. 

FROM ASCENDANCY TO LIBERATION

a little take on the Beatles Abbey Road...the individual ego (played by Lukas in white) is tethered by the id or spiritual influence (played by me with the red hair) and the superego or external influence (played by Krysta) and led by the conscious or internal influence (played by Caid). 

the battle of making decisions (a tug of war with ropes)...who has power and control over the individual?

within the bubble of the decision making process...the ego is bombarded by thoughts and ideas and options and choices (represented by the paint being squirted from above by the id and superego and the lighting being flashed from all around by the conscious).

another tug of war with ropes...the battle of ascendancy.

glitter thrown at the moment of liberation when a choice, a decision is finally reached by the individual. 

coming together in unity for the individual

a beautiful work of art has been created together in collaboration.

 "We are Marten Evergreen. We perform the emotions and the stories of the individual - these lead them to the need and the expression of art. The art we share is beyond the dance, beyond the paint, beyond ourselves. It is that moment, that climatic mental state, just before, that art is."

***i'm hoping to post video of the performance soon, so stay tuned***

we didn't take home the gold...but we had so much fun and had a blast performing for Boise at RAWards Semi-Finals 2012. we're appreciative of our fans and all the other artists represented. it's an honor to perform for Boise and we are so grateful for the chance to continue

 to connect and be a voice through this crazy thing called art. Keep looking for upcoming shows that we'll be performing at...cuz we're not goin away.

we are MARTEN EVERGREEN

and we are RAW Artists!