(photo by Terry Majamaki)
(photo by Terry Majamaki)
Antero Alli and Sylvi Alli
Antero and Sylvi have been in artistic and creative collaboration since 1989 when they first met in Seattle WA. In 1996, they moved to Berkeley together to start Vertical Pool as an intermedia arts group for their various solo and joint projects, as well as, their collaborations with others in the deep talent pool of the S.F. Bay area. Their combined projects include the production of original feature-length art films, music CDs, books, paratheatre labs, women's singing instruction and various ongoing ventures of consciousness research.
Our current film project (2012; 90 min. USA)
ANTERO
Between 1975 and 2005, Antero wrote, directed, and produced a series of original theatre works. Since 1977, he has been developing a medium of paratheatre combining techniques of physical theatre, dance, voice, and Zazen (documented in his book,"Towards an Archeology of the Soul" and three videos). Antero leads three to five private group paratheatre labs each year which sometimes culminate in public events. In 1980, Antero wrote songs and performed in The Frozen Beauties, a neopunk band in Berkeley. Alli is also the author of eight books which serve as texts for courses he teaches online. Between 1991-95, Antero was editor/publisher of Talking Raven Quarterly, an iconoclastic literary journal in Seattle WA. From 1992 to 2002, Antero and Sylvi curated the Nomad VideoFilm Festival, a popular west coast touring showcase of experimental short works. Since 1993, Antero has written and directed numerous feature-length art films (now available on dvd), which screen in limited runs in the San Francisco bay area and along the U.S.A. west coast arthouse circuit.
SYLVI
After extensive training in classical piano, Sylvi turned to painting and between 1976-93, her art was shown in galleries in the U.S. and Europe. In 1989, she began her journey into ambient/industrial electronic music and in 1995, she started singing. These elements soon combined in the development of soundtracks for dance, theatre and cinema. Sylvi has scored the songs and music for most of Antero's films & theatre since 1989. In 1996, she designed and published "The Vertical Oracle" (a neo-Tarot deck) and starred in "Lily in Limbo", a 27-minute poetry film. Her music CDs include "Too Near the Ghosts", "Dream of the Blue Moth", "Under a Shipwrecked Moon", "A Hundred Birds" and "Vessel". Sylvi has been a core member of ParaTheatrical ReSearch since 1996 and has appeared in many of Antero's films ("Tragos", "Hysteria", "Under a Shipwrecked Moon", "The Greater Circulation" and "The Invisible Forest"). Sylvi teaches women's singing classes, Song Circles and Embodied Voice workshops. Sylvi's newest enterprise, LunarMuse, features her original hand-crafted jewelery and adornments.
SYLVI @ MySpace
inc. music and song samples
CONTACT POINTS & LINKS
VERTICAL POOL PRODUCTIONS
PO Box 10144, Berkeley CA USA 94709
voicemail: (510) 464-4640
[email protected]
"Ruby" by SYLVI ALLI
from the film soundtrack of UNDER A SHIPWRECKED MOON
