MUSIC

DiverseWorks ArtSpace presents Kelli Scott Kelley & Bill Kelley – Edge of the Earth, Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 9PM.

Former Artist Board members and fixtures of the 90s Houston art scene, Kelli Scott Kelley and Bill Kelley return to the DiverseWorks stage for Edge of the Earth, an evening of music, poetry and video. Music by Bill Kelley’s The Incense Merchants and world class cellist Dennis Parker and poetry by Jacqueline D. Parker.

There will also be a screening of Bird and Squirrel (still pictured),  a 20 minute video piece created by artist Kelli Scott Kelley. Bird and Squirrel is a metaphorical fairytale which tells the story of the last boy and girl on the earth, played by Finnian Kelley and Sage Fuchs (son and niece of Kelli Scott Kelley). In the story, the girl and boy create a bird and a squirrel in an attempt to restore life to the planet.

Ms. Kelley’s husband William, D. Kelley, composed the music and created the foley sounds for the video. Poet and artist Jacqueline D. Parker wrote the poem Bird and Squirrel which is woven through the video. There is no dialogue in Bird and Squirrel, only the voice of Zoe Parker the daughter of Jacqueline, reciting the words in her mother’s poem.

The Diverse Works event will coincide with and follow the opening reception of Fairytale a solo exhibition of mixed-media pieces at Hooks-Epstein Gallery by Kelli Scott Kelley, 6 – 8PM.