Zoe’s Trope is a collaboration with artist Charles Campbell: a series of zoom event in which people from all over the world eat, dance, explore the creative possibilities of web together and keep each other safely close in these times of social distancing.
Zoe's Trope I
Zoe's Trope II: The Surrealist Snack Party
virtual eating, games, screening, and discussion
saturday, march 28
zoom sign in available: 7:00p
art: forever
saturday, march 28
zoom sign in available: 7:00p
art: forever
For the next Zoe's Trope (inspired by Salvador Dali's cookbook), we are planning a evening we call The Surrealist Snack Party.
Join us online on Saturday, March 28 between 7pm and 9pm (CST) at THIS ZOOM LINK. Please join us with any (or all) of these options :
Join us online on Saturday, March 28 between 7pm and 9pm (CST) at THIS ZOOM LINK. Please join us with any (or all) of these options :
with your own surrealist food concoction (or more mundane snacks and drinks)
in a surrealist environment (via Zoom's backgrounds or your own built wonderland at home)
wearing a surrealist costume
The schedule:
costume/food/environment show and tell
watch one of these short films*
talk about your film with everyone as if we've all seen it
associative conversation led by random sentence generator
accompany the reading of surrealist poet Pierre Unik's The Manless Society with your own instruments (conventional or otherwise)
*THESE ARE THE FIVE FILMS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO WATCH ON SATURDAY:
DESTINO by Dali and Disney
8 1/2 by Federico Fellini (the first three minutes)
DREAMS OF DALI: 360° VIDEO by the Dali Museum
COSMIC GENERATOR by Mika Rottenberg (pick your own 3-5 minute segment)
GUTTERBALLS (from The Big Lebowski) by Joel & Ethan Coen
Closing live music on zoom by Tazio Borgognoni (Florence, Italy) - I. Stravinsky, Three Pieces for solo clarinet
Be ready to engage. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Charles Campbell + Zoe Cinel, Zoe's Trope II: A Surrealist Snack Party (2020). Virtual gatherings.
Zoe's Trope III: Activity Booklet
virtual playtime
sunday, april 26
zoom sign in available: 7:00p
art: forever
sunday, april 26
zoom sign in available: 7:00p
art: forever
Join us online on Sunday, April 26 at 7pm (CST) at THIS ZOOM LINK. Bring or have nearby:
a plant
something with a flowered pattern
something colored solid red
download one (or more) of these images:
if you are not familiar with making a Zoom background, you may want to watch this quick guide, or this tutorial for more advanced troubleshooting.
Be ready to see and be some stuff. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
Charles Campbell + Zoe Cinel, Zoe's Trope II: Activity Booklet (2020). Virtual gatherings.
Charles Campbell + Zoe Cinel, Zoe's Trope II: Activity Booklet (2020). Virtual gatherings.