On September 11, 2008 the Issue Project Room will host a live performative reading from Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers. Eric Bogosian will read from Spiegelman’s book with live musical accompaniment “featuring Marco Capelli and Elliott Sharp and several other surprise guests.”
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn carries more information about the production: “An animated film and graphic menagerie based on Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel In The Shadow of No Towers, in which [he] relates his personal experiences during the September 11th attacks, this multifaceted piece will be accompanied by a live experimental soundtrack interwoven with spoken word.”
The event takes place at 8pm; admission costs $15.