{"id":8731,"date":"2011-10-26T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2011-10-26T01:48:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T06:48:30","slug":"acclaimed-performance-artist-tim-miller-comes-to-apsu-as-acuff-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/10\/26\/acclaimed-performance-artist-tim-miller-comes-to-apsu-as-acuff-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller comes to APSU as Acuff Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Several years ago, the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller began a romantic relationship with an Australian citizen. Things went well at first, but when the couple looked at settling down in America, they encountered an unexpected obstacle \u2013 immigration.<\/p>\n

Normally that isn\u2019t too much of a problem for binational relationships. If the couple is serious, they\u2019ll simple marry, allowing the other partner to remain in this country legally. But Miller\u2019s situation was different. He was gay.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have an international partner, but you\u2019re not allowed to marry, how do you deal with that,\u201d Marcus Hayes, associate professor of theater and dance at APSU, said.<\/p>\n

One of the ways Miller dealt with this subject was through art. He recreated that harrowing time in his life for his renowned solo performance piece, \u201cGlory Box.\u201d At 7:30pm on November 2nd, he\u2019ll present this compelling work to the Clarksville community with a performance at the Austin Peay State University Trahern Theater.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the pieces to conjure for the audience a site for the placing of memories, hopes and dreams of gay people\u2019s extraordinary potential for love,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Miller is coming to campus this November as one of this year\u2019s holders of the Roy Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts. He\u2019ll spend three days on campus, participating in workshops with students and discussing the development of his autobiographical work \u201cGlory Box.\u201d<\/p>\n

The piece deals with controversial, contemporary issues, but Miller isn\u2019t the type of artist willing to curtail his vision in the face of opposition. In 1990, he was stripped of his National Endowment for the Arts Solo Performer Fellowship because of his works\u2019 gay themes. Miller and three other artists, who came to be known as the \u201cNEA 4,\u201d successfully sued the federal government for violation of their First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n

During his artistic career, Miller has received numerous NEA grants and performed around the world in venues such as the Yale Repertory Theater, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His book \u201c1001 Beds\u201d won the 2007 Lambda Literary Award for Best Book in Drama-Theater.<\/p>\n

\u201cTim Miller sings that song of the self which interrogates, with explosive, exploding, subversive joy and freedom, the constitution and borderlines of selfhood,\u201d Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, has said. \u201cYou think you don\u2019t need to hear such singing? You do! You must!\u201d<\/p>\n

For more ticket information, contact the Trahern box office at 931.221.7379.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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