Failure Lab: Base Residency Artists Hannah Simmons + Alethea Alexander – Seattle, WA

Please join us at Base on Saturday, March 1 for an installation and work in progress showing by 2024-2025 Base Resident Artists Hannah Simmons + Alethea Alexander. This event offers audiences agency to tune in, change the channel and interact at their leisure. Rolling entry: please arrive any time between 4:00-5:00 PM.

During their residency, Hannah and Alethea will develop a methodology for Failure Lab: an exorcism of their “worst ideas.” They will sift through their backlog of unmade performance works to see what “terrible” ideas have to offer them. Trash, incoherence, decay, and regurgitation will be expected and celebrated.

Space is limited; we recommend reserving a ticket in advance. Masks are encouraged, but not required at Base.

Accessibility at Base:

The Factory has a ramped entrance located at the north end of the building (through the orange door); the southern entrance of the building is only accessible by stairs. The building has limited outside lighting and can be difficult to navigate and locate when its dark out.

Once inside, Base is accessible by ramp through our front doors. Please note that Base is not a scent-free space. The Factory has two gender neutral multi-stall restrooms and two single stall restrooms that are wheelchair accessible.

Because we share a building with other studios, there are often industrial noises throughout the building and heavy machinery operated such as forklifts.

Any additional accessibility needs/requests for the show? Reach out to aaron@thisisbase.org

Photo by Allina Yang

[ Two bodies glow softly in low light: limbs are draped and tangled, askew, and gravity is inverted.]