sister sylvester

C.V.

sister sylvester
sistersylvesterATgmail.com

Education:
2009 MFA Columbia University, USA
2005 BA Hons. Cambridge University, UK

Selected Works:

2020
The Eagle and The Tortoise, National Sawdust, NYC
ARK, 601Artspace, NYC
Brecht Forensics, Bryn Mawr University

2019
Macdowell Fellow + Poynter Fellow (Yale)
Kaba Kopya, Humbolt University, Berlin
Brecht Forensics: Drinking Brecht, MAX festival San Francisco
Brecht Forensics: Drinking Brecht, Under The Radar, Joe’s Pub, NY
Three Rooms, Bozar, Brussels. 
The Fall, Yale University

2018
Brecht Forensics: Drinking Brecht, Prelude Festival, CUNY, NY The Fall, ATHE, Boston
Three Rooms, Birmingham Rep, UK
Maps For A War Tourist, JACK, Brooklyn 

2017
Three Rooms, Les Bancs Publiques, Marseille
Three Rooms, Bozar, Brussels
Three Rooms, Dancing On The Edge, Frascati Theater, Amsterdam
Three Rooms, Urbang Festival, Cologne
Three Rooms, Arcola Theater, Shubbak Festival, London, UK Maps For A War Tourist, Dixon Place, NY
Maps For A War Tourist, Mount Tremper Arts, NY
(Essay) Voyeur Reality - New Inquiry

2016
They Are Gone But Here Must I Remain, The Public Theater, Under The Radar Festival, NY
The Stranger Question, Lofft, Leipzig
The Stranger Queston,  Landungsbruecken, Frankfurt
The Stranger Question, Theater Wrede, Oldenburg
Welcome, curated by Mari Spirito and Gokcan Demirkan, Alt Bomonti, Istanbul.
(Essay) Hospitality and The Hairworm - New Inquiry

2015
Hosti-pitil-ity, Kose, Istanbul
School In The Corner, Kose, Istanbul
They Are Gone But Here Must I Remain, JACK, NY
Make Like It's Yours, Torn Page Studio, NY

2014
Werner Herzog on Wrestlemania, with Sister Sylvester, The Chauncey, Brooklyn, New York
The Maids The Maids, Abrons Arts Center NY
The Fall, Park Avenue Armory, NY
Dead Behind These Eyes, Sing Sing Karaoke Parlor, NY

2013
Bilim-Kurgu / Science Fiction, Kose, Istanbul
Terence Project, Spread Arts, Detroit

2012
Hideouts for Time, Compendium Technics, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
Look Back In, Dixon Place

2011
Or the Whale, Bushwick Project for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Box Man, various locations in NYC

2010
Play America, St. Cecilia’s Convent, New York
Box Man, various locations in NYC

2009
The Screens, Riverside Church
The Screens, Salem Art Works
Box Man, various locations in NYC

Other Work:

2013-15, Press Attache for the French Embassy in New York

Selected Bibliography: 

2019
Le Soir, BE - Le Moussem Invite a Bruxelles a Voyage
De Standaard, BE - Creatief Overleven Zonderland
Sci_art Magazine, USA - In the Lab With Kathryn Hamilton 

2018
Telerama Magazine, FR - Ces artistes interdits de sejour par Donald Trump 

2017
Islington Gazette - Three Rooms at Shubbak Festival
New York Times - Maps For A War Tourist, Rewritten by a Real Tragedy
Culturebot - A Slow And Steady Commotion
Exeunt - Maps For A War Tourist

2016
American Theater Magazine - Humanity, Horror, and a Live Chicken

2015
New York Times - Looks Like A Chicken, But It's A Meaningful Stand-in
Culturebot - Chicken Tenders, They Are Gone But Here Must I Remain
American Theater Magazine - 14 Theatrical Plans To Change The World
Huffington Post - Sister Sylvester Explores The Link Between Art And Activism

2014
Time Out New York - The Maids The Maids at Abrons Arts Center
Culturebot - Invisibility and Power, The Maids The Maids
New Yorker - The Maids The Maids Review
Village Voice - The Maids The Maids is Just What It Sounds Like
Hyperallergic - Domestic Workers Air Their Dirty Laundry Onstage
The New York Times - Interpreting The Maids Through A Shifting Societal Lens
PAJ - A Journal of Performance And Art, MIT Press - When The Carnival Ends
New York Times - Critics Pick - Dead Behind These Eyes
Chance Magazine - The Maids The Maids
Exeunt - The Comfort Of Strangers
Exeunt - Invisible No Longer

Residencies and Fellowships:

Macdowell Fellowship, 2019
Poytner Journalism Fellowship (Yale), 2019
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2019
Brooklyn College and The Public Theater, 2019
Mount Tremper Arts, Upstate New York, 2017
The Public Theater, Devised Theater Working Group, NYC, 2015-16
Kose, Istanbul, 2015
Park Avenue Armory, NYC, 2014
Pausa, San Sebastian, 2013
Spread Arts, Detroit, 2012
Flux Factory, NYC, 2010
Salem Art Works, New York State, 2009 and 2014