Video #1: Performance of the Jester of Tonga by Joseph Silovsky.
Video #2: 10 minutes, 3 sections of the Jester of Tonga, performed at PS122 in November of 2008.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A KING BECOMES THE FOOL IN A SOUTH SEAS SCANDAL
By Jason Zinoman
"...you need to see the whimsical "Jester of Tonga," a rare example of puppet theater about bad investments."
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THE VILLAGE VOICE
WAVES AND THE JESTER OF TONGA GIVE MULTIMEDIA SOME HOPE
By Alexis Soloski
"Rarely has a mechanical performance seemed such a delight."
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PAPERMAG
By Tom Murrin
"Joseph Silovsky is one of Downtown's most unique performance artists"
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THE GOTHAMIST
By John Del Signore
"Silovsky tells the tale with an impressive variety of hand-made machines, puppets, and video, with most of the devices emerging as needed from inside the twenty suitcases littering the stage."
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