RoseLee Goldberg speaks at SFMoMA on 11/20

RoseLee Goldberg on Visual Performance Art
Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture

RoseLee Goldberg, curator and art historian
Peggy Phelan, Ann O’Day Maples Chair in the Arts and Professor of Drama and English, Stanford University

Thursday, November 20th at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Phyllis Wattis Theater at 6:30 p.m.

Founded in 1995 through the generosity of Phyllis Wattis, this lecture series brings innovative thinkers to SFMOMA. Goldberg is the founder and director of PERFORMA, an interdisciplinary arts organization that researches, develops, and presents performance work by visual artists from around the world. Goldberg pioneered the study of performance art with her now seminal text, Performance Art from Futurism to the Present. In this lecture, she discusses the often hidden history of performance work in 20th-century visual art and describes how this history influences new types of culture. Phelan joins her in conversation.

$10 general; $7 SFMOMA members, students, and seniors. Tickets are available at the Museum (with no surcharge) or online.

Category EVENTS, PERFORMA PICKS

Posted by Esa | Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | 0 comments

Andrew Lampert VARETIES OF SLOW at the Whitney this weekend

VARIETIES OF SLOW has one more week to go at The Whitney Museum as part of the exhibit BETWEEN THE STILL AND MOVING IMAGE. You can find it running in the Film and Video Gallery from next Wednesday Oct 29th through Sunday, November 2. Andrew will be there Friday night (which is free, and Halloween), Saturday and Sunday performing with it.

Category Performance

Posted by Esa | Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | 0 comments

Sedition at White Box opens Wednesday 10/29

SEDITION
Curated by Dread Scott, Kyle Goen,
and Hajarah Abdus-Sabur

Exhibition on View:
October 29th - November 23, 2008
Opening Reception: Wednesday October 29th, 6-9pm

Artists: Melanie Baker, Wafaa Bilal, Sandow Birk, Emily Douglas, Hasan Elahi, Mounir Fatmi, Jon Hendricks, Arnold Mesches, Naeem Mohaiemen, Sheryl Oring, Jenny Polak, Martha Rosler, Jackie Salloum, Hank Willis Thomas and Raphael Zollinger

When the President of the United States says, “You’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists”, Sedition is the only option. In an era of war, lies and torture, Sedition is the only option. When Black people are left to suffer and die in a flooded city, when cops fire fifty shots at an unarmed person and are later found inculpable, when nooses are hanging in Jena, Louisiana, Sedition is the only option. Empires demand Sedition*. ­

Sedition will reveal art about the tumultuous times we are living in. Following the rich history of art that challenges dominant ways of seeing, Sedition will show work that has been under fire and art that is firing its own ammo. Work such as Hank Willis Thomas’s Hang Time (Circa 1923), which features the “Air Jordan” logo hanging from a noose on a tree, encourages viewers to contemplate how systemic violence against African-Americans has set the stage for the persistence of racism. Wafaa Bilal’s Virtual Jihadi is an interactive video game in which an avatar becomes a suicide bomber in a hunt for President Bush. Jenny Polak’s ICE raid tracking uses Google Maps to document and trace Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on the undocumented throughout the U.S.

WHITE BOX
Viewing Hours
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am - 7pm
Location
329 Broome Street. New York, NY. 10002

Category PERFORMA PICKS, Visual Art

Posted by Esa | Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 | 0 comments

Brokers With Hands On Their Faces

are to be found on this blog. Reminds me of the publications of German artist Petter Piller, where he collects photographs of people touching cars (”Autos berühren”) or pointing at something (”Bedeudungsflächen”). via

Category Visual Art

Posted by Georg | Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 | 0 comments

THE METAL BALL - Support Performa!

Performa Presents
The Metal Ball: A Benefit Event
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
7 pm - Midnight
Cedar Lake, 547 West 26th Street
Chelsea, NYC


The Metal Ball is inspired by the Bauhaus’ 1929 Metallic Festival, when the famous school was decorated entirely in metallic colors and substances and guests reveled in an exuberant festival of music, action, and visual delight. All guests will be asked to dress for the occasion in fabulous metallic clothing and accessories or to be dressed by a team of wardrobe specialists upon their arrival at the party. VIPs will be treated to a wonderful dinner and special performances during the early part of the evening followed by a multi-stage series of musical performances and DJs into the night. No ordinary benefit gala, guests of Performa’s Metal Ball will likewise be thrilled by exciting and innovative performances of art and music.


Honorees: Philanthropist Toby Devan Lewis and Artist Isaac Julien

Co-chairs: Zac Posen, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and RoseLee Goldberg.


THE METAL BALL PROGRAM & TICKETS


7:00-9:00 pm VIP Cocktails & Dinner
Stumblebum Brass Band, A performance by Theremin player Dorit Chrysler directed by artist Jesper Just and DJ Nick Hallett and Ana Matronic
Sponsor and Producer’s Circle Tables $10,000-$25,000
Tickets $1,000


9:00 - midnight THE METAL BALL
Spiral Blaster, RobbinsChilds and Dynasty Handbag
Tickets $250

Environs and Installations by Zach Rockhill, The Emergency Sewing Circle, Light + Stage Design, and Made by Eugene


CALL NOW FOR TICKETS - 212-868-8450 Ext. 206
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Category EVENTS, NEWS, PERFORMA PICKS

Posted by Esa | Friday, October 24th, 2008 | 0 comments

Clifford Owens at On Stellar Rays opens Sun. 11/2

Clifford Owens
November 2 - December 14, 2008
Opening reception:
Sunday, November 2, 3 - 6 pm

On Stellar Rays
33 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
T: (212) 598 . 3012

From the press release…
Owens plays with the history of conceptual text-based work in Text Piece, which presents a grid of 47 photographs of white text against black. Though the stark formalism might initially suggest more distanced work (Owens’ often-present body is conspicuously absent), closer inspection reveals 47 intimate and personal phrases. The viewer is confronted with “She likes to finger my feelings,” “Mother Baltimore,” and “I thought you were gay.” Here, the conversation is more literal, though it is unclear whether the words are directed at us, the artist, or whether the conversation is happening within the piece.

In Owens’ most recent body of color photographs, the artist explores the uniquely African-Ecuadorian community of the Esmeralda Province, Ecuador. There continues to be a thoughtful exploration of self in the work (Owens’ young son is half Ecuadorian). This is visible though the eyes of the young men Owens encountered in the Esmeraldas, who are looking intensely at Owens in each work. Prelingual, an intimate family portrait taken before his son’s birth, will also be on view.

Category PERFORMA PICKS, Performance

Posted by Esa | Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | 0 comments

NOT TO BE MISSED - Essential Repertoire

DARMSTADT presents ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE at ISSUE PROJECT ROOM, October 22-26, 2008

WED.OCT.22 Ne(x)tworks performs music of the New York School
John Cage: Variations II
Earle Brown: selections from Folio
Morton Feldman: Projection 4
Christian Wolff: selections from Exercises

THU.OCT.23 Fluxus scores interpreted by Bradley Eros, Lary 7 and others
Tony Conrad: Three Loops for Performers and Tape Recorders
Yoko Ono: Cut Piece
Nam June Paik: Concerto for TV Cello and Videotapes
Emmett Williams: Duet for Performer and Audience
Joseph Byrd: Fish: A Ballet for Woodwinds

FRI.OCT.24 Either/Or plays early Minimalism
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion
Steve Reich: Four Organs
Rhys Chatham: Two Gongs

SAT.OCT.25 Stars Like Fleas and friends take on Cardew’s graphic score
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise

SUN.OCT.26 Contemporary approaches
Jennifer Walshe with Object Collection (4pm)
Tristan Perich and Ensemble Pamplemousse (8pm)

+ DJs Nick Hallett and Zach Layton

DARMSTADT “ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE”
October 22 - 26
ISSUE Project Room
in the (OA) Can Factory
232 3rd Street (at 3rd Ave), Brooklyn
performances at 8pm unless noted otherwise
tickets: $10 advance (available at Other Music and online) / $15 at door
F, M, R to 9th Street-4th Ave

Funded in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Experimental Television Center (a NYSCA program), and Culture Ireland

http://www.darmstadtnewmusic.org
http://www.issueprojectroom.org
http://www.othermusic.com

Category Music, PERFORMA PICKS

Posted by Esa | Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | 1 comments

Vito Acconci the poet live in person at the Bronx Museum

We hear he will be actually reading poetry on this occasion - a rare opportunity!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2008
3:00 pm
 
North Building - 2nd Floor
Admission: $5.00, free for Bronx Museum members

In an interview with writer and poet Craig Dworkin, editor of Language to Cover a Page—The Early Writings of Vito Acconci (MIT, 2006), Vito Acconci will discuss his early poetry and how it influenced the future phases in his rich career.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York 10456
tel/ 718.681.6000
fax/ 718.681.6181
 
Getting to The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Subway:    Take the D or B to the 167 Street / Grand Concourse station. Exit at rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks. 4 to the 161 Street / Yankee Stadium station. Walk east three blocks to the Grand Concourse, then, walk north four blocks along Grand Concourse to 165th Street.
Bus:            Take the Bx1, Bx2, or BxM4 Express to 165th St. and Grand Concourse.

Category PERFORMA PICKS

Posted by Esa | Monday, October 13th, 2008 | 0 comments

Works and Process: NY. 2022 at the Guggenheim

NY. 2022
This looks like it could be, as the kids say, “totally rad”

NEW COMMISSION
Fri & Sat, Oct 24 & Oct 25, 8 pm
Visual artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers create an original performance installation for the Peter B. Lewis Theater. Inspired by the iconic science-fiction movie Soylent Green (1974) depicting a disturbing vision of New York City in 2022, this “musical drama about endings” will be performed by Staten Island’s Richmond County Orchestra (musical director Alan Aurelia). Photographs by Alex S. Maclean and costumes by Balenciaga complete the work.

Presented in conjunction with theanyspacewhatever exhibition, on view Oct 29–Jan 5, 2009. The exhibition galleries will open at 7 p.m.

Click here for info about Works and Process

Category PERFORMA PICKS, Performance, Visual Art

Posted by Esa | Monday, October 13th, 2008 | 0 comments

Ohio Theatre: “Chekhov Lizardbrain”.

In Chekhov Lizardbrain, Pig Iron Theatre Company takes inspiration from the writing of playwright Anton Chekhov and autistic writer Temple Grandin to explore the mind of the seemingly schizophrenic and autistic Dmitri/Chekhov Lizardbrain. The result is at once puzzling and provocative. While Chekhov Lizardbrain often moves into apparently irrational juxtapositions, the surrealist elements of the play never become too abstract: Pig Iron elegantly walks the line between abstraction and representation, balancing conceptual experimentation with more traditional theatrical form. Their success also stems from the strong physical element of their theatre, which always keeps their acting grounded in the body. Through the puzzling window into Dmitri’s mind, Pig Iron creates a world that is at times scary, moving, funny, and entertaining. As we watch Dmitri’s memories and language break down, we are drawn into the comic and tragic aspects of this mind’s workings, sometimes recognizing glimpses of our selves in it and at other times feeling like he indeed belongs to a different species.

Category Performance, REVIEWS

Posted by Beatrice B | Friday, October 10th, 2008 | 0 comments