The Year of the Rope, 1

Not exactly sure what the name of the diptych is going to be yet, but this is the name of the original performance on which it’s based. The process requires that we number and individually paint each of 10800 squares drawn on a 30 x 40 canvas. It’s somewhat tedious work, but enjoyable at the same time. I’ve always enjoyed numbers…

Click here to see the digital sketch of the painting.

A diptych, this painting touches on a lot of aspects of our work, including both the history of performance and its live element, The Cover Artists, factory work + labor, and the relationship between digital and analog.

I hope to post various iterations as the paintings progress, but for now, here is the digital sketch of the LHS canvas. Both canvases measure 30 X 40 inches and are each comprised of 10,800 1/3 inch squares that will be individually painted.

If you’re in KC, come see + participate in Me/assage Me – my new interactive installation – tonight at H&R Block Artspace, 6-8pm.

If you’re not in KC, you can still participate by sending me encouraging messages that will appear during the performance.

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“Letting Go”

an out-of-doors art event featuring video, performance, installation and temporary artworks

Saturday, October 22nd 2011 from 3pm to 9pm

Halsey Street, New Street, Central Avenue and Broad Streets in Newark, NJ

Curators Jeanne Brasile and Jade Lien are pleased to announce their most recent curatorial collaboration on view during the 10th Annual Open Doors and Studio Tour sponsored by the Newark Arts Council. “Letting Go” will activate the block encompassed by New, Halsey and Broad Streets and Central Avenue with public displays and performances by over 50 participating artists. The exhibition is a discourse on the notion of catharsis, or emotional cleansing. Catharsis, or purging of emotions, produces profound feelings such as fear, sorrow, pity or even joy. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a sense of restoration, renewal, and revitalization; concepts that are poignant and greatly needed in this complicated emotional landscape we presently occupy.

Participating artists include; Kristin Anderson, Scot Andreason, Jacqueline Arias, Soraida Bedoya, Cynthia Berkshire, Ben Bernstein, Gianluca Bianchino, Mikel Bisbee-Durlam with Jody Wood, Christine -Jean Blaine, Boys and Girls Club of Newark, Collette Broeders, BroLab Collective, Sandra Burke, Giovanna Cecchetti, Russell Chartier, Bryan Christie & Jeremy Mage, Magenta del Ray, EGG, Mike Estabrook, Rico Fredrick, Jerry Gant, Kristin Grey, Bruce Humphries, Jones and Roa, Darren Jones, Jenna Kline, Samantha Marie La Alta, Greg Leshé, Timothy McMurray & Jacqueline Weaver, Aaron Oldenburg, Ben Pederson, Barbara Polster, Gerald Pryor, Sally Richardson, Tara Raye Russo, Kate & Beau Sage-Lindholm, Jesse Eric Schmidt, Kat Schneck, Narubi Selah, David Sinaguglia, DC Smith, Lauren Smith, Nyugen Smith, Mark Starling, Starski, Sara Suleman, TangenT and Heidi Zito.

Presented by Rogue Video + Performance, New Jersey.

Live Feed

Alison Knowles Newspaper Music (1965) – a performance during which a variable number of people simultaneously read aloud from different newspapers – was the original inspiration for the basic form of Live Feed. For years, I’ve been fascinated with the way I acquire news, and more generally with the way we as a culture create, receive and share information about ourselves and current events.

Come see me perform the first iteration entitled, Me/assage Me, LIVE at H+R Block Artspace on Friday, October 14 from 6-8pm.

“Fluxus artists were irresistible art flirts and menaces. They refused tickets to snobs, patronized critics and dared the public to find a point to art. They pushed the boundaries of what is considered art and, as Fluxus artist Nam June Paik wrote, turned you and me into the same clowns as Goethe and Beethoven. In short — they leveled the playing field.”

We find ourselves in Salina, KS tonight.

Sunset to sunrise.

In silence with implements of the pioneers.

Join us at The Warehouse.

8:30 pm to 6:15 am

Chicago Premiere Event

Saturday, May 1

Stay tuned for more details!