NEWS - BOSTON PERFORMANCE ARTISTS @ GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE / BROOKYLN, NY
I WILL BE CURATING A SPECIAL NIGHT OF PERFORMANCE ART AT GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE IN BROOKLYN, NY -
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20 @ 8PM.
INFO:
“Cat-and-Mouse”
Sandrine Schaefer & Philip Fryer
September 20th, 8 pm
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE
840 BROADWAY, 2ND FLOOR
BROOKLYN, NY 11206
Curated By: Peter Dobill
“Cat-and-Mouse” will showcase the individual performance works of
Boston-based artists and curators, Sandrine Schaefer & Philip Fryer.
The work of Sandrine Schaefer confronts the infinite perceptions of speciesism by responding to the perversion involved in America’s meat and dairy industries. Her work explores cycles of the visible becoming invisible to discover ways to inspire forward movement. Working in various time-based media, Sandrine is inspired by concepts of accumulation, absurdity, site-sensitivity and actions of transport. Most currently, Sandrine is exploring universal language as a way to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Philip Fryer’s work deals with concepts of mortality, pop culture, the paranormal, and fragility. He typically uses simple objects and minimal actions. Zip ties, bubble wrap and white t-shirts are re-occurring and familiar objects Fryer utilizes. Deliberate compositions with the conventional create a myriad of personal, communal and historic meaning in Fryer’s work.
Schaefer & Fryer have shown their performance art, video, installation, and film in Germany, Belarus, The Philippines, Canada, and across the United States. Their shared belief in access through art has led them to create multiple collaborative works including the conception of The Present Tense, a Boston-based performance art initiative. Through The Present Tense, Schaefer and Fryer have organized multiple art festivals and artist exchanges that have given over 80 artists from all over the world an opportunity to share their work. Most currently, The Present Tense is in the process of building a comprehensive and evolving web-archive that will document contemporary time-based media.
www.gracespace.multiply.com
www.thepresenttense.
www.sandrineschaefer.com
www.philipfryer.com
www.peterdobillactionist.com
NEWS - EXHIBITION / PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM PERCEPTION :
CONTEMPORARY BROOKLYN PERFORMANCE
AUGUST 16th – SEPTEMBER 7th, 2008
CURATORS: PETER DOBILL + CHRIS HARDING
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16th, 5-9 PM
CLOSING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 5-9PM w/ BBQ.
ENGLISH KILLS ART GALLERY
114 FORREST ST.
BROOKLYN, NY 11206
GALLERY HOURS : SAT/SUN– 1-9PM
WWW.MAXIMUMPERCEPTIONPERFORMANCE.COM
MAXIMUM PERCEPTION: CONTEMPORARY BROOKLYN PERFORMANCE
IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO COVER THE ENTIRE RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY LIVE ART PRODUCED IN BROOKLYN.
FEATURING 30 ARTISTS PRODUCING OVER 20 NEWLY COMMISSIONED PERFORMANCES, THIS EXHIBITION THOROUGHLY SEEKS TO OPEN AND EXPLORE THE CRUCIAL DIALOGUE PRODUCED BY THESE ARTISTS WITHIN BROOKLYN AND ITS ARTISTIC COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO FEATURING TRADITIONAL PHOTO AND VIDEO DOCUMENTATION, THE EXHIBITION SEEKS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CREATE AN ENTIRELY LIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EXPRESSION: AT ALL OPEN GALLERY HOURS AT LEAST ONE PERFORMANCE WILL BE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE GALLERY. WITHIN THIS GOAL, BOTH CURATORS DOBILL AND HARDING ASPIRE TO SUBSTANTIATE AND ELEVATE THE “LIVE” ASPECT OF THE PERFORMANCE ARTISTS’ PRACTICE BEYOND THE REALM OF “OPENING RECEPTION” AND “SPECIAL EVENT” CATEGORIES TO THE ACTUALITY OF AN AVAILABLE EXPERIENCE IN A GALLERY SETTING.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: AMBERT ALERT, ROB ANDREWS, ELAINE ANGELOPOULOS, LYDIA BELL, MATTHEW BLAIR, RYAN BROWN, IAN CAMPBELL, ALEX CHECHILE, ANDREA COTE, PETER DOBILL, HOLLY FAUROT + SARAH H. PAULSON, XIMENA GARNICA + SHIGE MORIYA, ANDREW HURST, NAOKI IWAKAWA, AMERY KESSLER, MARNI KOTAK, SUJIN LEE, EVELYN LEWIS, MELISSA LOCKWOOD, JILL MCDERMID, THE MERCURY TWINS (EMCEE C.M., MASTER OF NONE AND HUONG NGO) WITH THE K.I.D.S., MARISSA MICKELBERG, JEREMY SLATER, MARK STAFFORD, LECH SZPORER, MATT WHITE, AND JEN ZAK.
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I will be performing a new action/installation on Sunday August 24th from 1-9pm as part of the exhibition. I hope everyone can make it out to the exhibition.
NEWS - LIVE PERFORMANCE @ CONTAMINATE 3 PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, BOSTON, MA
On Saturday, April 5, I will be participating in the Contaminate 3 Live Performance Festival in Boston, MA, presenting a new performance/installation work. Doors open at 7pm with performances beginning soon after.
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INFO:
TEST and The Present Tense, two Boston based performance art organizations, team up again to produce the third annual Festival of Performance Art, Contaminate 3 on view April 4th and 5th, 2008. The performance art exhibition will showcase 17 works of performance, sound, video and installation art by local and visiting international artists. The live performance pieces will push the contextual meaning of the object in action beyond the boundaries of routine.
The Midway Studios are located at 15 Channel Center Street in Boston’s Fort Point. The live art work will be presented the First Friday and Saturday of April, with a different line up each night. Doors open at 7pm. The video works will be screened at the same location through out both nights. The Midway Studios Building is MBTA accessible via the Red line at South Station.
http://contaminate-festival.testperformance.org
NEWS - LIVE PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
"SWEATACTION"
Live Performance, This Friday December 14 @ 7pm at Nurture Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Coinciding with the Bodies Of/At Work exhibition at Nurture Art, I will be premiering a brand new endurance performance/installation.
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"BODIES OF/AT WORK"
NEW EXHIBITION AT NURTURE ART GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NY
OPENING RECEPTION THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th 7-9PM
Video action "INHALER" is featured in the exhibition. I will also be doing a live performance in conjunction with the exhibition on December 1st. More Information to follow.
NEWS
I have been selected as part of Ox-Bow Artist in Residency Program in Saugatuck, Michigan for this fall, which will produce some 10-14 new actions. Please look at the video and picture sections of the website for this new set of work in mid-October. For those interested: http://www.ox-bow.org
In addition, I have been included in a group show at Nurture Art in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the fall to coincide with Performa 07. More information will be posted as received.
Website updates will continue until the end of the month, look forward to new remastered videos and photos from all documented actions, including Youtube video clips for all works.
NEWS
ABSOLVOR VIDEO UP IN VIDEO SECTION!
A rough edit of the ABSOLVOR performance is up in the Video section of the website.
Look for more updates throughout the month as the website is massively updated.
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- ABSOLVOR -
3 Day Endurance Performance Installation
June 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2007 / 1-9pm Daily
Bushwick Open Studios Weekend
English Kills Art Gallery
114 Forest St., 1st Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11206
May 17, 2007 -
Peter Dobill, in association with English Kills Art Gallery, is thrilled to present a new 3 day performance installation entitled "Absolvor," taking place on June 1, 2 and 3rd to coincide with the Bushwick Open Studios Weekend in Brooklyn. The performances will last each day for 8 hours, taking place daily from 1-9pm.
"Absolvor," is a site-specific installation composed specifically for English Kills Art Gallery. Suspended in air on the backs of hands and pinned by spears jutting out from the ceiling, actionist Peter Dobill's physical and mental capacities will be brought to his limits, tied down by hooks in a self made environment of pikes, nails, hearts and branches. This will be the first multi day action attempted by the artist.
Dobill describes the work as being an "extension of my concern within the body's capacity for transformation, allowing for energy to communicate between himself and the audience. " "Within this, I would hope that it produces an experience of communication much like witnessing the peeling away of shards of light from one's psyche."
Born in New Zealand, Dobill is an emerging Brooklyn based artist who has performed actions across the country. Incorporating physical endurance within his work, the focus is on the body in actions, seeking communication within physical and mental limits.
"Absolvor" is just one of many works in English Kills Art Gallery's cluster-fuck of a show featuring a dozen Bushwick artists across all media. The "Brooklyn Open Studio Festival Show" runs from June 1 - July 1, 2007.
English Kills Art Gallery is the newest art space to open in the Bushwick Neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Headed by Director/Curator Christopher Harding, English Kills Art Gallery focuses on representing Brooklyn artists in all media, seeking to engage conceptual, visual and political concerns through engagement, interaction and collaboration.
English Kills Art Gallery is located at 114 Forrest Street,1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206.
Directions: "L" Train to Morgan Ave. Stop, Exit onto Morgan Ave., Head South to Flushing Ave., Merge Right onto Forrest St.
More Information:
English Kills Art Gallery:
www.englishkillsartgallery.com
info@englishkillsartgallery.com
NEWS
NEW PERFORMANCE
I will be premiering a brand new solo performance @ English Kills Art Gallery in Bushwick during the Bushwick Open Studios weekend, June 1, 2, and 3rd.
More Information will be following soon.
NEWS
Thanks for all those who came out to the performance at Grace Exhibition Space, clips from the performance will be up soon.
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MARCH 12, 2007
PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT: An Evening of Performances Presented by: Grace Exhibition Space, and CAVE Curated by: Drew Ford
Artists: Peter Dobill, Naoki Iwakawa & Shige Moriya
Performance date: Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 7:30pm-10:30pm
Performance schedule: Peter Dobill 8:00pm-8:30pm Naoki Iwakawa (music by Tim Wright) 8:45pm-9:15pm Shige Moriya (music by Blake Fleming, Petre Radu Scafaru, Ninni Morgia) 9:30-10:00pm
Grace Exhibition Space 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, New York 11206 (718) 594-0642 www.gracespace.multiply.com
Grace Exhibition Space and CAVE, presents PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT= three individual performance pieces in one exciting evening of live art.
.PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT alludes to the key aspects of each of these three unique performer’s artworks. These three words are connected, as the artists are connected through the use of performance as their chosen vehicle for visual, auditory and physical communication. This title, however, should be seen as an unanswered equation, to be comprehended by the viewers as they bear witness to the performances.
These artists have all, at one time or another, found a home at CAVE. For years, CAVE has operated as one of the premiere gallery/performance spaces in Brooklyn, functioning as a gallery in Williamsburg. Currently, CAVE is gearing up for the production of the biennial New York Butoh Festival, the physical space itself currently used as a rental studio, with few in-site events open to the public. However, CAVE artists continue to perform in a myriad of other venues, in New York and also internationally. The artists, and CAVE, are pleased to collaborate with the newly formed Grace Exhibition Space, in this upcoming evening of performances.
ARTIST BIOS: Born in New Zealand, Peter Dobill is an emerging Brooklyn based artist who has performed across the country. Incorporating physical endurance within his work, the focus is on the body in action, seeking communication within physical and mental limits. Dobill will present a new “endurance” piece, where he will once again test the human body’s strength while at the same time laying bare it’s inescapable fragility.
Hailing from Japan, Naoki Iwakawa is a painter who uses movement and intense action in his work. His unique style of live action painting incorporates elements from earlier action painters, possessing a dimension of physicality rarely seen, at times throwing his entire body against the paint-covered canvases. He collaborates with musicians and movement artists, adding even more layers to an already complex and engaging performance style.
Shige Moriya, originally from Japan, works as a live video-based performance artist. His projections are sculptural images made from the movements of light in the interactions with darkness. In all of Moriya’s art, he communicates a message of deep spirituality and the yearning to return to nature, searching for beauty and substance amidst the light and shadows he explores. Mesmerizing natural images seamlessly reflect onto the movements of water and cascade across the room, creating a total atmosphere of luminous depth and subtlety.
Grace Exhibition Space, co-directed by Jill McDermid and Melissa Lockwood, is a newly established creative arts space, whose mission is to make possible the exhibition of live performance art + sound, video, installation & film - for local artists and from around the world.
DIRECTIONS TO GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE: Flushing Avenue Stop on J-M-Z Train Walk 3 blocks East on Broadway (away from Manhattan) GRACE Space is on the right side (btwn. Ellery St.& Park Ave.) 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor (left of liquor store) Ring top buzzer. The train tracks will be over head.
Founded in 1996, CAVE is one of the longest running experimental art spaces in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. CAVE is a not-for-profit 501c-3 organization that provides resident workspace, studio workspace, educational workshops, exhibition and performance opportunities, and assistance in the realization of projects that support risk-taking in the visual, media, and performing arts. Its mission is to establish an environment that attracts, provokes, and supports exchange, generative confrontation, and collaboration among artists and audiences of diverse cultures and artistic backgrounds. CAVE is co-directed by video artist & curator, Shige Moriya, and theater & dance director/performer, Ximena Garnica.
Primary programs include: (1) CAVE gallery, an art exhibition series (2) CAVE residences, workspace for local and international artists (3) CAVE AcTS, performance/workshop series (4) CAVE New York Butoh Festival (5) CAVE studio, a rental dance studio facility open to the public (6) CAVE productions, special projects, productions and commissions. CAVE Organization Inc. 58 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 T/F (718) 388-6780 www.CAVEartspace.org