Contents for April 17, 2023
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1. Ogemdi Ude, FF Alumn, at Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, Manhattan, April 20-22
2. Dread Scott, FF Alumn, at The 8th Floor, Manhattan, May 9
3. Charles Yuen, FF Alumn, at LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA, opening May 5
4. Kiyan Williams, Ogemdi Ude, FF Alumns, at DUMBO Open Studios, Brooklyn, April 22-23
5. Asia Stewart, FF Alumn, at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, opening April 22, and more
6. Alison O’Daniel, FF Alumn, US tour of The Tuba Thieves, thru April 29
7. Tobaron Waxman, FF Alumn, at The ArQuives, Toronto, Canada, thru May 19
8. Harley Spiller, FF Alumn, now online at vimeo.com
9. Karen Finley, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
10. Blaise Tobia, FF Alumn, at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, opening April 28
11. Priscilla Stadler, FF Member, at Espresso, Jackson Heights, NY, April 19, and more12.
12. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, at Project8.gallery, Melbourne, Australia, opening April 21
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1. Ogemdi Ude, FF Alumn, at Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, Manhattan, April 20-22
Cameo is a new evening-length duet performance created by dance and interdisciplinary artist Ogemdi Ude premiering April 20-22, 2023 as part of Gibney’s (New York, NY) leading presentation series, Gibney Presents. Structured as an elaborate memory card game, and featuring a multimedia installation and live soundscape, this work engages in an essential Black cultural practice – sharing the stories that make us who we are, even when we have forgotten pieces along the way.
Dates:
Thursday, April 20th, 8pm
Friday, April 21st, 8pm
Saturday, April 22nd, 8pm*
*American Sign Language (ASL) and Audio Description (AD) will be provided at Saturday’s performance.
Location:
Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
280 Broadway (Enter at 53A Chambers Street)
New York, NY 10007
Tickets can be purchased here: https://gibneydance.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.115158535.1668581529.1680671675-1735925997.1677963347#/events/a0S8W00000e9o8kUAA
Thank you.
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2. Dread Scott, FF Alumn, at The 8th Floor, Manhattan, May 9
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
The 8th Floor
17 West 17th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Tuesday, May 9, 6-8pm
A Sourcebook of Performance Labor: Book Launch with Author Joey Orr and Discussion with Dread Scott, Rudy Gerson, and Kyle Carrero Lopez
RSVP through this link: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejqt39sja120b18b&oseq=&c=&ch=
This public discussion centers on the recent publication of A Sourcebook of Performance Labor (Routledge 2023) by curator Joey Orr, which reorients well-known works of contemporary performance and social practice around the workers who have shaped, enacted, and supported them. Emerging from perspectives on maintenance, care, and affective labor, Sourcebook is filled with the voices of collaborators in notable works attributed to established contemporary artists including Francis Alÿs, Tania Bruguera, Suzanne Lacy, Ernesto Pujol, Asad Raza, Dread Scott, and Tino Sehgal. This research aims to add perspectives to the ways we understand these works and their contexts, exploring the category of performance labor through the experiences of participants who helped craft this body of work. In a discussion on the ethics of participation, Joey Orr will be joined by Dread Scott, Rudy Gerson, and Kyle Carrero Lopez. Event details can be found here: https://www.the8thfloor.org/upcoming-events/sourcebook
Thank you.
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3. Charles Yuen, FF Alumn, at LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA, opening May 5
Rhyming the Invisible
April 20 – May 28, 2023
Opening reception
May 5, 5:00 – 8:00
Artist talk with writer and poet John Yau
Sat. May 6, 1:00 – 2:00, rsvp: info@laisunkeane.com
LaiSun Keane
460C Harrison Ave., C8A, Boston, MA 02118
914 495-6697
Thank you.
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4. Kiyan Williams, Ogemdi Ude, FF Alumns, at DUMBO Open Studios, Brooklyn, April 22-23
DUMBO Open Studios: https://www.smackmellon.org/program/dumbo-open-studios-4/
Sat and Sun. April 22 & 23, 1–6PM
Please note: masks are required to enter the lower level of our building where the artists’ studios are located.
Join us for the second Open Studios with the 2022–23 studio artists, this time in conjunction with DUMBO Open Studios! During Open Studios, Smack Mellon’s current exhibitions will also be on view for their final weekend:
Itziar Barrio, did not feel low, was sleeping: https://www.smackmellon.org/exhibition/itziar-barrio-did-not-feel-low-was-sleeping/
and
ann/drew gayle, just a moment: https://www.smackmellon.org/exhibition/ann-drew-gayle-just-a-moment/
2022–23 studio artists: https://www.smackmellon.org/artist-studio/current-artists/
DUMBO Open Studios: https://dumboopenstudios.com/
Throughout DUMBO and Vinegar Hill, visit more than 125 artists and art organizations, including artists-in-residence at the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Triangle Arts, BRIClab, and the New York Studio School. Exhibitions are on view at A.I.R. Gallery, Cuban Art Space, Empire Stores, Fred., GAIA Gallery, Higher Picture Generation, Klompching Gallery, Loop of the Loom, Main Window, MINUS SPACE, Platform Project Space, & Superfine!
Smack Mellon | 92 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Thank you.
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5. Asia Stewart, FF Alumn, at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, opening April 22, and more
I’m writing to invite you to the opening of my solo exhibition dreamgurl at A.I.R. Gallery on Saturday, April 22nd from 6pm – 8pm.
dreamgurl
A.I.R. Gallery
155 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
April 22nd – May 21st
dreamgurl showcases a series of photographic self-portraits. After a video of my 2020 performance “La Négresse blanche” was shared on various pornographic sites without my consent, I processed this violation by exploring the possibility of being a producer of pornographic images.
This is a special exhibition for me; dreamgurl is my first solo show, and it marks the culmination of projects that I have been developing during my fellowship at A.I.R. Gallery over the past six months. I will be activating this exhibition with durational performances in the gallery on Saturday, April 29th and Sunday, April 30th from 2pm – 6pm. You can sign up to attend those performances here.
If you cannot make it to the opening or performances, I am more than happy to walk you through the exhibition one-on-one. I’ll be at the gallery on:
Friday, April 28th, 10am – 6pm
Friday, May 12th, 10am – 6pm
Friday, May 19th, 10am – 6pm
Thank you so much for all of your support this year! I hope to see you in the coming weeks.
With care,
Asia Stewart
she/her
Performance Artist
Thank you.
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6. Alison O’Daniel, FF Alumn, US tour of The Tuba Thieves, thru April 29
Upcoming! If you live in one of these cities, please come out and see my film The Tuba Thieves (and me possibly – I’m trying to go to many of these!)
Coming up:
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival 22 11:15AM, April 24 3:05PM, April 26 3PM CT
Ashland Independent Film Festival April 19 6:30PM PT I’ll be there!
Milwaukee Film Festival April 23 4PM, April 25 1:30PM CT
Washington D.C. International Film Festival April 23 3PM ET I’ll be there with Wawa Warren Snipe!
MOCA Los Angeles April 27, 2023 7:30PM PT I’ll be there in conversation with Charles Gaines.
Thin Line Doc Festival (Denton, TX), April 29 7PM CT I’ll be there!
Thank you.
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7. Tobaron Waxman, FF Alumn, at The ArQuives, Toronto, Canada, thru May 19
Activisions: Trans Histories and Activism 1960s – 1990s
April 19 – May 19, 2023
The ArQuives
34 Isabella
Toronto, Canada
https://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/intersections-2023-activisions/
“In this one-of-a-kind exhibition, The ArQuives opens their doors for the public to experience their recently created Trans Collections. Curated by Tobaron Waxman, this exhibition explores some histories of trans resilience in Toronto from the 1950s to the 1990s. Curator Tobaron Waxman offers a unique lens on some of Toronto’s trans community histories, focusing on the fight for access to trans aware health care, language, imagery, and mutual aid. The ArQuives Trans Collections have been collecting memories, art and documents to share histories of community, activism, and trans triumphs under extreme circumstances.
Round-table discussion:
Myseum of Toronto + The ArQuives Present:
A Roundtable on Trans Histories and Activism in Toronto, 1950s – 90s
Date: April 19
Time: 7pm EST
More info and registration here: https://arquives.ca/program/a-roundtable-on-trans-activism
Myseum of Toronto and The ArQuives invite you to join us for a roundtable discussion on trans activism in Toronto between the 1960s and 1990s. In this rare opportunity, speakers Monica Forrester, Mirha Soleil Ross, and Rupert Raj will reflect on some of their foundational actions that helped create kinship and activist culture for the rights of trans people. This intergenerational roundtable will explore the implications and impact of communities whose members self-determined their own definitions of sustainability and health, as their own advocates in the face of violence, oppression, and adversity. With exhibition curator Tobaron Waxman, and moderator Sly Sarkisova.”
Monica Forrester is a Two-Spirit trans woman, a community activist, a sex worker, and an important piece of Toronto’s LGBTQ2+ history. Monica has an ongoing and intensive life of advocacy work in Toronto. She is the Executive Director and founder of Trans Pride Toronto. She formerly worked at the 519, where she contributed to Trans Programming and was the outreach worker for the Trans Sex Worker Outreach Programme. She is currently the program coordinator of the Aboriginal Sex Workers Education and Outreach Project at Maggie’s: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project.
Rupert Raj is transgender activist, trans social author, and former psychotherapist. Raj is a transgender pioneer who dedicated his career to clinical research, counselling and advocacy for the transgender community for over 50 years. Raj established (and co-established) some of Canada’s earliest trans advocacy organizations, including the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (disbanded). Raj also established the first national transsexual newsletter in Canada, Gender Review: A FACTual Journal.
Mirha-Soleil Ross is a transexual videographer, performance artist, sex worker, and activist. Since the early 1990s, her work has focused on transsexual rights, access to resources, advocacy for sex workers, and animal rights in Montreal and Toronto.
Sly Sarkisova is a Psychotherapist, Consultant, and Clinical Supervisor specializing in trauma informed therapy, mental health and addiction recovery.
Tobaron Waxman is an interdisciplinary artist who sings.Tobaron’s projects interrogate how borders and notions of citizenship make moral and ethical claims on our bodies. Tobaron’s works have been exhibited and published internationally; grappling with issues of border and embodiment, such as migrancy and houselessness, nation and the state, and gender and racial passing. Fellowships and awards have included generous support from Franklin Furnace, Canada Council, Kulturlabor ICI Berlin, Akademie der Künst der Welt/Köln, New Museum NYC, invited participant of the first Master Class for Trans Voice at Opera Berlin, and the inaugural Audience Award of Jewish Museum NY for the 8-hour endurance performance Opshernish, accessed by Leslie Lohman LGBT Museum in 2022. In 2013, Tobaron founded The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency, as a combined curatorial, relational/live art, and sociopolitical praxis.
More on The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency here: https://queerartistresidency.ca/
Thank you.
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8. Harley Spiller, FF Alumn, now online at https://vimeo.com/764389727
Please visit this link to Pratt Institute student Milo Straghalis’ video portrait of Franklin Furnace Archive’s Ken Dewey Director, Harley Spiller:
Thank you.
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9. Karen Finley, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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10. Blaise Tobia, FF Alumn, at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, opening April 28
Blaise Tobia’s photographic series of The Ant Farm’s Cadillac Ranch (1974) will be featured in the exhibition:
“The Rationality of the Streamline”
Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
April 29 – July 3, 2023 (opening reception April 28)
https://kunsthaus-dahlem.de/en/ausstellung/paul-jaray/
Thank you.
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11. Priscilla Stadler, FF Member, at Espresso, Jackson Heights, NY, April 19, and more
An in-depth artist’s talk (come in person or attend virtually), a new residency begins, and the SLUDGE project show is next month.
Hope you can join for some or all. Please see below for details. Happy spring!
Artist’s Talk
Wednesday, April 19, 8:00 pm
Jackson Heights Art Talks (JHAT) at Espresso 77, 35-57 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. We invite you to arrive around 7:00 pm, settle in with a drink and/or food, and grab a seat. Espresso 77 is pleased to offer a happy hour until 8 pm for our event.
Priscilla Stadler will give a 30-40 minute talk about her interdisciplinary work. She will be introduced by JHAT veteran Evie McKenna sharing images/videos of her recent animation and mixed media print work. An informal Q&A will follow.
Not able to make it in person? The event will also be live streamed via JHAT’s FB page.
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Artist Residency at Governors Island
From April – July 2023, I am participating in the LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council)’s on Governors Island with a cohort of 18 other artists.
LMCC’s team writes:
“The Arts Center at Governors Island is home to year-round artist residency programs for artists working in any discipline…LMCC’s residency programs are a vital part of our commitment to ensuring artists have free, collaborative space for creative development and production in New York City today and long into our shared futures.”
This studio space is especially welcome as I prepare for the SLUDGE show next month!
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SLUDGE
From May 18 – 28th, 2023, the SLUDGE project installation will take place at Local Project in Long Island City, Queens, NYC. The project examines the history and science of this highly toxic and fascinating NYC waterway, which divides Queens and Brooklyn. Currently an EPA Superfund site, the Creek has been the site of toxic dumping since the mid-19th century. To learn more visit the SLUDGE project page.
Exhibition hours are Fridays from 6 -8 pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 2 – 5 pm, or by appointment [priscillastudio@gmail.com].
Opening reception: Friday, May 19, 6 – 8 pm
Closing reception: Sunday May 28, 2 – 5 pm
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Thank you.
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12. Irina Danilova, FF Alumn, at Project8.gallery, Melbourne, Australia, opening April 21
Project8 Gallery <>, Melbourne, Australia, April 22-May 27, 2023, Curated by Cura8
opening April 21, 6-8 pm. Performances May 19, 6-8 pm. project8.gallery
Thank you.
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