Goings On: posted week of December 8, 2006CONTENTS:
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1. Kal Spelletich, FF Alumn, in Vienna, thru Dec 10
2. Andrea Cote, FF Member, at Scope Miami, Dec 7-8
3. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, at VanBrunt Gallery, Beacon, NY through Dec 31
4. Jacki Apple, FF Alumn, in Hanoi, Vietnam Jan 3-4, 2007
5. Kate Gilmore, FF Alumn, in The New York Times, Nov. 24, 2006
6. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, in Deggendorf, Germany, thru Feb 25, 2007
7. Koosil-ja, FF Alumn, at The Kitchen, NY, tonite and Dec 9, 8 pm
8. Yvonne Rainer, FF Visionary, at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Dec 16, 12-2 pm
9. Joshua Fried, FF Alumn, at Solas, NY, Dec 10, 8 pm
10. R. Sikoryak, Todd Alcott, FF Alumns, at Dixon Place, Dec 7, 7:30 pm
11. Lynn Swanson, FF Alumn, in Turin, Italy, thru Dec 16
12. Natalie Bookchin, Coco Fusco, Julia Scher, FF Alumns, at EACC, Spain, thru Jan 21, 2007
13. Lelia Pendleton at art6 gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Dec 9, 8 pm
14. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, new Christmas video now online
15. Rev. Billy, FF Alumn, at Cooper Union’s Great Hall, Dec 10, 7 pm
16. Eve Biddle, FF Alumn, launches new website, www.evebiddle.com
17. Yuliya Lanina, FF Member, at Pool Art Fair, Miami, and more
18. Maciej Toporowicz, FF Alumn, at Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT opening Dec 21
19. Anne Flournoy, FF Alumn, new short film now online
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1. Kal Spelletich, FF Alumn, in Vienna, thru Dec 10
I am in an exhibit in Vienna Austria this Dec.5-10, 2006 at a festival called Roboexotica, http://roboexotica.org
I was in the show last year and it is well worth the visit to Vienna. It is frosty cold there this time of year so you get the full effect of the winter holidays! The exhibit is free to the public with many many free cocktails served to you by machines and robots, i kid you not. AND, i will be Bar B-Qing and DJing every night, like last year, so there’s free vienna sausages cooked by moi! (like only an ex-Iowan current Califonian can cook!).I am also hosting a symposium with all of the presenting artists.
There is a GREAT coffee shop and bakery called Demel I WILL take you to to, like nothing and nowhere else on the planet!
http://www.demel.at/en/index_en_flash.htm
Here are some photos of my current piece i am bringing, the VINO VIPER and some photos from last years exhibit and all of the necessary links:
http://www.monkeyview.net/id/4/roboexotica/index.vhtml
http://roboexotica.org/en/mainentry.htm
and yeah, good work voting the crooks out of office, don’t forget 2008!!
all the best,
kal
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2. Andrea Cote, FF Member, at Scope Miami, Dec 7-8
Dear friends and colleagues-
If you will be in Miami next week please come see my featured performance at -Scope Miami. Details are below. I look forward to seeing you there!
-Andrea
917-445-5691
The artist and the artwork as nomad. BodySite reflects the artist’s need to adapt, to transport one’s vision to a multitude of places. In this mobile live performance, the artist moves slowly inside a three-dimensional painting. Fusing figure and ground, BodySite resides in the boundary between abstraction and figuration and visual art and dance, creating a space for viewers to slow down and reflect amid the bustle of the fair.
BodySite
A Featured Perfomance of -Scope Miami
Thursday December 7 at 5:30 and the VIP Benefit
Friday December 8 at 3:00
Roberto Clemente Park, Wynnwood
www.scope-art.com
www.andreaspace.net
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3. Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, at VanBrunt Gallery, Beacon, NY through Dec 31
Norm Magnusson, FF Alumn, is exhibiting work at VanBrunt Gallery, Beacon, NY through Dec. 31, 2006. For more information please visit vanbruntgallery.com
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4. Jacki Apple, FF Alumn, in Hanoi, Vietnam Jan 3-4, 2007
Jacki Apple will be giving a visual presentation using her website www.jackiapple.com and a talk on her work at the Goethe Institute, Hanoi on Wednesday evening, January 3rd at 6 PM. On Thursday January 4 she will be a guest at NHA SAN Duc artists space at 8 PM where she will have an exchange with local artists about a variety of art and cultural issues.
happy holidays and best regards,
Jacki
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5. Kate Gilmore, FF Alumn, in The New York Times, Nov 24, 2006
Congratulations to Kate Gilmore, FF Fund for Performance Art recipient, 2006-2007, for the photo and article on her work in last week’s New York Times. Here’s the text of the story by Benjamin Genocchio:
“For her video works, the adorably goofy performance artist Kate Gilmore has been pelted with tomatoes, has roller-skated up a ramp doused with fudge, has jumped rope in stilettos on a perforated platform and has cemented her leg inside a bucket. Now she is back, making her Brooklyn solo exhibition debut with three new videos at Pierogi that continue her exploration of pain, desire and the limits of human endurance. Top billing goes to “Main Squeeze,” a kooky video of Ms. Gilmore crawling through a tapering wooden tunnel she constructed in her studio. Cameras at both ends of the tunnel capture the tomboyish artist squiggling and squirming her way through; the performance lasts five minutes during which she scuffs her elbows and knees. But she is just warming up. Later in the show a video shows her standing against a wall in a matronly dress as the video camera swings back and forth, punching her in the stomach. Thought it’s laugh-inducing at first, the action becomes disturbing as Ms. Gilmore begins to grunt and groan in pain. This is hard to watch, though her clever incorporation of the camera into the work suggests a possible new direction for her: She seems to have realized the unsettling potential of using the camera as an actor or as a sculptural prop, letting us vicariously participate in the performance (“Hopelessly Devoted,” through Dec. 23 at Pierogi, 1787 North Ninth Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-599-2144, pierogi2000.com)”
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6. Robbin Ami Silverberg, FF Alumn, in Deggendorf, Germany, thru Feb 25, 2007
Robbin Ami Silverberg is in an exhibition ” Paper Road – Industry Paper Art” that takes place in the museums of Deggendorf. The exhibition is on view thru February 25 2007.
Stadt Deggendorf
Abteilung V/53
Handwerksmuseum
Maria-Ward-Platz 1
94469 Deggendorf
Tel: 0991 2960 560
Fax: 0991 2960 559
E-mail: ulrike.schwarz@deggendorf.de
http://www.deggendorf.de
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7. Koosil-ja, FF Alumn, at The Kitchen, NY, tonite and Dec 9, 8 pm
Koosil-ja
Dance without Bodies
Dec 6-9 (Wed-Sat) 8pm
Tickets $12
Drawing on her performance work with The Wooster Group and the ideas of philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, choreographer Koosil-ja presents a new dance work built around two simultaneous, yet spatially disconnected solos that question the fundamental role of “presence” in performance and allude to an understanding of the “self” as a subject always in process. Created in collaboration with dancer Melissa F. Guerrero, Benton-C Bainbridge (video), and Geoff Matters (music, video, and software design), Koosil-jas “live processing” performance method requires the dancers to synthesize, in real-time, the action depicted in multiple videos and then to generate, from these randomly combined sources, new movement that is neither pure improvisation nor set choreography, yielding unique results each evening.
Dance without Bodies is made possible with support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space program and The Fund for Creative Communities, the Greenwall Foundation, Experimental Television Center Presentation Fund and Finishing Fund, Meet The Composer Creative Connections, The Jerome Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The American Music Center Live Music for Dance program, and The Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund.
Dance programs at The Kitchen are made possible with sponsorship support from Altria Group, Inc., with generous grants from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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8. Yvonne Rainer, FF Visionary, at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Dec 16, 12-2 pm
YVONNE RAINER BOOK READING AND SIGNING
Saturday, December 16: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
RONALD FELDMAN FINE ARTS, INC.
31 Mercer Street at Grand Street
The Feldman gallery will host a reading and signing by Yvonne Rainer of her book, Feelings are Facts: A Life, recently published by M.I.T. Press.
The event is free to the public and is part of a series of events planned in conjunction with an exhibition by Peggy Jarrell Kaplan titled “Contemporary Dance: Portraits of Choreographers 1981 – 2006,” which is on view at the Feldman Gallery through December 22.
Dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, Yvonne Rainer was one of the founders of the influential Judson Church Theater in 1962 and central figure in the American postmodern dance movement. Her memoir traces her personal and artistic coming of age, using diary entries, letters, program notes, excerpts from film scripts, snapshots, and film frame enlargements.
The same bracing honesty, sly wit, human insight, and formal brilliance that made Yvonne Rainer among the most influential figures of her generation make ”Feelings are Facts” an irresistible pleasure. The book is both a moving personal memoir and a fascinating cultural history; it reveals the complex relationship between the emotional life and creative work of a remarkable artist during a period of seismic shifts in American culture and society.
–Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
For more information contact Cathy Serrano at (212) 226-3232 or cathy@feldmangallery.com.
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9. Joshua Fried, FF Alumn, at Solas, NY, Dec 10, 8 pm
{–shoes, steering wheel, boombox, laptop–}
{-turning live radio into recombinant funk-}
RADIO WONDERLAND live in NYC!
Sunday 10 December 2006, 8pm
From Joshua Fried–remixer, performance artist
and the youngest composer in Schirmer’s
American Music in the 20th Century
appearing at
-SPLICE-
NYC’s Eclectic Electronic Sundays
at Solas
232 E. 9th Street, betw/ 2 & 3rd Aves.
Sunday 10 December 2006, 8pm
Admission FREE
RADIO WONDERLAND — the media-mashing/multi-metric/high-concept/
hi-lo tech/everyday object/spaced-out/booty-shaking/new music dance band
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10. R. Sikoryak, Todd Alcott, FF Alumns, at Dixon Place, Dec 7, 7:30 pm
Dixon Place presents…
CAROUSEL
Cartoon slide shows & other projected pictures presented by a glittering array of artists, performers, graphic novelists, & other characters.
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
Featuring
Todd Alcott
Robbie Busch
Leela Corman
Julie Klausner
Jim Torok
Brian Michael Weaver
David Wells
And R.S.
with guest appearances by Nina Hellman and James Urbaniak
Thursday, December 7
8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Fl, between Houston & Prince
Tickets: $12 or TDF; $10 student/senior
Advance tickets & more info:
www.dixonplace.org
(212) 219-0736
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11. Lynn Swanson, FF Alumn, in Turin, Italy, thru Dec 16
Lynn Swanson, FF Alumn, is in Turin, Italy until 16 December shooting “The Mother of Tears” with director Dario Argento.
“La Terza Madre” (Italian title) is the third film in the trilogy that legendary horror-thriller director Dario Argento (whose films are lauded for their unusual camerawork and stunning visual beauty) began in 1977 with “Suspiria” and continued with “Inferno” in 1980. Working with Argento for the third time as dialogue coach (for all roles and for as many as 30 “possessed” extras speaking 11 different languages), and with an international cast that includes Asia Argento, Udo Kier, Valeria Cavalli and Daria Nicolodi, FF Alumn Lynn Swanson also makes an appearance in the film as a distraught nun.
“The Mother of Tears” is tentatively scheduled for early spring release.
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12. Natalie Bookchin, Coco Fusco, Julia Scher, FF Alumns, at EACC, Spain, thru Jan 21, 2007
cyberfem- feminisms on the electronic landscape
at
EACC
espai D’Art Contemporani de Castello
www.eacc.es
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13. Lelia Pendleton at art6 gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Dec 9, 8 pm
art6, the non-profit gallery of which FF alum Mitzi Humphrey is a co-founder, has a new president, Lelia Pendleton, a mime, who will be performing this Saturday night at the gallery. Lelia Pendleton presents her all-original 1-woman show, “Balancing Act”, and takes a humorous view of our whirling, busy life. “Balancing Act” looks at some of modern life’s multi-tasks and the effects they have on our balance. Through the perspectives of an ol’ hound dawg, a little girl, and a modern working couple, among others, our modern life is revealed. This mime show is in the style of the late Tony Montanaro, Lelia’s dear teacher. She aims to bring this unique approach to audiences everywhere.
She will perform her show on December 9 th at 8 PM here in Richmond at art6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad St. The tickets are $5 at the door, which opens at 7:30. For more information about the show, contact Lelia at bnkshothtr@aol.com. For directions and information about art6, check out the website, http://art6.org/ Mitzi may be reached at chiaroscuro2@msn.com or picass0@verizon.net.
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14. Jay Critchley, FF Alumn, new Christmas video now online
Christmas Warming Alphabet, Jay Critchley
Santa and Frosty meet FEMA for a toasty holiday!
Please check it out my new video, …. and spread it around…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcUXP6Jq3E
PIECE, Jay
www.jaycritchley.com
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15. Rev. Billy, FF Alumn, at Cooper Union’s Great Hall, Dec 10, 7 pm
SAVE CHRISTMAS FROM THE SHOPOCALYPSE!
With the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
And the Not Buying It Band. Cooper Union’s Great Hall, Sunday December 10th at 7 PM. $10 no-one turned away, ReverendBilly.Org for reservations and details
Bring a Gift to give away to a stranger – we’ll start a gift economy at the Great Hall. This is the feel-good solution for radicals. Santa is just a multi-national with a beard, and a real gift economy at Christmas will change the whole year.
The Choir and Rev dedicate this performance to the activist memory of Brad Will.
Great Hall At Cooper Union, Sunday Dec 10, 7 PM. 7th Street at 4th Ave, 6 train to Astor Place
Ticketing and reservation details at ReverendBilly.Org
© 2006 all rights unreserved and for the people, Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping
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16. Eve Biddle, FF Alumn, launches new website, www.evebiddle.com
hello all,
up and running:
www.evebiddle.com
cheers,
Eve
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17. Yuliya Lanina, FF Member, at Pool Art Fair, Miami, and more
Dear friends,
I will be in Miami at the Pool Art Fair
http://www.poolartfair.com/pool_miami_06/index.html
Cavalier Hotel, room 105
1320 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Please stop by if you are in Miami!
My show in Williamsburg, New York is up until December 31st.
Here is a link for its review
http://wagmag.org/reviews.php
More on the show at
http://articleprojects.blogspot.com/2006/10/yuliya-lanina-play-with-me.html
Hope to see you!
Yuliya
www.yuliyalanina.com
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18. Maciej Toporowicz, FF Alumn, at Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT opening Dec 21
Maciej Toporowicz, FF Alumn, has work in an exhibition at Real Art Ways in Hartford Connecticut, opening December 21, 2006 and continuing thru January 14, 2007. For more information please visit www.realartways.org
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19. Anne Flournoy, FF Alumn, new short film now online
Dear friends,
One of my short films NADJA YET is on line.
If you watch it, please make sure that the volume is all the way up on your computer. Here’s the link:
http://revver.com/watch/112088.
Hope you like it.
My best,
Anne
“Anne Flournoy’s nine-minute showstopper “Nadja Yet” had English-speakers helpless with laughter.” VARIETY
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