Member Spotlight: Laurel Jay Carpenter (Alfred, NY, USA)
Laurel Jay Carpenter is a performance and installation artist, investigating longing, devotion and alchemy in her durational live works. She has exhibited extensively in New York City at venues including Exit Art/The First World, The Knitting Factory, Performance Space 122, Judson Church House, the ISE, and SOHO20 Galleries, and Brooklyn’s Borough Hall. Laurel has been...
Member Spotlight: Nina Boas (Rotterdam, Netherlands) March 5-12, 2011
Each week the top ten most active members on the network are voting on. The winner is promoted on the network front page and interviewed on the blog. To see this week’s voting click here–>. Below is this weeks Spotlight Member, Nina Boas (Rotterdam, Netherlands). 1. Can you tell us a little about your work, your...
Member Spotlight: Julie Tolentino (Joshua Tree, CA, USA)
Julie Tolentino Joshua Tree, CA, US Bio: Tolentino creates intimate solo movement-based installations including her time-based durational performances, sculptural endurance events and audio soundscapes. She performed with David Rousseve/REALITY Dance Theater, Ron Athey, Ibrahim Quarishi, Helen Paris and Leslie Hill, Margarita Guergue, Amy Pivar, Ori Flomin, Rob Roth and others. Tolentino’s work has been presented...
Member Spotlight: The Nerve Tank (NYC, USA)
Every week the members of Contemporary Performance Network vote to spotlight one member. This week’s Member Spotlight is The Nerve Tank (NYC, USA) Bio: Founded in 2006 by Melanie S. Armer and Chance D. Muehleck, The Nerve Tank is an incubator for theatrical performance. We collaborate with actors and designers in a spirit of artistic adventure,...
Member Spotlight: David Commander (Brooklyn, NY, US)
1. Can you tell us a little about your work, your history and your performative concerns. My work is an attempt to give form to an unutterable force that spills past the boundaries of thought into a dark, confusing place without expression. The drive behind this compulsion usually deals with concepts like ‘us and them’...
Member Spotlight: Bruno Listopad | DISJOINTEDARTS (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
My works also stand for the art of the encounter and the exploration of new artistic potential beyond the predictable and imaginable. These operate through devised performance that is mostly interpersonal, relational and process driven. The objectives regarding content and final form are often developed through dialogue and collective reflection throughout the creative process. These...
Member Spotlight: 4 Questions For Manolis Tsipos (Athens & Amsterdam)
Manolis Tsipos (Athens & Amsterdam) Occupation: performance maker, performer, writer, DasArts attendant Bio He was born in 1979. He is currently a participant of DasArts-Master of Theatre, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is co-founder of the theatre collective “Nova Melancholía”, based in Athens, Greece. He is a performance maker, performer and writer. 1. Can you...
