Contemporary Performance Network

Contemporary Performance Network

10 Performance Cabaret Artists to Know: 6. Narcissister

Narcissister Narcissister employs a spectacle-rich approach to explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality. Humor, pop songs, elaborate costumes, contemporary dance, and her trademark mask are her tools in deconstructing stereotypical representations. By opening up and turning against themselves what Stuart Hall calls
December 11, 2017

10 Performance Cabaret Artists to Know: 5. Erin Markey

Erin Markey in conversation with Katherine Cooper: KC: It seems like you have to do a lot of code-switching because you occupy a few different worlds, whether that’s an MTV audition, or family Christmas or making a YouTube video or performing in drag and
December 11, 2017

10 Performance Cabaret Artists to Know: 4. Becca Blackwell

Becca Blackwell Becca Blackwell is a NYC based trans actor, performer and writer. Existing between genders, and preferring the pronoun “they,” Blackwell works collaboratively with playwrights and directors to expand our sense of personhood and the body through performance. Some of their
December 11, 2017

10 Performance Cabaret Artists to Know: 3. Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac Taylor Mac (who uses “judy”, lowercase sic, not as a name but as a gender pronoun) is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer.  “A critical darling of the New York scene” (NY Magazine), judy’s work has been
December 11, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 3. CREW (Belgium)

CREW As an experimental company CREW aims to visualize how technology is changing us. The art form that is used for this purpose and that quite simply engages the body of the spectator, is immersion. There are multiple ways of sharing immersive
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 4. Javier Molina (US)

Javier Molina Francisco Javier Molina is an engineer, actor and media artist working with virtual reality, motion capture, interactive installations, performance art and experimental film. He holds a degree inTelecommunications Engineering from the Army Polytechnic School in Quito, Ecuador. He moved to New York City
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 5. Yehuda Duenyas (US)

Yehuda Duenyas Yehuda Duenyas is an Experience Artist, and founder of the Emmy Award-winning Mindride, an experiential design collective specializing in next-generation entertainment and technology. He has created experiences and productions for Google/YouTube, Walt Disney Imagineering, MGM/UA, the Ad Council, R/GA, Droga
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 6. Victor Morales (US)

Victor Morales Victor Morales born in Venezuela, received a Law Degree from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, in Caracas, in 1990. During his time there he was an active member of the University Theater Group, where he directed several plays, including writing and
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 7. Taeyoon Choi (US/Korea)

Taeyoon Choi Taeyoon Choi is an artist, educator, and activist based in New York and Seoul. His art practice involves performance, electronics, drawings, and installations that form the basis for storytelling in public spaces. He has published artists’ books, including ‘Urban Programming
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 8. Hwa Young Jung (UK)

Hwa Young Jung Hwa Young Jung is an award winning multidisciplinary artist/maker/curator working in the arts, cultural and sciences, facilitating collaborative workshops and projects. Based in Manchester (UK) she has been involved in producing projects with grassroots led community spaces, makers and
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 9. Amar C. Bakshi (US)

Amar C. Bakshi Amar C. Bakshi is an artist whose work focuses on how to integrate technology into environments and across pronounced distance to create new forms of digital-physical public spaces that challenge and subvert existing norms. In particular, he works to
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 10. ATOM-R (US)

ATOM-R (Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality) ATOM-R is a provisional collective exploring forensics, anatomy, and 21st century embodiment through performance, language and emerging technologies. Participants include Mark Jeffery (choreography) and Judd Morrissey (technology and dramaturgical systems) merge digital literary practices and performance,
December 6, 2017

10 Mixed Reality Artists To Know: 1. Blast Theory (UK)

“mixed reality performances deliberately adopt hybrid forms that combine the real and virtual in multiple ways and through this, encourage multiple and shifting viewpoints” – Performing Mixed Reality, Steve Benford and Gabriella Giannachi As technology continues to invade and evolve our lives, so
December 4, 2017

Opportunities: Application MA exerce 2018-2020 (ICI — centre chorégraphique national, Montpellier (France)) 07/12/2017

Application MA exerce 2018-2020 (ICI — centre chorégraphique national, Montpellier (France)) January 18th, 19th, 20th, 2018 Dead Line: 07/12/2017 Online Application: http://ccnmlr.com/master/inscription2018_2020_en.php Fee to Apply: Free Description Of Opportunity: The goals of the master MA exerce is intended for young artists willing
November 30, 2017

Opportunities: ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (Kuopio, Finland) 12/12/2017

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (Kuopio, Finland) September 25-30, 2018 Dead Line: 12/12/2017 Online Application: http://antifestival.com/en/play-games-and-gaming-driving-anti-festival-2018-open-call-for-proposals/ Fee to Apply: FREE Description Of Opportunity: The 17th edition of ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival will take place between 25th and 30th September 2018. ANTI
November 30, 2017

10 Choreographers You Should Know: 2. Karol Tyminski (Berlin/Warsaw)

Karol Tyminski (Berlin/Warsaw) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikKNcS-4c5E Karol Tymiński is a Polish choreographer/performer, member of Centrum w Ruchu, graduated from Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.) in Brussels, Belgium and Warsaw Ballet School. The works created by Tyminski has being presented in various venues in
November 27, 2017

10 Choreographers You Should Know: 5. Will Rawls (NYC)

Will Rawls (NYC) willrawls.com Will Rawls is a choreographer, writer and performer. His practice engages relationships between language, image, architecture, sound and dance, to formulate nondisciplinary questions regarding humanity and social inscription. He frames the self within the scripted and racialized anatomy
November 27, 2017
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