Can Survival Be Choreographed? Gisèle Vienne’s Extra Life at the Holland Festival
In Extra Life at the Holland Festival, Gisèle Vienne sculpts fog, sound, and time into a choreography of survival, tracing how bodies persist after trauma.
First Person: Crawling with Monsters at Houston Fringe Festival (Houston, TX, USA)
As a part of the Houston Fringe Festival, Crawling with Monsters performed on Sunday, September 9. This group is comprised of students and recent alumni from the University of Texas—Pan American near the Mexico-Texas border. The show is based on interviews and
First Person: Tino Seghal’s These associations At The Tate Modern (UK)
Expectation was a curiosity as I read a few reviews but seen none of the video’s or photo’s related to the latest Turbine Hall commision by Tino Seghal. All of the video’s and photo’s posted are all by audience members as Tino
First Person: “El Ausente” by Viviana Martinez (Guadalajara,Mexico)
El Ausente: means “one who was… but is no longer.” Viviana has developed as a painter in Mexico and Spain. However, during the past two years the approach to visual studies has made her work go from two-dimensional to multi-disciplinary experimentation. Her
First Person: “sweep and dart towards the centre” Odin Week festival (Malta)
I have just returned from Odin Week festival, 10 days filled with workshops, demonstrations, lectures and performances lead by members of Odin Teatret. With 47 years of experience, Odin Teatret is a company which has created productions, festivals, community projects, publications, workshops,
First Person: LAK – Festival of Nordic Sound Art (Copenhagen/DK)
The LAK Festival for Nordic Sound Art was held in an old paint factory in the Amager part of Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival consisted of both an exhibition and an extended performance programme running over 4 days, from September 6th to 9th.
First Person: Findlay//Sansmark’s fractured bones/let’s get lost (NYC)
Probably the first thing one would notice walking into findlay//sansmark’s new piece would be the row of programmers lined up in front of the stage, wearing costumes and foil hats. Or perhaps it was the small tower of aged computer monitors playing
First Person: 9.11
“September 11th, eleven years after two planes leveled the Twin Towers.I was on a plane last night, flying to NY, and coincidentally the woman next to me had been exactly where I was during the crash, just north of Canal Street. She
First Person: Igvonne (Houston, TX, USA)
Igvonne is a site-specific work of architecture and performance which is on view in a window at 110 Milam Street, as a part of Blaffer Art Museum’s Window into Houston project. Linda Post and Robert Appleton have created a scene of Houston
First Person: Worldwide Vexations (Global)
In a recent collaboration, musicians in cities around the world put together a singular performance comprised of 97 musicians in 16 different cities concurrently. This was broadcast on a central website via webcam. The piece being performed was Eric Satie’s Vexations–a piece when
First Person: Silence, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX USA)
Silence is on view at the The Menil Collection from July 27 through October 21, 2012. The day after it opened, I visited the exhibition for what I hope to be the first of several visits. This exhibition is packed with
First Person: Medium by The Bridge Club (Houston, TX, USA)
All four performers were wearing skirts and shirts appearing to be in a style from around the 1950’s which also included similar hair styles. While suspended well above the audience in their unique, matching attire, they appeared otherworldly and in fact did
First Person: Esther Kläs at MoMA PS1 (NYC)
Esther Kläs Better Energy MoMA PS1 June 3rd to September 17th On Audience Activation One’s typical reading and research on Esther Kläs would lead to a discussion over self-generated sculptural work, the fluidity of her creative process, and an overarching sense
First Person: Bruce Nauman – Days (London, UK)
Bruce Nauman’s latest exhibition ‘Days’ is a sound installation that comprises of fourteen flat panel speakers playing the sound of seven different voices reciting the days of the week in random order. The work reflects both the complexities and simplicities of the
First Person: Prumsodun Ok–OF LAND AND SKY (LA)
New Original Works Festival REDCAT August 2 – 4 http://www.redcat.org/event/new-original-works-festival-2012-week-two Known for his fearless reinterpretations of classical Cambodian dance, choreographer and performer Promsodum Ok brings his latest ensemble work to the 2012 REDCAT N.O.W. Festival. Of Land and Sky is a layered,
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