Arahmaiani “Violence No More”
Violence No More — The semi-‐transparent paper on the windows of the Defibrillator allows for natural light to stream into an otherwise dark gallery. A circle of unlit candles consumes a majority of the gallery floor. People walk in from the street and then sit down to form a neat outer-‐circle around the makeshift barrier. […]
Zierle & Carter Installation
“If you don’t resist and you don’t fear, you will always come back up to the surface again” – written in red lipstick on her window Two window installations 2 long stemmed white Candles 2 Wood chairs Burnt toast covering the female head and the male head Each in their own space He knocked on […]
Alice Vogler “An Evening of Messages”
Alice Vogler’s An Evening of Messages occupied a space at Rapid Pulse that was unlike any other work in the festival. She made neither a stand-alone performance with a set time (30 minutes in front of a seated audience, for example); or a durational work that the audience is meant to experience in whatever way […]
Interview with Anna Felicity Friedman aka the Burlesque Butcher
ET: On your website, alongside a photo of you, is a caption that I love: “Just a small feminist note…this is what a real, non-photoshopped, 5′ 7″, 127 pound, size 4 to 6 body looks like. Yes, I look chubby by magazine and fashion-industry standards, which gives you an indication of how misleading and manipulated […]
Jefferson Pinder: Who is entitled to do the right stuff?
Black Power/White Light 2010 Fist on wall Baltimore to DC City expanding “Identity” Polarity black and white Extreme division Chicago considered “most segregated city in the US” Target-‐mix drift I am looking at the environment Falling into what I steer clear from Get my hands dirty On the line between discussion and having questions Sometimes […]