Projects tagged
Performance
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Russian ballerina dances on frozen waters to save Batareinaya Bay
Read more: Russian ballerina dances on frozen waters to save Batareinaya Bay“A Russian ballerina from the renowned Mariinsky Theatre performed on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in protest against a construction project that is likely to threaten the area’s natural habitat. Dancer Ilmira Bagautdinova traded some of the…
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APEX: Ed Bereal
Read more: APEX: Ed BerealLegendary activist and artist Ed Bereal will be able to have his work displayed again in the newly reopened Portland Art Museum. He is a complex figure, gaining fame in LA in the 1960s for his abstract works and radical…
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art in odd places festival NORMAL
Read more: art in odd places festival NORMALImmersing in the art is what they are known for. As they slowly reopen, so is their annual public art and performance festival. Their mission statement says:“AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions…
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Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975
Read more: Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975Adrian Piper disguised her identity, changing her race, sex, and social class in order to experiment in public situations and gauge people’s reactions. She investigated how outwardly visible identity markers (like skin color) impacted others’ perceptions of her character. By…
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Carolee Schneemann, Interior Scroll, 1975
Read more: Carolee Schneemann, Interior Scroll, 1975This print is one of several works documenting a performance Schneemann made at Women Here and Now, an exhibition of paintings accompanied by a series of performances, in East Hampton, New York in August 1975. In front of an audience…
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Carolee Schneemann, Up to and including her limits, 1973-76
Read more: Carolee Schneemann, Up to and including her limits, 1973-76Carolee Schneemann is largely associated with her performance art of the 1960s and 1970s, in which she boldly addressed feminist and political issues in ways that shocked and engaged viewers. But she has always maintained that she is a painter,…
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Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975
Read more: Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975This is a parody of 1970s American daytime television aimed at housewives. In this performance Rosler takes on the role of an apron-clad housewife and parodies the television cooking demonstrations popularized by Julia Child in the 1960s. Standing in a…
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Mashrou’ Leila
Read more: Mashrou’ LeilaCAIRO — Seven Egyptians were arrested on charges of promoting homosexuality after concertgoers waved rainbow-colored flags at a rock concert in Cairo last week, Egyptian officials said. The arrests were the latest assault on social freedoms in Egypt under President…
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Ana Masreya – Drag
Read more: Ana Masreya – Drag‘I’m an Egyptian, Muslim drag queen who aims to raise issues about Middle Eastern / LBGTQ issues within the Arab world and Muslim community. For too long it was drilled in my head that I was wrong, that I was…
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Waiting for Godot in New Orleans
Read more: Waiting for Godot in New OrleansABOUT THE PROJECT When artist Paul Chan visited New Orleans for the first time in November 2006—a little more than a year after Hurricane Katrina—he was struck by the disquieting stillness: no hammer sounds banging in the distance, no construction…