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Performance with Wireman @ Rosekill, July 3, 2016 - photo: Lisa Stertz

By Chelsea CoonNovember 29, 2018 0

Collaboration and Performance: an Interview with Jane Wang

Jane Wang is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and multimedia artist. She curates installation art, musical instrument construction, performance art, and video, among other domains. Wang is a member of the Mobius Artists Group, a Boston-based artist-run organization for experimental art that has…

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By Chelsea CoonJuly 11, 2018 0

An Interview with Danielle Abrams

Danielle Abrams’ (b. Queens, New York; lives and works in Boston) performances describe the multifaceted components inherent to a personal and radical interpretation of identity. She utilizes humor and narrative in her work, asserting that “laughter, incited by personifications of family and…

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By Julianna ThibodeauxJune 27, 2017 0

Stilled Ambition, Enduring Truth: Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) wasn’t the first, nor will she be the last female artist to use her own body, feminine processes, and the stuff of the earth in her art—of her generation, Judy Chicago and Kiki Smith immediately come to…

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By Dell M. HamiltonJune 1, 2017 0

Inside/Out: Part 2: Reflecting “Black Performance Art” – On Chapters of Genealogy

“There is both capricious absurdity and poetic impossibility in the realm of the unconscious lapses of time that constitute dreams.”[1] -Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons While I reflect upon the indeterminacy of global political conditions, I continue to be buoyed by…

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By Dell M. HamiltonFebruary 8, 2017 0

Inside/Out – Interregnum: Post-Performance Reflections & Redactions

She agitates the quart developing tank in total darkness, our windowless bath; the cylinder slides inside against the film for ten minutes at 70 degrees. I can see the developer acid in the luminous dial of my watch: she adds…

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By Rosie RanauroOctober 11, 2016 0

Real Work: An essay on ableism and art

“I make these when I’m not making my ‘real’ work.” I heard this statement fall out of my mouth and stopped myself, horrified. I was at the opening of the BLAA Summer 2016 exhibit You Think It’s ____, But It’s…

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By Chelsea CoonMarch 15, 2016 0

100 Ways to Consider Time: Days 50-100

Realizing durational work such as ‘100 Ways to Consider Time’ is an immense undertaking. As a part of the audience, I was able to stay with Marilyn Arsem’s performance at the Museum of Fine Arts on different days and for…

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By Maia Dolphin-KruteFebruary 11, 2016 1

See It Before It’s Gone: Ann Hirsch

“You may or may not have real feelings for me,” says Frank Maresca in an episode of the VH1 show Frank the Entertainer…In a Basement Affair. Addressing the group of women competing to win his love, Frank goes on to note…

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By Chelsea CoonFebruary 8, 2016 0

100 Ways to Consider Time: Days 1–50

Exploring time in a new way every day within 6-hour durations through the show 100 Ways to Consider Time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Marilyn Arsem challenges audience members to contemplate time as a material. This multifaceted work of performance…

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By Chelsea CoonJanuary 27, 2016 0

‘this moment: missives from another world’

A collection of performance art photography spanning decades, the book ‘this moment: missives from another world’ provides a unique insight into the history of performance art in Boston, Massachusetts and beyond through the perceptive lens of artist Bob Raymond. Performance…

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By Cathy McLaurinJanuary 18, 2016 0

Syllabus: Open Studios

This is the first installment of a new series focusing on arts pedagogy, incorporating course syllabi and first-hand experience to open dialogues. Here, Cathy McLaurin, an interdisciplinary artist who is currently Visiting Faculty in Performance and Senior Thesis Program at The…

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By Maia Dolphin-KruteDecember 2, 2015 0

Traveling Fellowship: An Interview with Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk is a visual artist working with performance, video, sculpture and critical theory, who is interested in exploring the corporeal effects of power and knowledge as they relate to art history, sexuality and the politics of desire . After…

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By Heather KapplowJune 16, 2014 0

Pen in Hand: Performance, Writing, and Performance Writing

Let me introduce you to J. L. Austin1 and John R. Searle.2 These two guys were like my two best friends in college. Well, them and Stelarc, but Stelarc is kind of a weird guy . . . Anyway, if…

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By Tom McGlynnJanuary 20, 2014 0

“Chris Burden: Extreme Measures” at New Museum

Chris Burden’s public persona has maintained a quirky and exceptional position within the art world since his 1971 performance of Shoot when he set up a situation in which he was shot in the arm at medium range with a…

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By Matthew KuhlmanAugust 27, 2013 0

Studio Sessions: Rob Andrews, revisited

Welcome to the first episode of Studio Sessions where we will visit for a second time with Rob Andrews. Following our first hour-long conversation, I felt there was such a large percentage of Rob’s work and ideas that we didn’t…

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By John PyperMay 17, 2013 0

Odd Spaces at the MFA Boston

Wednesday night the MFA and Big Red & Shiny were proud to present the Odd Spaces panel discussion at the MFA Boston, following the group exhibition of performance art curated by Liz Munsell, assistant curator of contemporary art and MFA…

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By Liz MunsellMay 10, 2013 0

Odd Spaces: an interview with Marilyn Arsem

Liz Munsell One thing I’ve noticed working with you so far—which I must say has been nothing but an honor and a pleasure—has been how easy you make the job of a curator, precisely because you consider the context in…

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By Matthew KuhlmanApril 23, 2013 0

Studio Sessions: Rob Andrews

Welcome to this episode of Studio Sessions with guest Rob Andrews. Rob is a performance artist whose pieces often deal with ritual and transformation. Sometimes these are rituals that he creates himself, and other times they are more or less…

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