As we begin 2013, The Present Tense shares its reflections on 2012. 2012 offered countless moments for performance art that The Present Tense found inspirational. Here are 12 of them: 12. We probably don’t have to explain why its awesome that “100 Years of Performance Art” came to Boston University in 2012. This traveling exhibition [...]
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The Present Tense Top 12 of 2012
January 9th, 2013
Revisiting ROUGH TRADE
August 29th, 2012
The Present Tense is gearing up for ROUGH TRADE II that begins in just 1 week. ROUGH TRADE II is an exchange between live artists working in Boston and Chicago. The Present Tense has selected 6 artists to represent Boston in a public event to be held at Defibrillator Gallery on September 7th and [...]
Remembering Bob
February 29th, 2012
On Monday, Feb. 27th 2012, the performance art community lost one of it’s most important members, Bob Raymond. Bob was a staple in the Boston Performance Art community for over 30 years. He was a long time member of the Mobius Artist Group. In addition to being an intermedia artist, Bob was committed to documenting [...]
CALL to Artists working with Stillness
November 14th, 2011
CALL TO ARTISTS: Are you creating ephemeral works with the concept of Stillness? If so, The Present Tense wants to see what you are doing and consider your work for an upcoming blog post on Stillness as a performative concept. Please send the following information to thepresentiseternal@gmail.com by January 4th, 2012. Artist statement (100 words) [...]
Joseph Ravens has got Talent!
July 28th, 2011
Summer in New England is slowly disappearing and The Present Tense wants to soak up the sun while we can! We will be taking a vacation from posting until September 1st. In honor of our recent Call for work for our Bicycle series, we are leaving you Joseph Ravens’ “Is my Liver Showing?” created for ROUGH TRADE in 2007/2008. The [...]
Are you creating ephemeral works utilizing a Bicycle or multiple Bikes? If so, The Present Tense wants to see what you are doing and consider your work for an upcoming blog post on Bikes as a performative object. Please send the following information to thepresentiseternal@gmail.com by August 1 2011. Artist statement (100 words) Artist Bio [...]
Call for proposals: Bikes
June 20th, 2011
CALL TO ARTISTS: Are you creating ephemeral works utilizing a Bicycle or multiple Bikes? If so, The Present Tense wants to see what you are doing and consider your work for an upcoming blog post on Bikes as a performative object. Please send the following information to thepresentiseternal@gmail.com by July 18th 2011. Artist statement (100 [...]
