Activate
Activate was the first event produced by The Present Tense. It took place at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, Mass, USA on July 29th 2005. Participating artists were:
Emily Putnam (Boston, MA, USA)
Sandrine Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)
Bryce Kauffman (Boston, MA, USA)
Mari Novotny-Jones (Boston, MA, USA)
Dirk Adams (Boston, MA USA)
Sandy Huckleberry (Boston, MA, USA)
Paul Waddell (Boston, MA, USA)
Contaminate I Festival
This was the first of 3 collaborations that The Present Tense worked with TEST performance Art Event to produce. It took place at the Midway Studios downstairs space on January 28th and 29th, 2006 in Boston, MA, USA.
Vela Phelan (Boston, MA, USA)
Kristina Lenzi (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Tomoko Kakeda (Boston, MA, USA)
Milan Kohout (Boston, MA, USA)
Tara Hill (Boston, MA, USA)
David Boylan (NYC, NY, USA)
Ean White (Boston, MA, USA)
Hiroko Kikuchi (Boston, MA, USA)
Philip Fryer and Sandrine Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)
Rebecca Scheckman (Boston, MA, USA)
Travis McCoy Fuller (Boston, MA, USA)
Christian Messier (Boston, MA, USA)
Jeffery Byrd (Cedar Falls, IA, USA)
Seconds
Midway Studios Downstairs, Boston, MA, USA
May 12th and 13th 2006
Non Grata (Estonia)
Alex Sanchez (Miami, FL, USA)
Sarah Schoemann (Boston, MA, USA)
Jeff Huckleberry and Vela Phelan (Boston, MA, USA)
Cindy Norton (Louisville, KY, USA)
Ernest Truly and Sean Smith (Boston, MA, USA)
Paul Waddell (Boston, MA, USA)
Travis McCoy Fuller (Boston, MA, USA)
Reubens (Boston, MA, USA and Estonia)
Bryce Kauffman (Boston, MA, USA)
PT3
Midway Studios, Cafe Space
August 20th, 2006
The Royal Najo Family (Poland/ Sweden)
Gabin Cortez Chance (Boston, MA, USA)
Milan Kohout (Boston, MA, USA)
Rashin Fahandej and Katherine Toukhy (Boston, MA, USA)
uneARTh
Midway Studios Cafe Space
December 1st, 2006
Dirk Adams (Boston, MA, USA)
Marilyn Arsem (Boston, MA, USA)
Michele Beck and Jorge Calvo (NYC, NY ,USA)
Lewis Gesner (Boston, MA, USA)
Faith Johnson (Boston, MA, USA)
Contaminate II Festival
Midway Studios Cafe Space
March 9th and 10th, 2007
Philip Fryer & Sandrine Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)
Helen Pfann (Boston, MA, USA)
Julia Handschuh (Boston, MA, USA)
Lucas Murgida (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Nicole Fournier (Montreal, Canada)
Martine Viale (Montreal, Canada)
Marthe Fortun & Yoonhye Park (NYC, NY, USA)
Francis Arguin (Montreal Canada)
Alice Vogler (Boston, MA, USA)
Elvira Santa Maria (Mexico City, Mexico)
Ian Colon (Boston, MA, USA)
Andi Sutton & Catherine D’Ignazio (Boston, MA, USA)
PT5
Midway Studios Cafe Space
August 18th, 2007
Non Grata (Estonia)
Travis McCoy Fuller (Rome, Italy)
Philip Fryer (Boston, MA, USA)
Tomoko Kakeda and Joanne Stein (Boston, MA, USA)
Rough Trade
This was an artist exchange between artists based in Boston and Chicago.
Midway Studios Down stairs, Boston, and Revolving Door Gallery, Chicago.
Philip Fryer and Sandrine Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)
Mari Novotny-Jones (Boston, MA, USA)
Rebecca Scheckman (Boston, MA, USA)
Alice Vogler (Boston, MA, USA)
Joseph Ravens (Chicago, IL, USA)
Noelle Mason (Chicago, IL, USA)
Deva Eveland (Chicago, IL, USA)
Benjamin Bellas and Justin Cooper (Chicago, IL, USA)
Contaminate III Festival
Midway Studios Downstairs, Boston
April 4th and 5th, 2008
Nick Buffon (Boston, MA, USA)
Robert Ladislas Derr (Ohio, USA)
Peter Dobill (NYC, NY, USA)
Lalie Douglas (Montreal, Canada)
Deva Eveland (Chicago, IL, USA)
Travis McCoy Fuller (Boston/Rome)
Peter Grzybowski (NYC, NY, USA)
Sandy Huckleberry (Boston, MA, USA)
Faith Johnson (Boston, MA, USA)
Kristina Lenzi & Mari Novotny-Jones (Salt Lake City, UT/Boston, MA, USA)
Qfwfq duo (MA, USA)
Vicky Sabourin (Quebec, Canada)
Genevieve Sideleau (Quebec, Canada)
Malcolm Smith (CA, USA)
Maya Urbanowicz (Boston, MA, USA)
Paul Waddell (CA, USA)
Willem Wilhelmus (Helsink, Finland)
Accumulation
MEME Gallery
Vela Phelan (Boston, MA, USA)
Dirk Adams (Boston, MA, USA)
Alice Vogler (Boston, MA, USA)
Bradley Benedetti (Boston, MA, USA)
Philip Fryer (Boston, MA, USA)
Sandrine Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)
Thus Far
Coco Segaller (Boston, MA, USA)
Sarah Schoemann (NYC, NY, USA)
Daniel DeLuca (Boston, MA, USA)
Philip Fryer (Boston, MA, USA)
