Back in October, I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing the work of LA based artist EJ Hill. We both were representing Defibrillator Gallery at the MDW Art Fair in Chicago. In the midst of the bustle of the art fair, EJ stood as still as possible for 3 hours. I instantly fell in [...]
Posts tagged ‘2009’
“Go with your gut…every single time.” an interview with EJ Hill
July 12th, 2012
Stillness Series- Daniel S. DeLuca
April 5th, 2012
Sitting With Cloud Gate October 21st, 2009, 7am- 5pm Chicago, Millennium Park On October 21st, 2009, Boston-based artist, Daniel S. DeLuca sat in front of Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor in Millennium Park in Chicago from the hours of 7 am-5pm. This was part of a series of actions in response to public art that DeLuca was [...]
Stillness Series- Kid Romance
March 22nd, 2012
Terror of History 2009 is not a piece that The Present Tense would normally show. It isn’t performance art, it is a song and video created by Kid Romance on the subject of time passing and historical memory loss. The video is a compilation of still images that are glimpses of a time that have [...]
Rope Series: Manuela de los angeles
July 7th, 2011
“Dress to fly” reflects on bodies in space, in relation to the external environment. The intent it to expose the reality in which the individual depends on both the materials and themselves. This site-sensitive installation is composed of a cube of wood, needles, thread, and a cotton dress. Large quantities of weight are held up [...]
Rope Series: Jeffery Byrd
May 25th, 2011
“I use a lot of ribbon in my work and in earlier pieces I used both rope and string. These materials are like 3-D lines. They seem like metaphors for time and space and the path one’s life takes. Except that with a physical string you can move forward or backwards across that time. Theseus [...]
Interview with Jeff Huckleberry
December 27th, 2009
This past November, MEME featured an exhibition of work by Boston performance artist Jeff Huckleberry. We’ve known Jeff for a few years now, seen his work many times in many different places, but never in the white cube exhibition format. You can see more photos of the show in the MEME Vault. Sandrine: Who are [...]
Sandrine Schaefer and Philip Fryer in NYC 12/12/09
December 7th, 2009
This weekend in Brooklyn: http://www.maximumperceptionperformance.com/newsinfo.htm ENGLISH KILLS ART GALLERY 114 FORREST ST. BROOKLYN, NY 11206 INFO@ENGLISHKILLSARTGALLERY.COM WWW.ENGLISHKILLSARTGALLERY.COM English Kills Art Gallery is pleased to present the inaugural Maximum Perception Performance Festival, December 11-12, 2009 at English Kills Art Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Over 2 nights, the Maximum Perception Performance Festival will be a showcase for [...]
