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 ‘2011’
“Go with your gut…every single time.” an interview with EJ Hill
July 12th, 2012
Stillness Series- Philip Fryer
May 8th, 2012
Wall Melody from The Present Tense on Vimeo. In September 2011, I was invited to be part of an exhibition titled Time Body Space Objects, curated by Alice Vogler. For this exhibition, each artist was allotted an hour of performance time, on the theme of ‘commitment’. I wanted to create something that challenged me to [...]
Stillness Series- William Skaleski
March 8th, 2012
William Skaleski’s practice centers on the idea of being alone. An aspect of loneliness that fascinates Skaleski, is the human instinct to seek comfort and feelings of safety in places or objects. Skaleski creates performances that bring situations of loneliness into a public setting. Skaleski also uses movement as a way to externally convey internal [...]
The Present Tense’s Top 11 of 2011
December 29th, 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, The Present Tense shares its reflections on the year! 2011 offered countless moments for performance art that The Present Tense found inspirational. Here are 11 of them, in no particular order: 1. MEME ENDS- After 2 years, MEME Gallery in Cambridge, MA announced that it would be closing [...]
Ego Shadow- a performance in 5 parts by Vela Phelan
December 13th, 2011
The alchemists believed that extensively cooking all alchemical ingredients to a uniform black matter was the first step in achieving the “philosopher’s stone,” a substance used for rejuvenation and immortality. This “blackening” was considered a ritualistic cleansing and was named Nigredo. Jung, a student of alchemy, further developed Nigredo through his work with analytical psychology. [...]
Bicycle Series-”Tour de Fantasy” Mark Action
November 3rd, 2011
Mark Action is not an artist, but an undercover defector of the art world, undermining its monopoly on creativity since 1984. He was formally trained as an Art Theoretician before escaping a sterile academia to become a clandestine charismatic cult leader. He aims to sabotage and expose the art world’s degeneration of the Holy Spirit and [...]
Interview with Daniel S. DeLuca
September 6th, 2011
In early March, Art Fair season hit New York City, causing a frenzy of artists and galleries getting their work ready for prospective buyers. Grace Exhibition Space, a gallery devoted to showing performance art in New York decided to wrangle their resources and participate at Fountain Art Fair. In Grace’s “Go Big or Go Home” [...]
