MARILYN ARSEM Marilyn Arsem “still.missing” 2012 from The Present Tense on Vimeo. TPT: How did you find performance art? How did performance art find you? MA: I think it found me… I remember being completely taken by written accounts of Happenings when I was in high school, and as a result we created our own, [...]
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Rough Trade II Interviews: Marilyn Arsem | Meredith and Anna
November 18th, 2012
Boston infiltrates Chicago
September 16th, 2012
Last weekend, 6 artists from Boston traveled to Chicago to make work at Defibrillator Gallery as part of ROUGH TRADE II; a Boston Chicago artist exchange. Here is video documentation of the pieces that they created. In the coming months, The Present Tense will be posting extended interviews with each artist, giving them the opportunity [...]
Stillness Series- Marilyn Arsem
May 29th, 2012
Stillness is defined as a state or an instance of being quiet or calm. It is also defined as the absence of motion. Although stillness suggests inactivity, it can provide opportunities for focused movement and heightened sensation. When contemplating these concepts in relation to contemporary art practices, Marilyn Arsem is one of the first artists [...]
Marilyn Arsem @ uneARTh
July 29th, 2009
In December 2006, Marilyn Arsem performed a piece titled “How Long” atPresent Tense’s uneARTh. The piece was composed of a simple actionwith complex implications. The action; how long can she hold herbreath underwater. To add to the action, a video projection of gentlymoving waves illuminates the wall behind her. But we cant hear it, instead, [...]
