ERIN PEISERT & ELENA KATSULIS Elena Katsulis and Erin Peisert 2012 from The Present Tense on Vimeo. TPT: How did you meet? How long have you been making work together? E&E: We were once co-workers. We bonded over a mutual love for performance and decided that we should collaborate. We’ve been working together [...]
Posts tagged ‘Rope’
Rough Trade II Interviews: Philip Fryer | Elena Katsulis & Erin Peisert
October 22nd, 2012
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 [...]
Rope Series: Alice Vogler
July 13th, 2011
The Present Tense has decided to end our 2011 Rope Series by highlighting a recent work by Alice Vogler. As many of you know, MEME, the gallery that The Present Tense co-founded in 2009 came to an end in late May. Vogler was also a co-founder. She continued to run MEME with Vela [...]
Rope Series: Lewis Gesner
June 28th, 2011
“I use rope and string often, because it is a simple material which allows great control (few moving parts) as well as flexibility. It is a direct use as well, often when pulled tightly, giving the the most direct path to what is at the other end. To pull, to bind, to control, to suspend, [...]
Rope Series: Peter Dobill
May 2nd, 2011
Brooklyn-based artist and curator, Peter Dobill focuses on the body in action in his work. Within these actions, he believes that mental and physical planes of existence are created, establishing autonomy in endurance, physical movement, and structure. “With my body, I alter and construct my vessel of experience, intrinsically connecting and emptying myself to a [...]
Rope Series: Adam Gruba
April 24th, 2011
“A rope can save or take away lives. Using a rope marks particles in a given time of our lives. I am using the elements in an endless rope, trying to wrap free or suspend gravity. Bound in a loop on the finger, a string helps one remember. I remember the first rope connected to [...]
The Present Tense gets Nostalgic
April 11th, 2011
Our recent call to artists working with Rope/ String has come to a close. In the coming weeks, the 10 selected artists will be featured in individual blog posts on The Present Tense. You will see work that uses rope because it is a versatile, durable and accessible material. Some artists use it to draw [...]
