Activations
I'm often invited to activate other artists' works through performance and social practice.
You can see some of my activations here.
I'm often invited to activate other artists' works through performance and social practice.
You can see some of my activations here.
Paradise Lost
A movement activation of Katya Grokhovsky's installation at The Six Foot Platform
July 31, 2021 - 3, 5, and 7pm
A movement activation of Katya Grokhovsky's installation at The Six Foot Platform
July 31, 2021 - 3, 5, and 7pm
All photos: Walter Wlodarczyk
I am grateful to Katya for giving me the opportunity to create an improvisational movement piece in response to her installation, Paradise Lost.
I spent a few weeks exploring Katya's investigations into the "American Dream" from an immigrant perspective. We experimented in her studio, listened to the sound track composed by Sarah Martin-Nuss and ultimately, I channelled raw emotion layered within a vocabulary of movement I developed to signal triumph, hubris, loss, disappointment, failure and disillusionment. It was a cathartic experience for me.
I spent a few weeks exploring Katya's investigations into the "American Dream" from an immigrant perspective. We experimented in her studio, listened to the sound track composed by Sarah Martin-Nuss and ultimately, I channelled raw emotion layered within a vocabulary of movement I developed to signal triumph, hubris, loss, disappointment, failure and disillusionment. It was a cathartic experience for me.
Video courtesy Laura Bernstein
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Katya Grokhovsky: Paradise Lost
Presented by THE DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL
Concept and installation: Katya Grokhovsky
Sound: Sarah Martin-Nuss. Dancer: Rebecca Pristoop
"Paradise Lost is a site-specific mixed-media sculptural installation and performative activation, which explores the failing state of the American Dream, deflated promises and tainted optimism of a land of opportunity, through the immigrant lenz. Created from several pre-owned, hand dyed and embroidered vintage parachute canopies, the installation is intermittently activated throughout the day by a dancer, accompanied by sound composition. Through objects, gesture, movement, sound and text, Paradise Lost investigates the artist's journey towards becoming a permanent resident in the U.S and being separated and isolated from her family for several years." — Katya Grokhovsky
Katya Grokhovsky: Paradise Lost
Presented by THE DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL
Concept and installation: Katya Grokhovsky
Sound: Sarah Martin-Nuss. Dancer: Rebecca Pristoop
"Paradise Lost is a site-specific mixed-media sculptural installation and performative activation, which explores the failing state of the American Dream, deflated promises and tainted optimism of a land of opportunity, through the immigrant lenz. Created from several pre-owned, hand dyed and embroidered vintage parachute canopies, the installation is intermittently activated throughout the day by a dancer, accompanied by sound composition. Through objects, gesture, movement, sound and text, Paradise Lost investigates the artist's journey towards becoming a permanent resident in the U.S and being separated and isolated from her family for several years." — Katya Grokhovsky
Alternative Currencies
In response to Stefanos Tsivopoulos "Alternative Currencies: An Archive and a Manifesto"
February 29 + March 7, 2020
November 21 + November 23, 2019 (w/Tina Wang)
The Eighth Floor
In response to Stefanos Tsivopoulos "Alternative Currencies: An Archive and a Manifesto"
February 29 + March 7, 2020
November 21 + November 23, 2019 (w/Tina Wang)
The Eighth Floor
