Saturday August 8, 2009

Walking Through Walls: Summer Symposium

Walking Through Walls: Performance Art and its Influence on the (post) Studio and (new) Institution

Performance art has a history as a feminist movement, through which female roles in society were radically challenged, questioned and unpacked, utilizing the mantra ‘the personal is political’ as a primary tool.

 

In undoing and disrupting many of the expectations of women in society, female performance artists also threw into question the traditional roles of the studio and the gallery. Were these sites of production and reception personalized and politicized in any salient way? Did these performance practices inform, collide, critique or affirm the role of the studio or the gallery? Has this influence appeared recently with post-studio practices?

This panel aims to elucidate some of the influences that Performance Art has had on the developing and expanding role that sites of production (studio) and reception (institution) play in the field of creative production.

 

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 @ 2PM:  Panel moderated by Peter Taub, with Jenni Sorkin, Mark Jeffery and Sara Rabinowitz, discussing the influence of performance art on the developments of the alternative art movement and studio practices.

Sunday, August 9^th @ 2PM: Salon – an open forum, lightly moderated discussion, where the public is encouraged to participate- with 2009 Thematic Resident Artists, CamLab, Gitte Bog, Kang-hyun Ahn, and Susan Lee-Chun, moderated by Shannon Stratton.

 

All events will be held at threewalls and are FREE and open to the public, thought a $5 donation is encouraged and greatly appreciated! Please contact Elizabeth Chodos at elizabeth@three-walls.org for more information.