FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 1992
PERFORMANCE, VIDEO & FILM
May 2 – June 6, 1992
Five Saturday matinees at 4:00 p.m., four Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., one Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m.
A series of live performances includes Marilyn Arsem, Na’Imah Hasan, Stephanie Heyl withJoan Spitler and Mathew Braun, Walter Krochmal with Roberto Torres and Kamran Hatami, Paul McMahon, SethRiskin, Tomas Ruller, and Oliver Wadsworth. During regular gallery hours, a continuous program of videotapes and film will be shown. Any video or film may be seen upon request. There is no admission charge.
Sat. May 2, 4 p.m.
Na’Imah Hasan: Will the Real Victim Please Stand Up, visuals by Marianne Petit.
Paul McMahon: Hyping the Paradigm Shift, songs by Paul McMahon, a.k.a. the Rock & Roll Therapist
Sat. May 9, 4 p.m.
Stephanie Heyl: 100 lbs. of Fire, a collaboration with Joan Spitler and Mathew Braun
Wed. May 13, 7 p.m.
Stephanie Heyl: From Time to Time the Landscape Cracks Open
Sat. May 16, 4 p.m.
Stephanie Heyl: Its Important to be Properly Dressed, collaboration with Mathew Braun
Wed. May 20, 7 p.m.
Oliver Wadsworth: Struggles in Daddy’s Dress
Na’Imah Hasan: Will the Real Victim Please Stand Up, visuals by Marianne Petit.
Thurs. May 21, 7 p.m.
Marilyn Arsem: Dreams (breathe/don’t breathe) of Home
Wed. May 27, 7 p.m. & Sat. May 30, 4 p.m.
Walter Krochmal: Deadly Transgressions, with Roberto Torres and Kamran Hatami
Seth Riskin: Light Dance
Wed June 3, 7 p.m. & Sat. June 6, 4 p.m.
Tomas Ruller: Situ-Action
Marilyn Arsem’s performances emphasize her interactions with the audience, be they visual, emotional or conversational. The atmosphere reflects her sources of dreams, myths and fairy tales. She uses materials – meat, fish, freshly baked bread – which have psychological and cultural significance and stimulate all the senses.
Ni’Imah Hasan brings real life situations to the stage using humor and vocals. She has performed in jazz clubs, musical theater and developed One-Woman-Theater-Pieces. Marianne Petit provides the visuals. Hasan recently performed Dancin’ with the Door at Franklin Furnace, New York.
Stephanie Heyl and her collaborators Joan Spitler and Mathew Braun , in three story-cycle performances, introduce us to a variety of characters. For example, in 100 lbs. Of Fire, Heyl and Spitler alternately portray handmaidens to disaster, hard women and spinster mothers. Using language to both navigate the present and negotiate with memory, Heyl weaves together lifelines and storylines.
Walter Krochmal, in Deadly Transgressions, combines satirical and lyrical texts, impressions, chants and dance with music and percussion by Roberto Torres and Kamran Hatami. The poetry is by Carlos Santos, Tony Avalos and Krochmal; Hossein Fassa directs.
Paul McMahon, is a singer/songwriter and artist specializing in cultural jamming. An "eminence grise" in the New York scene for years, he has performed at CBGB, the Bottom Line and the Guggenheim Museum, toured the U.S., Canada and Europe and has appeared frequently on t.v. and radio, especially WFMU in New Jersey.
Seth Riskin combines his training as a gymnast with technology and light to enact the theory that light is the physical manifestation of the spirit. He is currently in residence as the Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Melon University.
Tomas Ruller, a Czechoslovakian artist, often incorporates the elements of fire, water, and earth in his performances. The performances emphasize dramatic change and place socio-political issues in a poetic context. He will be performing Situ-Action. In 1991, he performed at the Institute for Art & Urban Resources at P.S. 1, New York.
Oliver Wadsworth, in Struggles in Daddy’s Dress, combines poetry, reportage and performance in examining the Oedipal complex, gay-bashing, gender and sexuality against the backdrop of family and community. Kirk Jackson is the director.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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