As viewers approach Defibrillator’s front window, there’s a common refrain: “Has she started yet?” Marilyn Arsem is lying on her side facing a chair positioned…
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Following The Lost Twelve Years, composed and performed by Chun Hua Catherine Dong at Defibrillator Gallery on Friday, June 12, 2015 during Rapid Pulse Performance…
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Bells and hollers softly vibrate from the speakers as we face a large pink triangle suspended horizontally above half the gallery space. It looks like…
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“Are those real animals?” “Yeah…they’re real dead!” “Hahaha!” “She’s got her shoes off!” “That’s disgusting! Where’s her self-respect?” “I wonder what it smells like…” “That…
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Struck Me She spoke of Translation and I wonder what she means by the words A different kind of Magic when she communicates softness The…
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Brazilian artist Bernardo Stumpf began by wrapping his feet and ankles with athletic bandages and tape. Wearing loose shorts and a t-shirt, he performed this…
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They Shoot Horses: Ayana (Yana) Evans’ Stay With Me In 2004, British artist Phil Collins advertised for, auditioned, and subsequently paid two groups of youths…
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Marcel Sparmann, 11 June 2015 A list of (some) materials in the order in which they appeared (or were noticed) I. A soft white pillow,…
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Saturday, June 13th’s panel on gender and performativity began with several specific questions asked by Jessica Santone (an art historian focused on contemporary performance) of…
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Rebecca Weeks and Ian Whitford create performances that reference a variety of sources, many of which would fall into the category of the abject, the…
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